About Indoor Air Quality (AIQ) Systems
Indoor air quality (IAQ) systems improve the air you breathe by removing pollutants, regulating humidity, and improving ventilation. Green Home can help you choose the best system for the unique needs and size of YOUR home. Call, or text us to arrange a free estimate. Or use our online form.
Components of IAQ systems
- Air cleaners: Remove particles from the air, but don’t always remove mold or viruses
- Ventilation: Brings fresh air into a space and removes stale air
- Humidifiers: Add moisture to the air to prevent mold and dust mites
- HVAC systems: Regulate temperature and humidity, and can include sensors to monitor air quality
Key Benefits of IAQ systems
- More comfortable living: Maintain proper humidity levels and regulate temperatureHow They Work
- Improved health: Reduce the risk of allergies, respiratory problems, heart disease, and cancer
- Reduced energy costs: Improve HVAC efficiency
IAQ Systems We Recommend:
Below are the units that we recommend most often. Click on the name or image below to learn more about the specifications and benefits of each model. Give us a call to receive a customized analysis of your home.
IAQ Product Details
Carrier COALM Carbon Monoxide Alarm
CARRIER COALM: Designed to alert you when dangerous levels of carbon monoxide are present inside your home.
Overview
Carbon monoxide is a colorless, tasteless, odorless and highly toxic gas. The Carrier® CO alarm uses sophisticated sensor technology to detect and record levels of CO.
You can monitor the current CO level in your home on a large, easy-to-read digital display. When dangerous levels of CO are present, a loud, audible alarm alerts you and your family automatically.
Why This Carbon Monoxide Detector Is Right for You
- Power Source: Plugs into any standard electrical outlet and Lithium ion backup battery.
- Monitoring: Monitors CO levels updating every 15 seconds.
- Alarm: When activated, the alarm makes a loud pulsating sound at 85 decibels.
https://www.carrier.com/reside ntial/en/ca/products/indoor-air-quality/co-alarm
Infinity® Air Purifier
CARRIER DGAPA: Whole-home air purifier that uses Captures & Kills® technology to trap particles and inactivate them with an electrical charge.
Overview
The Infinity air purifier is a whole-home solution that can be added to your heating and cooling system. It uses Captures & Kills technology to inactivate 99% of select airborne pathogens trapped by the MERV 15 filter, including coronavirus, bacteria and other pathogens.
Why This Air Purifier is Right For You
- Whole-Home Filtration: Works silently in-line with your HVAC system to help reduce pet dander, pollen, dirt and other particles that can circulate throughout your home.
- Captures & Kills Technology: Our patented Captures & Kills technology traps 95% of particles in micron size range 1.0 to 3.0 flowing through the HVAC system and subjects them to an intense electric field.
- Viruses & Bacteria: Inactivates 99% of select airborne germs and viruses trapped in the MERV 15 filter including coronavirus, human influenza, the common cold and bacteria that causes strep throat.
- Filtration Efficiency: MERV 15. Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) ratings range from 1-16 and the higher the MERV rating, the fewer particles and other contaminants can pass through the air filter.
- Size: Available in various sizes that can accommodate most homes. Green Home Heating & Cooling will recommend the appropriate model to fit your needs.
- Warranty: 10-year parts limited warranty upon timely registration.
Comfort™ EZ Flex Cabinet Air Filter
CARRIER EZXCAB: A convenient and affordable way to help improve your indoor air quality and system performance.
Overview
The EZ Flex system provides whole home air filtration using a high efficiency filter. The deep-pleated style of its MERV 10 filter keeps air flowing while removing 63% of airborne particles in micron size range 1.0 to 3.0.
Why This Air Filter is Right For You
- Whole-Home Filtration: Works silently in-line with your HVAC system to help clean the air by removing particles that can circulate throughout your home.
- Filtration Efficiency: Ships with MERV 10 and MERV 13 upgrade available. Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) ratings range from 1-16 and the higher the MERV rating, the fewer particles and other contaminants can pass through the air filter.
