If you live in a newly constructed residence in Reinholds, it was likely built with energy efficiency as a priority. This means greater amounts of insulation and windows and doors with improved seals. While these advances are good for keeping your heating and cooling expenses under control, they’re not so excellent for your indoor air quality.

Your heating and cooling system needs to run with a filter. But if you have a flat filter, you won’t be getting enough filtration. This kind only delivers the smallest amount of protection by blocking dust from infiltrating your heating and cooling system.

While you can install a pleated filter or one with a better MERV rating, it still might not be enough filtration, particularly if someone in your residence has allergies or other respiratory troubles.

That’s where a whole-house air purifier can be a great solution. These systems are placed within ductwork to provide strong filtration across your residence. Depending on the type you select, you’ll be able to get rid of allergens, odors and even some viruses under certain airflow conditions.

Here are our best styles from Lennox, an industry leader in air purification.

Best Air Purifiers from Lennox

1. HEPA Air Purifiers

A HEPA air purifier, like the Healthy Climate® High-Efficiency Particulate Air Filtration System, gives premium filtration. These filters were first made to guard scientists as they worked on the atomic bomb. Today, they’re a staple in hospitals and other medical buildings.

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System includes a three-step filtration method. A prefilter attracts significant particles before the HEPA filter traps the rest of tiny irritants. Then, a charcoal filter wipes out odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System works with all HVAC brands and easily integrates with your smart home. It reduces the three key kinds of indoor air contaminants:

  • Airborne particles
  • Chemical odors and vapors
  • Germs and bacteria, under certain airflow conditions

This air purifier can get rid of 99.9%* of pollutants, like mold spores, pollen, dust and pet dander. It’s also capable of removing or eradicating 90%1 of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, as the result of laboratory and field studies, it decreases and eliminates approximately 50% of your home’s odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S comes with sensing features that make it easy to maintain. When linked with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll be notified when to change the filter and UVA light.2 This home air purifier must be installed with communicating Lennox systems and the iComfort S30.

2. Media Air Cleaners

Lennox Healthy Climate® Media Air Cleaners are available in a variety of MERV ratings to fit your needs. This rating measures how capable filters are at removing contaminants. The greater the number, the finer the filtration.

The Healthy Climate Carbon Clean 16® Media Air Cleaner is great for residences with allergy suffers and pets. This is a HEPA filter air purifier, as it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-grade filtration. And it eliminates more than 95%3 of unhealthy particles from your residence’s air.

The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is suggested for households who are seeking better protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter traps 99% of larger particles such as dust, pollen and lint. And up to 54% of miniscule particles down to 0.3 microns.4

The Healthy Climate 11 Media Air Cleaner is a a fantastic air purifier for allergies and in homes with pets. It eliminates more than 87% of bigger particles down to 3 microns and more than 28% of smaller ones down to 0.3 microns.4 It’s able to deliver this strong filtration without running up the cost of operating your HVAC system.

These three media air cleaners can be used with any brand of HVAC system. Regardless, it’s critical to know that some of the more substantial ones, such as MERV 16 and 13, may decrease your system’s airflow. This can increase your heating and cooling bills.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are to blame when you get a stinging sunburn. But this type of light has a beneficial application when concealed inside your ductwork. It’s also tough enough to decrease germs, mold and fungi under certain airflow conditions.

In reality, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can decrease the concentration of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as short as 45 minutes.5 This light wrecks cell structure, which halts these microorganisms from growing and moving across your residence.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your HVAC system clean and operating like it should. It takes care of germs, mold and fungi lurking inside ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier accomplishes all these tasks without developing lung-inflaming ozone.6

Breathe Easier with the Assistance of Our Air Purification Pros

Your family’s comfort and health matters to us at County Line Mechanical LLC. We are aware there are a lot of solutions out there. That’s why we make it easy to collaborate with our indoor air quality pros. We specialize in developing solutions tailored to your needs and budget, and we’d love to find out more about your house and your air quality issues. Give us a call at 717-216-0846 today to start the process.


1Based on laboratory and field studies.

2
PureAir™ S requires the iComfort® S30 and a communicating indoor unit.


3
Leading consumer magazine, January 2012. Based on the published CADR, which is the standardized measurement system to determine the cubic feet of clean air produced per minute. Particles captured range in size down to 0.3 micron. One micron = 1/25,000 of an inch in diameter.


4
Based on lab tests conducted on filters with conditions included in ASHRAE standard 52.2 for E1 and E3 size ranges.


5
Based on constant circulation of air in the home, 3,000-square-foot home with a 5-ton air handler.


6
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, “Ozone Generators that are Sold as Air Cleaners: An Assessment of Effective and Health Consequences,” August 2006.