You might be surprised by some of the information about the air you breathe inside your home.
Here are some clean air facts you may not know.

Risks and who is affected:

• The EPA ranks indoor air pollution among the top five environmental risks to public health.
• EPA studies indicate that indoor levels of many pollutants may be 25 times, and occasionally more than 100 times, higher than outdoor levels. In general, indoor air is four to five times more polluted than outdoor air.
• More than 15 million Americans are estimated to have asthma, including one-in-13 school-age children.
• In the last 30 years, the number of people with asthma has gone up by almost 60%.
• 87% of American homeowners are not aware that pollution may be worse inside their homes than outdoors.
• The World Health Organization estimates that approximately 30% of newly constructed and remodeled facilities have indoor air quality problems.
• Because they breathe faster than adults, children inhale 50% more air per pound of body weight than adults and are especially sensitive to air quality problems.
• Over 28 million Americans suffer from hay fever and other allergies.
• According to a study by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, indoor air contaminants are responsible for half of all illnesses.

What can you do?

• New TRANE CleanEffects™ is the industry's most effective whole house air filtration system, capable of removing up to 99.98% of particles and allergens from the filtered air.
• Keep pets away from home furnishings like beds and couches that can collect their dander.
• Wash bed linens regularly to inhibit dust mites.
• A relative humidity of 30-50% is recommended for optimal home comfort and controlling growth of biological irritants like mildew.
• Keep the air at below 50% relative humidity to kill dust mites, one of the most common household allergens.

The benefits of cleaner air:
Particles in the air often aggravate conditions like allergies and asthma. With an electronic air cleaner, your heating and cooling system does more than circulate air-it actually works to clean it. A system that includes an electronic air cleaner can remove up to 95% of unwanted pollutants from the air passing through it, such as:

• Dust
• Pollen
• Animal hair and dander
• Dust mites
• Lint
• Smoke
• Cooking grease
• Some bacteria

Also, since an air cleaner draws the particles out of the air, your home’s interior surfaces, such as wallpaper and paint, stay cleaner longer, helping prevent the kind of particle build up that can cause reactions in family members with allergies or asthma.