- Size: Available in various sizes that can accommodate most homes. Your Carrier expert will recommend the appropriate model to fit your needs.
- Warranty: 10-year parts limited warranty upon timely registration.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/ca/products/indoor-air-quality/air-purifiers/ezxcab
Carrier Infinity® Return Air Purifier
CARRIER RGAP: Return air purifier that uses Captures & Kills® technology to trap particles and inactivate them with an electrical charge.
Overview
The Infinity return air purifier is a whole-home solution that can be added to your heating and cooling system. It uses Captures & Kills technology to inactivate 99% of select airborne pathogens trapped by the MERV 15 filter, including coronavirus, bacteria and other pathogens.
Why This Air Purifier is Right For You
- Whole-Home Filtration: Installs in your ceiling return air grille and works silently with your HVAC system to help reduce pet dander, pollen, dirt and other particles that can circulate throughout your home.
- Captures & Kills Technology: Carrier’s patented Captures & Kills technology traps 95% of particles in micron size range 1.0 to 3.0 flowing through the HVAC system and subjects them to an intense electric field.
- Viruses & Bacteria: Inactivates 99% of select airborne germs and viruses trapped in the MERV 15 filter including coronavirus, human influenza, the common cold and bacteria that causes strep throat.
- Filtration Efficiency: MERV 15. Minimum Efficiency Reporting Value (MERV) ratings range from 1-16 and the higher the MERV rating, the fewer particles and other contaminants can pass through the air filter.
- Size: Two different models available for either furnace or fan coil applications. Green Home Heating & Cooling can recommend the appropriate model to fit your needs.
- Warranty: 10-year parts limited warranty upon timely registration.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/ca/products/indoor-air-quality/air-purifiers/rgap
Smart Air Purifier XL
CARRIER RMAP-SXL: Portable air purifier for rooms up to 560 square feet. Includes a HEPA filter that captures 99.97% of airborne particles sized 0.3 microns.
Overview
Our innovative air purifier offers a simple, cost-effective way to improve the quality of your indoor air in almost any room in your home. Its high-performance fan and HEPA filtration system extract airborne pollutants and deliver cleaner air in every direction, while easy-to-change filters make it a low-maintenance solution for busy households.
Ideal for bedrooms, family rooms, playrooms or any other area of your home needing cleaner air, the air purifier has been independently tested and certified by the Association of Home Appliance Manufactures (AHAM) and is Energy Star certified.
Why This Air Purifier is Right for You
Why This Air Purifier is Right For You
- Portable Design: Ideal for bedrooms, family rooms, playrooms or any other area of your home needing cleaner air. Includes caster wheels to easily relocate to a different living space.
- Three Levels of Filtration: The pre-filter removes large airborne particles like dust, dirt and pet dander. The HEPA filter captures 99.97% of smaller particles as small as 0.3 microns, including pollen. Finally, an activated carbon filter removes odors.
- Air Quality Monitoring: Built-in air quality monitor samples incoming air and measures levels of pollution. The easy to read LED screen changes between four colors (green, yellow, orange and red) based on your room’s air quality rating.
- Smart Home Integration: Use the Carrier Home app to operate your air purifier and monitor your home’s air quality from anywhere. And connect your purifier to Alexa or Google Assistant for voice control.
- Energy Star Certified: 25% more energy-efficient than non-certified standard models.
- Powerful Fan: Features a powerful fan with 360-degree airflow that pulls polluted air from multiple directions and disperses cleaner air all around the room. Choose between 18 fan settings or select auto mode to allow system to adjust fan speeds based on the needs of your room’s air quality rating.
- Clean Air Delivery Rate (CADR): CADR measure an air purifier’s effectiveness to remove smoke, dust and pollen based on room space and the volume of clean air produced per minute. The higher the number the better. AHAM recommends the average CADR rating be at least two-thirds the area of your room.
