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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Four Common Indoor Air Quality Problems

A number of different environmental factors that can result in common indoor air quality problems. These air pollutants and contaminants can be found in a wide variety of locations and can cause various health effects that could be very dangerous. Here are four of the most common causes of indoor air quality problems and information on how these issues can be remedied. 1. Environmental Tobacco Smoke

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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Breathe Easy At Night: Indoor Air Quality and Sleep

The relationship between indoor air quality and sleep is a complex one. While we are sleeping at night, our body is recharging and restoring itself, providing us with energy to face the next day. Good, solid sleep is necessary to this process and poor air quality in an indoor sleeping area can disrupt sleep in a number of different ways. Overcoming Three Indoor Air Quality Problems that Impact Sleep 1. Sleep Interruptions

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Using Cheap Air Filters: What’s The Worst That Could Happen?

Cheap air filters often sound like a good idea to cash strapped consumers worried about the costs of home of office upkeep, but using cheap replacement filters in your air conditioner isn’t a good way to save money. As a matter of fact, doing so can result in a wide variety of other problems that could end up costing the homeowner or business owner more than the price of replacing high quality filters. Problems with Using Cheap Filtersr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

5 Indoor Air Quality Tips for Office Environments

By Jim Gates, CAFS The indoor air quality of an office environment is very important to the health, comfort, well being, and productivity of every person who works there. Improved indoor air quality is also important to management, as a healthy working environment can lead to higher productivity and fewer lost work days. Improving Air Quality at Workr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Changing Air Filters: An Important Part of Office Maintenance

When considering effective ways to ensure a clean and safe work environment, indoor air pollution is an important situation. Office spaces are often cramped, and public places are ideal environments for bacteria and allergens to take hold. One effective method of combating airbo e particles and dust is to purchase and install high quality air filters for your office, and make sure to change them out on a regular basis. Health Benefits of High Quality Air Conditioner Filtersr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Preparing A Sleeping Area For A Child With Asthma

When you are dealing with a child with asthma, it is very important to ensure that you do everything that you can to prevent asthma symptoms from occurring. An asthma attack can be devastating to a young body and severe attacks can result in hospitalization and a significant recovery time.

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Home Maintenance Tips for Allergy Symptom Prevention

The maintenance and cleaning of your home plays a very important role in preventing allergy symptoms. Allowing the build-up of dust and other pollutants in the home can aggravate allergy symptoms and make the suffering worse for all involved. Important Tips to Prevent Allergy Symptoms Following some simple home maintenance tips for allergy symptom prevention will decrease exposure to allergens and help make your home environment a more comfortable place to live. 1. Vacuum Regularly

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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How Air Filters Can Help Reduce Asthma and Allergy Triggers

According to the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America, 1 in 4 Americans suffer from asthma or the effects of allergies. Eliminating or reducing household triggers is essential to minimizing exposure to dangerous airbo e pollutants. Whether it is asthma, seasonal allergies or indoor allergies, one of the most simple and cost effective methods of reducing molecular and particulate triggers is to purchase and implement the use of high quality air filters.

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

How Does Carbon Help In An Air Filter?

Are you wondering if it’s important to use air conditioner filters that contain activated carbon? The addition of carbon can be a very important part of the manufacturing process for air filters. Adding carbon to the filter materials increases the adsorption properties of the air filter, allowing more air pollutants to be removed from the air. Activated carbon is one of the most adsorbent materials available for residential and commercial air filters. About Activated Carbon Air Conditioner Filtersr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Secondhand Smoke and Air Filters

Secondhand smoke is one of the worst air pollutants to have in the home because it can cause difficulty breathing, as well as lead to a number of different respiratory ailments in the individuals breathing in the secondhand smoke. Secondhand smoke emits from the unfiltered end of a cigarette, making it much worse than what smokers is take into their lungs. It is released in high concentrations with every cigarette burned.

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

How Do Air Filters Trap Pollutants?

Excessive air pollutants in the home or workplace can create a hazardous environment and harm the health of everyone exposed to the pollutants. A high quality air filter is the best weapon against air pollutants as it traps the offending particles deep within the filter, removing them from the air we breathe. The effectiveness of the air filter at trapping pollutants depends on several different factors, including the kinds of pollutants present and the type of air filter purchased.

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Breathe Easy At Home: Four Tips To Improve Indoor Air Quality

By Jim Gates, CAFS The quality of the air inside your home is very important to the health of you and your family. Poor quality indoor air can result in many negative health effects, including breathing disorders, respiratory ailments and more. Improving the indoor air quality in the home can help all of the members of the family breathe a little easier. 1. Control Sources Of Air Pollution

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Bringing A New Baby Home? Change the Air Filter First

The cleanliness of the air inside of your home is a very important consideration all the time, but especially when you are bringing a new baby home. An infant’s respiratory system is very delicate and will not cope with air pollutants well, so it is essential to ensure that the air the baby is breathing is free of dirt, dust, and germs. This need for clean air has prompted various manufacturers to invent effective solutions to improve the efficiency of home air filters and provide cleaner air to their customers.

