Why is indoor air worse than outdoor air?
The EPA states that indoor air is 2-5 times worse than outdoor air. Why is that possible? Why is that happening? The reason why is because of the desk in my office, the carpet, the paint and everything on the walls with paints and products are called VOC. VOC is volatile organic compound, since we have made our homes tighter, our businesses tighter, more energy efficient, these chemicals off gassing cannot escape the space anymore. Now, you are breathing it in your lungs. Outside you don’t have that present, you have ozone, you have UV, you have Mother Nature fighting against what is naturally present. In the home you don’t have that going on.
You have paints and finishes, carpets, all this stuff is off gassing and there is nowhere for it to go because the homes are so energy efficient. That is good because it is saving you money on energy, but the bad thing is you don’t have fresh air, you don’t have clean air. How do you solve that problem? You bring in what happens outside into your home; UV and ozone. Those products we can put inside your system. UV light, UVV (ozone), inside your system, ozone is only responsible for finding the gas molecule and killing it. That is all ozone is available for.
That is why when it just rains it smells really good, it is called ozone. Yes, ozone is dangerous, at the wrong levels. What we do in your house is lower ozone level than what is outside. I just took Tylenol, if I took a whole bottle, I would die. If I take what I am supposed to take I will feel better. Ozone, in the right levels is fine. Same thing as the chemicals you put in the pool. Chlorine, if you put in 100% chlorine, it is going to kill all the algae in the pool, the problem is you can’t swim in it. So, what happens is you put in a little bit at a time, or put the tablets on top. Same way with the ozone.
Everything is dangerous at the wrong levels. You can literally drown with too much water intake, but you are supposed to have water to live. At the wrong levels, bad, at the right levels, good. We can bring in the outside, the ozone and UV (ultra violent light) into your home and solve those problems. A lot of people are allergic to their homes because of all the chemicals and gases, so they are taking allergy medicines to mask over the symptoms. I am not saying we are curing diseases but I am saying a lot of things people are allergic to are things that can be controlled naturally. You need to see what is going on there, and get a better filter, get UV, get ozone inside the home and you may see these challenges go away.
Your friend in comfort and energy savings,
Derek Cole
Derek Cole is the General Manager of One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning®, an independently owned and operated franchise based in Laurinburg, North Carolina since 1953 and named to the Inc. 5000 fastest-growing private companies in 2016. He has more than 15 years of experience in the HVAC industry and has created two You Tube broadcasts, The Comfort Experts and #AskDerekCole, filled with tips and tricks on saving energy and being comfortable. He was named the Top 40 under 40 in the HVAC industry by the News magazine and featured in Entrepreneur Magazine Franchise Player Spotlight. Derek has also been seen on CBS, FOX, NBC, ABC, Huffington Post, and Bloomberg Business sharing about One Hour Heating & Air Conditioning® and home comfort tips.