Warranty: 1-year parts limited warranty
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/air-purifiers/rmap-sxl
Performance™ Carbon Air Purifier with UV
CARRIER UVCAP: Carbon Air Purifier with UV provides dual treatment technology through a carbon core and UV light to improve indoor air quality.
Overview
The Carbon Air Purifier with UV helps maintain a healthier home through air purification targeting the reduction of unwanted odors, volatile organic compounds, and common household gases from indoor air, while aiding in the reduction of microorganism, e.g., bacteria and viruses, growth on the evaporative coil, and release into recirculated indoor air.
Why This Air Purifier Is Right for You
- Viruses & Bacteria: The UV light aids in the reduction of microorganism, e.g., bacteria and viruses, growth on the cooling coil and release into the air.
- Odors & Gases: The carbon core helps address the reduction of common, unwanted, and potentially harmful household gases and odors. Plus, Carbon Air Purifier with UV reduces ozone in recirculated air.
- Whole-Home Solution: Installed near your indoor evaporator coil to helps treat the air that flows through your HVAC system.
- Easy Maintenance: Easy to maintain requiring replacement of the carbon core each year and UV bulb every 2 years. And you have the option to add an additional UV light for even greater surface coverage on your cooling coil.
Performance™ Ultraviolet Germicidal UV Light
CARRIER UVLCC1LP: Single bulb germicidal ultraviolet lamp can kill mold and bacteria that may form on your indoor cooling coil.
Overview
The indoor coil is part of what cools your home, but it and its drain pan can also be a favorite hangout of mold and bacteria. Growth of these organisms can affect efficiency and reduce airflow. They can even become airborne.
UV lamps from Carrier are designed to kill the mold and bacteria that can grow in the moist environment of your indoor coils to help keep your system efficient and clean air flowing.
Why This UV Light is Right for You
- Bacteria & Mold: Intense UV light is designed to kill bacteria and mold growing on and around the indoor coil.
- Whole-Home Solution: Installed near your indoor evaporator coil to help minimize microbial build-up and help prevent harmful particles from becoming airborne as airflows across those coils.
- Warranty: 10-year parts limited warranty upon timely registration and a 90-day limited warranty for bulbs.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/uv-lamps/uvlcc1lp
Performance™ Ultraviolet Germicidal UV Light
Carrier UVLCC2L: Double bulb germicidal ultraviolet lamp can kill mold and bacteria that may form on your indoor cooling coil.
Overview
The indoor coil is part of what cools your home, but it and its drain pan can also be a favorite hangout of mold and bacteria. Growth of these organisms can affect efficiency and reduce airflow. They can even become airborne.
UV lamps from Carrier are designed to kill the mold and bacteria that can grow in the moist environment of your indoor coils to help keep your system efficient and clean air flowing.
Why This UV Light is Right for You
- Bacteria & Mold: Intense UV light is designed to kill bacteria and mold growing on and around the indoor coil.
- Whole-Home Solution: Installed near your indoor evaporator coil to help minimize microbial build-up and help prevent harmful particles from becoming airborne as airflows across those coils.
- Warranty: 10-year parts limited warranty upon timely registration and a 90-day limited warranty for bulbs.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/uv-lamps/uvlcc2lp
Performance™ Whole-House Dehumidifier
CARRIER DEHXX: Removes unwanted indoor humidity to keep you comfortable. Recognized as the Most Efficient of ENERGY STAR® 2024. Remove up to 100 pints of airborne moisture per day for enhanced comfort and healthier home air.
Overview
Managing indoor humidity is important to creating a comfortable, healthy indoor environment by helping remove moisture from the air. If the humidity level is too high, it can encourage mold growth and create a cozy home for dust mite matter and other pests to thrive. High humidity can make you and your wallet uncomfortable too because you’ll tend to want the cooling temperature lower than you need for comfort so your HVAC system has to work harder to keep up.
