August 12, 2015
When you contemplate indoor air quality, you might envision the fresh, clean spring air coming through an open window and a comfortable home—a feeling you would crave all year. Unfortunately, the weather in Franklin & South Indy makes this difficult during the more severe months. Should you just give up this fresh air just because the weather isn’t nice? The answer is “no.” With appropriate ventilation, your indoor air quality can be at its finest—regardless of what it’s like outside.
Ventilation requires more than just opening a few windows or doors in your home. While it’s positively revitalizing on picturesque, mild days, it’s not something you can do year-round in Franklin & South Indy. The positive is that technological advances have allowed us to reproduce the benefits of refreshing outdoor air using your heating and cooling equipment.
By tapping into just the right amount of fresh, outdoor air, today’s ventilation systems provide you with the benefits of standard ventilation like eliminating odors, chemicals and other contaminants from your indoor air. This process purges stale air from your home and creates nicer feeling air. It’s a good way to make your home’s air as comfortable as possible without wasting energy.
There are two types of ventilation systems available: Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) and Heat Recovery Ventilators (HRVs). Because of the climate, it’s recommended that homes in most of the United States and all of Canada to use HRVs. ERVs are used most heavily in the muggy southern regions.
Increasing ventilation is just one thing you can do to get better indoor air quality. We’ve got many other ways to help you improve indoor air quality, from using dehumidifiers to improving air filtration and utilizing air purification. Give Winters Heating and Cooling a call at 317-406-5382. We are here to make your air cleaner and your home more comfortable.