If you live in a newly constructed house in Carpentersville, it was probably built with energy efficiency as a priority. This means greater amounts of insulation and windows and doors with enhanced seals. While these enhancements are fantastic for keeping your utility bills economical, they’re not so good 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 ample filtration. This style only gives the bare minimum of protection by stopping dust from getting into your home comfort system.

While you can upgrade to a pleated filter or one with a increased MERV rating, it still might not be adequate filtration, even more so if someone in your residence has allergies or other respiratory issues.

That’s where a whole-house air purifier comes in. These systems are placed within ductwork to provide strong filtration throughout your residence. Depending on the type you go with, you’ll be able to filter allergens, odors and even some viruses under certain airflow conditions.

Here are our top 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, delivers premium filtration. These filters were first made to protect scientists as they developed the atomic bomb. Today, they’re a must-have in hospitals and other medical applications.

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System features a three-step filtration process. A prefilter draws significant irritants before the HEPA filter traps remaining tiny particles. Then, a charcoal filter takes care of odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System is compatible with all HVAC brands and smoothly integrates with your smart home. It reduces the three key kinds of indoor air pollutants:

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

This air purifier can eliminate 99.9%* of pollutants, such as mold spores, pollen, dust and pet dander. It’s also potent at removing or destroying 90%1 of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, based on laboratory and field studies, it removes and eradicates approximately 50% of household odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S is equipped with sensing features that make it uncomplicated to keep up. When linked 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 made in a variety of MERV ratings to work with your needs. This rating determines how effective filters are at capturing contaminants. The greater the number, the better 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, since it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-level filtration. And it gets rid of more than 95%3 of irritating particles from your residence’s air.

The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is suggested for households who are seeking improved protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter catches 99% of larger particles including 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 great air purifier for allergies and in homes with pets. It removes 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 offer this powerful filtration without increasing the price of using your home comfort system.

These three media air cleaners can be used with any brand of HVAC system. However, it’s important to realize that some of the denser ones, such as MERV 16 and 13, may limit your system’s airflow. This can increase your heating and cooling expenses.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are the reason why you get a blistering sunburn. But this kind of light has a beneficial application when placed within your ductwork. It’s also strong enough to eliminate germs, mold and fungi under certain airflow conditions.

In fact, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can reduce the amount of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as short as 45 minutes.5 This light wrecks cell structure, which prohibits these microorganisms from growing and spreading throughout your home.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your heating and cooling system clean and working efficiently. It wipes out of germs, mold and fungi that are hidden in ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier does all these things without making lung-aggravating ozone.6

Breathe Healthier Air with the Assistance of Our Air Purification Specialists

Your household’s comfort and health is our top priority at Controlled Comfort HVAC. We are aware there are many solutions out there. That’s why we make it easy to collaborate with our indoor air quality professionals. We specialize in recommending solutions that meet your needs and budget, and we’d love to find out more about your house and your air quality problems. Reach us at 224-412-8308 today to begin.


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.