The Carrier® Performance Series whole home dehumidifier is available in two sizes so regardless if you need a whole-home solution or just have a humid basement, you’ll have dehumidification that’s just right for your needs. Both sizes of dehumidifiers work quietly to wring out humidity from the outdoor air so no matter the square footage of your space, you can save on utilities and be comfortable with drier air. And, they’re designed to be configurable with your existing system in a multitude of ways or operate independently away from your system if space is a problem.
Carrier whole-home dehumidifiers meet stringent ENERGY STAR® requirements and have been awarded with the ENERGY STAR MOST EFFICIENT 2024 designation. Products carrying this distinction have been recognized for their outstanding energy efficiency and technological innovation.
Why This Whole-Home Dehumidifier is Right for You
- Humidity Control: Enhanced humidity control that can remove up to 100 pints of moisture per day.
- Filtration Efficiency: MERV 8 filter is to help keep the internal components clean. Recognized as the Most Efficient of ENERGY STAR® 2024.
- Installation: Can be installed as part of a system or standalone.
- Size: Available in two sizes that can accommodate most homes. Your Carrier expert will recommend the appropriate model to fit your needs.
- Warranty: 5-year parts limited warranty.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/dehumidifiers
Carrier PERFORMANCE™ Small Bypass Humidifier
CARRIER HUMCRSBP: Bypass humidifier that can produce up to 12 gallons of water vapor per day.
Overview
Enjoy the air you breathe. A properly humidified home can help you breathe more comfortably with less dryness, save on energy costs, reduce static electricity, and even help protect your wood furniture.
The Performance bypass humidifier uses less electricity than fan-powered humidifiers by letting your furnace blower supply the air movement to drive moisture vapor into your ducts. This humidifier was engineered to work with Carrier products for improved whole-home comfort.
Why This Humidifier is Right For You
- Comfort Features: Adding moisture to your indoor air increases the humidity and can allow you to feel more comfortable while potentially reducing your temperature settings and saving on your heating costs.
- Water Vapor Output: Can produce up to 12 gallons of water vapor per day.
- Warranty: 10-year parts limited warranty upon timely registration.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/ca/products/indoor-air-quality/humidifiers/humcrsbp
Carrier Performance™ Steam Humidifier
CARRIER HUMCRSTM: Steam humidifier that can produce up to 34 gallons of water vapor per day.
Overview
Enjoy the air you breathe with a steam humidifier. A properly humidified home can help you breathe more comfortably with less dryness, save on energy costs, reduce static electricity, and even help protect your wood furniture.
If you have a larger home or want to ensure consistent levels of humidity for the comfort of your family and the care of your furnishings, this steam humidifier may be your best choice. It generates steam by energizing two electrodes. Current flowing between the electrodes causes water to turn to steam, which is delivered into the duct by a patented dispersion tube.
Why This Humidifier is Right For You
- Comfort Features: Adding moisture to your indoor air increases the humidity and can allow you to feel more comfortable while potentially reducing your temperature settings and saving on your heating costs.
- Water Vapor Output: Can produce up to 34 gallons of water vapor per day.
- Consumer Choice Warranty: Upon timely registration, on eligible equipment select either a 10-year parts only limited warranty or a 5-year parts, plus a 3-year labor limited warranty
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/humidifiers/humcrstm
Performance™ Horizontal Heat Recovery Ventilator
CARRIER HRVXXSHA: Ideal for northern climates and horizontal installations. Offers airflow up to up to 160 cubic feet per minute.
Overview
Carrier® Heat Recovery Ventilators (HRVs) let you enjoy fresh outdoor air in your home and expel stale, sometimes unhealthy air all while minimizing heating energy loss.
They use the outgoing air’s heat energy to pre-condition air coming in to keep your heating system working efficiently.
Heat recovery ventilators are best used in climates where winters are cold and excess moisture in the home can be a problem.
Why This Ventilator is Right for You
- Climate: Heat recovery ventilators are ideal for northern climates with a longer cold-weather season.
- Comfort Features: Brings in outside air and exhausts polluted air while maintaining indoor comfort levels.
- Energy Savings: Can help improve energy savings by pre-conditioning the outside air brought into your home.
