Your Air, Your Health: Allergy and Asthma

The average American spends more than 90 percent of their time indoors making them susceptible to unsafe particles and allergens.

Seventy percent of U.S. households are affected by allergies or asthma. These family members are more susceptible to harmful particles and allergens in the air in their homes, which can mean serious health implications. Improving your indoor air quality is an important step in reducing allergic and asthmatic triggers.

As published in BioMed Central Journal, an independent publishing house committed to providing access to peer-reviewed biomedical research, and as accepted and presented at the Indoor Air conference, which is the largest multidisciplinary international conference series in the field of indoor air sciences, Trane CleanEffects has been shown to reduce triggers for allergies and asthma. Trane CleanEffects removes up to 99.98 percent and particles and allergens from the filtered air. Installing Trane CleanEffects can be an important part of your overall allergy and asthma management plan.

See the research in BioMed Central Journal on control of asthma triggers

Read the abstract from the Indoor Air Conference

In addition to removing up to 99.98 percent of particles and allergens from the filtered air, houses with Trane CleanEffects have more than 50 percent less dust on surfaces. If you are worried about dust settling on furniture, carpet and other upholstery items, and then getting stirred up into the air as you do everyday things, like making the bed or plunking down on the couch, installing Trane CleanEffects means less dust on surfaces.

See the results of the dust removal study

Causes of indoor allergies

Those who suffer from allergies know the misery—the itchy nose, scratchy eyes, coughing and tightness in the chest. Even indoors, the symptoms can continue, and in fact, sometimes get worse. What causes indoor allergies?

In the spring or fall, most allergy symptoms are caused by pollen or mold spores, but other causes also play a part. In fact, up to 72 trillion allergens find their way into your home every day.

• Mold spores can irritate the respiratory passages
• Dander from pets can float in the air and cause reactions in sensitive family members
• Dust mites can lurk in bedding, upholstery and almost any other soft material, generating irritating waste particles that can become airborne
• Dust – the big culprit. The average home generates about 40 pounds of dust per year per 1,500 square feet of space
• Homes are built more airtight than ever, trapping more allergens and irritants indoors

Learn more about allergies:

Local Allergy Guides: Find out about allergen levels in your area

Expert allergy tips: Read what experts recommend