An Ecoheat system provides quality air for good health.

• Each hour the system ventilates the building with approximately 240 m³ of fresh air. This is equivalent to the air volume of a 3 car garage.
• Eliminates stale smells from your home.
• Reduces the likelihood of illnesses from airborne germs within your home.

How 'healthy' is the air we breathe?

With ever increasing emphasis being placed on healthy lifestyles, many people are asking how 'healthy' is the air we breathe? By world standards, Australia has relatively clean outdoor air. Nevertheless, many Australians list air quality as one of their highest environmental concerns.

So, as most of us spend more than 90 per cent of our lives indoors, it is worth thinking more closely about air quality, especially inside the home.

So is the air quality in your home affecting your health?

The following two paragraphs are an extract from the website below at which the full article can be viewed.

How does indoor air quality affect our health?

Poor indoor air quality may cause a range of health effects from mild and generally non-specific symptoms such as headaches, tiredness or lethargy to more severe effects such as aggravation of asthma and allergic responses.

What contributes to poor indoor air quality?

• the type of air pollutant
• the amount and rate at which it is released from its source and
• the degree of ventilation available in the home to remove it from indoors.

We recommend reading the Healthy Homes Guide which has valuable information about indoor air quality and therefore complements GreenSmart's market-driven approach to advancing responsible building practices.

www.nphp.gov.au/enhealth/council/pubs/pdf/healthyhomes.pdf

Indoor Air Quality

EPA studies show that even in the smoggiest cities, the air inside most modern homes is usually at least ten times more polluted than the air outside.

How can this be? There are many reasons, some of which were discovered only recently. They include invisible assassins like radon and CO2, as well as gas-emitting chemicals like formaldehyde used in making modern carpeting, drapery, household cleaners, furniture and building materials. There are also common airborne pollutants such as pollen, viruses, dust and dust mites and damp areas where standing water can breed mold, mildew and other microbes.

Much of this problem is attributed to the way modern homes are built—for purposes of energy efficiency, and to be as air-tight as possible. The consequence is that stale air, laced with odors, chemicals, irritants – even miniscule insects – often becomes trapped in modern homes, where it circulates over and over. This can lead to eye irritation, sinus congestion, sneezing, runny nose, stuffiness, colds, flu, headaches, dizziness, outbreaks of allergies and asthma, sore throats, and various other respiratory ailments.

So serious and prevalent is this issue that environmentalists have coined a new term for it—IAQ or Indoor Air Quality. Today’s homeowners need to become more aware of the importance of IAQ and what they can do about it.