- Consumer Choice Warranty: Upon timely registration, on eligible equipment select either a 10-year parts only limited warranty or a 5-year parts, plus a 3-year labor limited warranty.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/ventilators/hrvxxsha
Performance™ Floor Console Indoor Unit
CARRIER FN1AAF: The OptiClean™ is a portable solution primarily designed to help convert normal hospital rooms into Airborne Infectious Isolation Rooms
Overview
The OptiClean™ Air Scrubber rolls easily into any room and plugs into a standard electrical outlet to quickly help improve indoor air quality in your home as well as in commercial applications such as schools, dentist offices and other commercial applications. It uses 99.97% efficient, long-life HEPA filters to remove particles as small as 0.3 microns, then discharge cleaner air back into the room. Ideal for your home or a wide range of commercial applications, including K–12 classrooms, dentist offices and open-air, temporary medical facilities.
Filter Alert/Pressure Indicator
- A red light illuminates when it is time to check and/or replace one or both of the unit’s filters.
- A green on/off switch illuminates when the unit is on and operating.
Why This Fan Coil Is Right for You
- Applications: Can help improve indoor air quality in your home as well as in other commerial applications such as schools and dentist offices.
- Filtration Efficiency: Includes two filters pre-installed for your convenience: a minimum MERV 7 pre-filter and a HEPA filter.
- Capture Rate: 99.97% efficient, long-life HEPA filter removes particles as small as 0.3 microns.
- Size: Available in various sizes including 500 CFM, 1500 CFM models. Your Carrier expert will recommend the appropriate model to fit your needs.
https://www.shareddocs.com/hvac/docs/1009/Public/03/OM-FN1AAF-05.pdf
Comfort™ Energy Recovery Ventilator
CARRIER ERVCRNVA: Ideal for warmer climates and horizontal installations. Offers airflow up to 128 cubic feet per minute.
Overview
Carrier® Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) are designed to minimize energy loss while bringing fresh air into your home and exiting stale air year round.
Energy recovery ventilators use the outgoing air’s thermal energy to pre-condition the air coming in so you can enjoy fresh air without overworking your system.
Energy recovery ventilators are best used in climates where the summer is hot and humid.
Why This Ventilator is Right for You
- Climate: Energy recovery ventilation systems are ideal for warmer climates with humid summers.
- Comfort Features: Brings in outside air and exhausts polluted air while maintaining indoor comfort levels. Also removes excess indoor humidity to enhance comfort.
- Energy Savings: Can help improve energy savings by pre-conditioning the outside air brought into your home.
- Consumer Choice Warranty: Upon timely registration, on eligible equipment select either a 10-year parts only limited warranty or a 5-year parts, plus a 3-year labor limited warranty.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/ventilators/ervcrnva
Performance™ Vertical Energy Recovery Ventilator
CARRIER ERVXXSVB: Ideal for warmer climates and vertical installations. Offers airflow up to 145 cubic feet per minute.
Overview
Carrier® Energy Recovery Ventilators (ERVs) are designed to minimize energy loss while bringing fresh air into your home and exiting stale air year round.
Energy recovery ventilators use the outgoing air’s thermal energy to pre-condition the air coming in so you can enjoy fresh air without overworking your system.
Energy recovery ventilators are best used in climates where the summer is hot and humid.
Why This Ventilator is Right for You
- Climate: Energy recovery ventilation systems are ideal for warmer climates with humid summers.
- Comfort Features: Brings in outside air and exhausts polluted air while maintaining indoor comfort levels. Also removes excess indoor humidity to enhance comfort.
- Energy Savings: Can help improve energy savings by pre-conditioning the outside air brought into your home.
- Consumer Choice Warranty: Upon timely registration, on eligible equipment select either a 10-year parts only limited warranty or a 5-year parts, plus a 3-year labor limited warranty.
https://www.carrier.com/residential/en/us/products/indoor-air-quality/ventilators/ervxxsvb
