If you own a newly built home in Albuquerque, it was in all likelihood constructed with energy efficiency as a priority. This means more insulation and windows and doors with better seals. While these enhancements are fantastic for keeping your utility costs in check, they’re not so great for your indoor air quality.

Your HVAC system needs to work with a filter. But if you have a flat filter, you won’t be getting adequate filtration. This kind only delivers the smallest amount of protection by keeping dust out of your home comfort system.

While you can install a pleated filter or one with a higher MERV rating, it still might not be ample filtration, especially if someone in your residence has allergies or other respiratory problems.

That’s where a whole-house air purifier can be a good option. These systems are placed within ductwork to provide mighty filtration throughout your house. Depending on the kind you choose, you’ll be able to remove allergens, odors and even some viruses under certain airflow conditions.

Here are our top systems 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, provides premium filtration. These filters were first made to protect scientists as they made the atomic bomb. Today, they’re necessary in hospitals and other medical buildings.

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System includes a three-step filtration process. A prefilter draws bigger irritants before the HEPA filter traps the remainder of miniscule particles. Then, a charcoal filter wipes out odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System works with all HVAC brands and seamlessly connects with your smart home. It reduces the three leading 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, such as mold spores, pollen, dust and pet dander. It’s also capable of decreasing or destroying 90%¹ of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, as the result of laboratory and field studies, it removes and eradicates approximately 50% of household odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S comes with sensing features that make it uncomplicated to maintain. When paired with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll get a notification to install a new filter and UVA light.² This home air purifier must be used 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 work with your needs. This rating calculates how effective filters are at removing contaminants. The greater the number, the finer the filtration.

The Healthy Climate Carbon Clean 16® Media Air Cleaner is ideal for households with allergy suffers and pets. This is a HEPA filter air purifier, because it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-grade filtration. And it removes more than 95%³ of irritating particles from your house’s air.

The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is great for families who want stronger protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter captures 99% of larger particles including dust, pollen and lint. And up to 54% of smaller particles down to 0.3 microns.⁴

The Healthy Climate 11 Media Air Cleaner is a a great air purifier for allergies and in residences with pets. It traps more than 87% of bigger particles down to 3 microns and more than 28% of miniscule ones down to 0.3 microns.⁴ It’s able to provide this strong filtration without running up the cost of turning on your HVAC system.

These three media air cleaners can be used with any brand of HVAC system. Regardless, it’s important to realize that some of the denser ones, like MERV 16 and 13, may limit your system’s airflow. This can hike up your utility bills.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are the reason why you get a blistering sunburn. But this wavelength of light has a useful application when installed within 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 lower the number of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as little as 45 minutes.⁵ This light damages cell structure, which prohibits these microorganisms from growing and infiltrating throughout your residence.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your HVAC system clean and operating efficiently. It eliminates of germs, mold and fungi hiding in ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier accomplishes all this work without making lung-aggravating ozone.⁶

Breathe Better with the Help of Our Air Purification Pros

Your loved ones’ comfort and health is important to us at Tru Air Systems LLC. We know there are a lot of possibilities out there. That’s why we make it easy to collaborate with our indoor air quality professionals. We specialize in creating solutions tailored to your needs and budget, and we’d love to learn more about your residence and your air quality problems. Call us at 505-226-3525 right away to start the process.

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¹Based on laboratory and field studies.

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

³Leading 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.

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

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

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