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Because of larger amounts of outside pollution entering homes, indoor air pollution may be worse in cities. When we think of air pollution, we think of planes, power plants, and smoggy, traffic-clogged cities, but few people realize that the air quality inside your house may be up to ten times worse than outside.
WHAT IS POOR AIR QUALITY?
We spend more than 150 hours every week inhaling unhealthy air as the average person spends more than 90% of their time indoors. In addition, our homes are more insulated and less ventilated than ever before, which benefits our energy costs but has a negative impact on our air quality since dry, stale air sticks around for longer.
DEHUMIDIFY
Thankfully, we live in Singapore where the majority of us have an air conditioning system in our homes. Therefore, we do not need dehumidifiers. As we know, air conditioners dehumidify the air in your home. It is key to ensure your air conditioning system is regularly maintained as molds and bacteria love dark and moist places.
There are other things you can do around your home to reduce the amount of humidity. For example, everyone loves a hot shower at the end of the day. However, remember to keep the door shut at all times. As the vapor from your shower would add humidity to your home.
INVEST IN AIR PURIFIER
Although your air conditioner has filters in them, they are not fine enough to filter harmful allergens.
Here’s where the air purifier steps in. Air purifiers are intended to filter dangerous allergens from the air. Respiratory disorders, such as asthma, are unexpected in the sense that particular allergens can rapidly trigger an attack, reducing lung function and, in severe cases, resulting in incapacity to breathe. The correct air purifier may improve air quality and provide everyone with a piece of mind.
KEEP YOUR HOME SMOKE FREE
Singapore banned smoking for the first time in 1970 To protect nonsmokers from the harmful effects of second-hand tobacco smoke. 7 000 plus toxic particles can be damaging for up to five hours, so designating your house as a smoke-free zone makes sense.
Cigarettes are just one of the factors to keep your home smoke-free. Smokes can come from your nice-smelling incense sticks or candles.
These items that you burn for recreational use release carbon dioxide and carbon monoxide into your home. If you love to burn incense, you might want to think again. Incense is more damaging than candles. It emits over 100 times more fine particles.
If you just can't let go of your scented candle. You may want to switch to natural waxes such as beeswax or soy wax. You may want to avoid synthetic perfumes. However, some have irritants from essential oils.
OPEN YOUR WINDOWS
The best you can do is to just open your window. While open windows may boost mood and make a home more comfortable, we must not forget that they are also helpful to the environment in a variety of ways. The most obvious environmental advantage of opening windows and doors on good days is that it saves power by preventing the air conditioner from operating.
Other than that, there are other benefits of opening a window. For example, it will naturally circulate air. You will have to use a lesser amount of air freshener as you circulated the musty smell out.
FINAL WORDS
We live in a world where pollutants are everywhere. You can never get your home to be 10 percent clean from air pollution. However, you can always try to have cleaner air in your home.
This is even crucial when you have little ones as you do not want them to be exposed to too many indoor air pollutants.
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