Indoor Air Quality

The quality of indoor air inside offices, schools, and other workplaces is important not only for workers’ comfort but also for their health. Poor indoor air quality (IAQ) has been tied to symptoms like headaches, fatigue, trouble concentrating, and irritation of the eyes, nose, throat and lungs. Also, some specific diseases have been linked to specific air contaminants or indoor environments, like asthma with damp indoor environments. In addition, some exposures, such as asbestos and radon, do not cause immediate symptoms but can lead to cancer after many years. Many factors affect IAQ. These factors include poor ventilation (lack of outside air), problems controlling temperature, high or low humidity, recent remodeling, and other activities in or near a building that can affect the fresh air coming into the building. Sometimes, specific contaminants like dust from construction or renovation, mold, cleaning supplies, pesticides, or other airborne chemicals (including small amounts of chemicals released as a gas over time) may cause poor IAQ.

Healthy Homes

Creating your ideal home environment is more than just controlling the temperature. It’s also managing humidity and ventilation, which can dramatically impact your comfort and create a space for whoever you share it with. Your home’s air should be filtered and cleaned with limited volatile organic compounds (VOCs) and pollutants that can affect allergies. Carrier home air quality products give you next-level comfort, so you can breathe cleaner air.