If you live in a newly constructed home in Mobile, it was likely built with energy efficiency in mind. This means more insulation and windows and doors with better seals. While these advances are excellent for keeping your heating and cooling costs in check, they’re not so excellent for your indoor air quality.

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

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

That’s where a whole-house air purifier can be a great solution. These systems are attached within ductwork to provide effective filtration across your home. 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 favorite 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 top-of-the-line filtration. These filters were first made to shield scientists as they developed the atomic bomb. Today, they’re necessary in hospitals and other medical operations.

The Healthy Climate HEPA Filtration System has a three-step filtration procedure. A prefilter catches significant pollutants before the HEPA filter captures the remainder of tiny irritants. Then, a charcoal filter eradicates odors and chemical vapors.

The PureAir™ S Air Purification System connects to all HVAC brands and easily integrates with your smart home. It combats the three key varieties 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 potent at removing or eliminating 90%1 of flu and cold viruses under certain airflow conditions. And, according to laboratory and field studies, it decreases and eradicates approximately 50% of your home’s odors and chemical vapors within 24 hours.

The PureAir S is equipped with sensing features that make it simple to maintain. When paired with an iComfort® S30 smart thermostat, you’ll receive an alert to replace the filter and UVA light.2 This home air purifier must be linked with communicating Lennox systems and the iComfort S30.

2. Media Air Cleaners

Lennox Healthy Climate® Media Air Cleaners come in in a variety of MERV ratings to fit your needs. This rating calculates how capable 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, since it has a MERV 16 rating for hospital-level filtration. And it eliminates more than 95%3 of aggravating particles from your home’s air.

The Healthy Climate 13 Media Air Cleaner is recommended for families who are looking for better protection from viruses and bacteria. This filter removes 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 removes 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 deliver this effective filtration without increasing the price of turning on 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 know that some of the denser ones, like MERV 16 and 13, may restrict your system’s airflow. This can inflate your heating and cooling bills.

3. UV Air Purifiers

The sun’s UV rays are the fault of why you get a painful sunburn. But this kind of light has a useful application when concealed inside your ductwork. It’s also strong enough to decrease germs, mold and fungi under certain airflow conditions.

In fact, the Healthy Climate UV Germicidal Light can decrease the amount of airborne microorganisms by 50% in as fast as 45 minutes.5 This light destroys cell structure, which stops these microorganisms from flourishing and moving around your house.

And this UV air purifier can also help keep your heating and cooling system clean and working efficiently. It eliminates of germs, mold and fungi hiding inside ductwork and your system itself. This UV light air purifier does all these things without creating lung-aggravating ozone.6

Breathe Healthier Air with the Help of Our Air Purification Professionals

Your loved ones’ comfort and health is our top priority at Farnell Heating & Air Conditioning Inc. We realize there are a lot of options out there. That’s why we make it uncomplicated to partner with our indoor air quality professionals. We specialize in creating solutions tailored to your needs and budget, and we’d love to find out more about your house and your air quality challenges. Give us a call at 251-471-2674 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.