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

What Makes A Pleated Filter Better?

There are two main types of air filters on the market today for use in residential and commercial buildings: panel air filters and pleated air filters. Many homeowners and building managers choose to purchase panel air filters based on the price of the filter without thoroughly examining whether purchasing a pleated air filter would be more beneficial. There are a number of benefits to purchasing a pleated air filter over purchasing a panel air filter. Many people believe that these added benefits are well worth the additional cost. Three Benefits of Pleated Air Filters

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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Understanding the Purpose of Air Filters

Have you ever wondered why air conditioner filters are necessary? If you have a central HVAC unit in your home or office, you know that you’re supposed to change the filter regularly and you’re probably aware that using a high quality filter is recommended. However, if you’re like most people, you probably don’t know why those things really matter.

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Indoor Air Quality and Seasonal Allergens

By Jim Gates, CAFS Seasonal allergens cause misery for millions of allergy sufferers each year in the form of sneezing, itchy eyes, runny noses, and scratchy throats. The quality of the air indoors can have a considerable effect on the seasonal allergy symptoms that appear in those that are susceptible and reducing the amount of seasonal allergens in the indoor air is the most effective way to obtain seasonal allergy relief. Important Indoor Allergen Reduction Tipsr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Environmental Triggers for Asthma

Asthma sufferers often find that an important key to improving their asthma symptoms is to reduce or eliminate the asthma triggers found in their environment. There are a number of different environmental triggers for asthma symptoms. Some people react to just one trigger while others find that there are several triggers that make their asthma more severe. It is important to be able to identify these asthma triggers and to learn how to reduce their effects on your life. Here are three of the most common. 1. Secondhand Smoke

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Four Easy Ways to Conserve Energy At Home

There are many benefits to conserving energy, and everyone should do their part to conserve energy where they can. Conserving energy at home is good for the planet and can dramatically lower the costs of utilities and expenses. Four Ideas for Home Energy Conservation Here are four easy ways to conserve energy at home simply by changing your habits or making minor repairs. 1. Fix Drafty Areas of the Home

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Air Filters: Price Versus Quality

There are a number of different types of air filters on the market today, each one differing in price and quality. Some people believe that basing purchase decisions on the price of the air filter is the right way to make their choice while other people believe that the quality of the air filter is much more important than the price. Although the short-term savings of using cheaper air filters may be significant, over the long term more money may be saved by investing in higher quality filters. Filter Comparisonsr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

How to Prevent Indoor Air Quality Problems: 4 Tips

Preventing indoor air quality problems from occurring is the best way to protect the health of everyone that uses the space in question – whether the area is a home or an office. All types of buildings can have air that is contaminated by air pollutants and harmful particles that can cause a number of respiratory illnesses and other health problems. It’s important to take steps to keep air as clean and pure as possible in any structure. 4 Tips to Prevent Problems with Indoor Air Quality

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Effective Allergen Control Strategies

When considering effective ways to ensure a clean and safe work environment, indoor air pollution is an important situation. Office spaces are often cramped, and public places are ideal environments for bacteria and allergens to take hold. One effective method of combating airbo e particles and dust is to purchase and install high quality air filters for your office, and make sure to change them out on a regular basis. Health Benefits of High Quality Air Conditioner Filtersr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

1,117 views

By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Five Tips for Controlling Energy Costs In Office Buildings

Controlling energy costs in office buildings can be difficult due to the constant coming and going of employees and visitors to the building. There are a number of methods that can be used to reduce the amount of energy used in the office building and the methods chosen for each building should be based on the characteristics of that particular building to ensure maximum energy savings. Five Strategies to Control Office Energy Costs Here are five of the most essential strategies for controlling the energy costs of an office building. 1. Turn Off Unnecessary Lightsr

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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By Jim GatesRecently published1 topic

Three Tips for Creating a Healthy Home Environment

A national survey conducted by the American Lung Association in May of 1999 (http://www.aerias.org/desktopdefault.aspx?tabindex=3&tabid=79) estimated that most Americans spend around 65% of their time in their homes, making indoor air quality a significant consideration for their health and well-being. The air inside of a home can be between 2 and 100 times worse for your health than the air outside, mainly due to a build-up of air pollutants in the indoor air. Three Ways to Improve Indoor Air Quality

Primary topic: Breathing and Breathwork

Breathing and Breathwork

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