Three Ways A Garbett Home Can Improve Your Indoor Air Quality

Air quality is something that is on the mind of many Utahns. Whether it’s thanks to the layer of smog that winter inversions create or the consequences that will come if we fail to save the Great Salt Lake. We worry about the state’s air quality. After all, poor air quality creates poor lung health, which can significantly reduce someone’s overall quality of life. We here at Garbett Homes are also worried about your home’s indoor air quality, and want to do what we can to improve it. Here are four ways we achieve just that.  
 
Moving Away From Gas Appliances 
The biggest step we at Garbett Homes are taking to help improve your home’s air quality is eliminating the use of gas-powered appliances. These appliances are your home’s biggest polluter. Whether they’re in operation or not they are emitting pollutants that dirty your air. Affecting the overall health of your household. Eliminating the use of these appliances in our new Utah homes allows for the home to generate zero in-home emissions. Allowing your household’s overall lung health to be that much better.  
 
The Use of ERVs 
While we have previously discussed how Energy Recovery Ventilators are a key aspect of how our homes are more energy efficient than our competitors. These devices also play a role in maintaining high indoor air quality. The filtration system inside these devices help passively bring outdoor air to your desired temperature while also cleaning it of outdoor pollutants much more efficiently than traditional filters. When it comes time for that air to leave the home, it’s cleaned again on the way out. Meaning that the air leaves your home cleaner than it came in!  
 
Transitioning Towards Solar Standard 
Eliminating sources of carbon emissions and air pollutants within the home is extremely important. You spend a lot of time in your home after all. However, another way to help keep your new Utah home’s indoor air clean, is by helping improve the overall air quality of the state. One way that we at Garbett Homes can do that, is by helping Utah and the nation meet their goals to generate more electricity from renewable sources. Which is why we at Garbett Homes are beginning the process to bring Solar as a standard to every community. This will reduce the demand for electricity from emissions generating sources like coal and natural gas. Allowing your home to generate less secondary emissions. And giving you significant savings on your utility bills. 
 
We at Garbett Homes can’t fix Utah’s air quality alone. The task is just too big, but that doesn’t mean we shouldn’t do our part. If you’re interested in making your new Utah home a better home for the future, visit our model homes in Murray, Millcreek, Midvale, Salt Lake City, and Wasatch County. We look forward to seeing you soon!