If you live in a newly constructed house in Front Royal, it was likely constructed with energy efficiency as a priority. This means increased insulation and windows and doors with enhanced seals. While these advances are great for keeping your utility bills in check, they’re not so good for your indoor air quality.

Your home comfort system needs to operate with a filter. But if you have a flat filter, you won’t be getting enough filtration. This style only delivers the lowest level of protection by keeping dust out of your HVAC system.

While you can get a pleated filter or one with a increased MERV rating, it still might not be ample filtration, especially if someone in your house has allergies or other respiratory issues.

That’s where a whole-house air purifier comes in. These systems are placed within ductwork to provide mighty filtration across your house. Depending on the type 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, delivers the best filtration. These filters were first made to protect scientists as they developed the atomic bomb. Today, they’re essential in hospitals and other medical operations.

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System includes a three-step filtration procedure. A prefilter catches larger particles before the HEPA filter catches remaining miniscule particles. Then, a charcoal filter eradicates odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System connects to all HVAC brands and smoothly works with your smart home. It reduces the three leading kinds of indoor air irritants:

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

This air purifier can remove 99.9%* of pollutants, like 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, based on laboratory and field studies, it reduces and eliminates approximately 50% of residential odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S is equipped with sensing features that make it uncomplicated to service. When paired with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll get a notification 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 match your needs. This rating measures how good filters are at capturing contaminants. The greater the number, the greater the filtration.

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

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

The Healthy Climate 11 Media Air Cleaner is a a fantastic 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 finer ones down to 0.3 microns.4 It’s able to offer this effective filtration without running up the price of operating your heating and cooling system.

These three media air cleaners are compatible with any brand of HVAC system. But despite that, it’s important to be aware that some of the denser ones, including MERV 16 and 13, may restrict your system’s airflow. This can increase your utility costs.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are to blame when you get a stinging sunburn. But this wavelength of light has a beneficial application when installed in your ductwork. It’s also powerful enough to eliminate germs, mold and fungi under certain airflow conditions.

In actuality, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can lower the concentration of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as little as 45 minutes.5 This light destroys cell structure, which prohibits these microorganisms from growing and infiltrating across your house.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your HVAC system clean and working properly. It wipes out of germs, mold and fungi that are hidden in ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier accomplishes all these things without creating lung-irritating ozone.6

Breathe Better with the Support of Our Air Purification Pros

Your loved ones’ comfort and health is our top priority at Dave's Diversified Services. We are aware there are many solutions out there. That’s why we make it simple to collaborate with our indoor air quality pros. We specialize in creating solutions that match your needs and budget, and we’d love to learn more about your residence and your air quality challenges. Call us at 540-636-3396 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.