Is the air inside your home really safe for your kids?

How many times have you covered your child’s face when a vehicle passes by on the street? As parents, we always want what’s best for our children, making sure that little to nothing poses them any harm. While that may be difficult in the great outdoors, our homes are where we keep the safest. But, is that really the case?

With the advent of technology and given the amount of time we spend indoors, the quality of air that exists within the confines of our homes might pose a greater threat to us than that of the air outside. Gases released from household products, air conditioners, fumes from equipment, dust, dirt, and other volatile organic compounds (VOCs), coupled with the air that finds its way in through open doors and windows, all build up inside our homes deteriorating the Indoor Air Quality

Children breathe faster than adults, and babies are closer to the ground where heavy contaminants hang in the air and hence take in more of this polluted air. While you may be able to control what they eat, what they drink, the cleanliness of what they touch, and the disinfection of the things they interact with, the air they breathe is the source of harm that you can’t see.

Harmful effects of Indoor Air Pollution

Headaches, dizziness, and nausea

Coughing, sneezing and upper respiratory troubles

Chronic Eye irritation

Rashes and other skin ailments

Making sure the air inside your home is therefore of the utmost importance when it comes to ensuring your child’s health and safety. But how do you manage that which you can’t see? While ventilation is a good practice, it’s not enough.

ActiveBuildings has developed highly cost-effective, plug-and-play sensors that will help you detect and analyse your Indoor Air Quality, using which customised solutions based on your current air filtering and conditioning system are provided to ensure that your home is the safest place for you and your child. Solutions from ActiveBuildings will make sure that the IAQ of your home is monitored, maintained and optimised both for your family’s health and your wallet.