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Is Evaporative Cooling the Safest Cooling Solution During a Pandemic? – My Home

Learn why evaporative cooling is the safest cooling solution in the pandemic. The best solution to stay cool and comfortable during this pandemic is evaporative air cooler.<br>

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Is Evaporative Cooling the Safest Cooling Solution During a Pandemic? – My Home

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  1. Is EvaporativeCoolingthe SafestCooling Solution During aPandemic?

  2. As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and stay-at-home orders extend, your family will likely need to ride out summer at home. To guarantee a cool and comfortable time, we recommend looking into cooling solutions now. However, cooling the air in your home during a viral pandemic is not so straightforward.

  3.  Dry air is known to help spread seasonal viruses like the flu as it’s a “key factor that impairs a person’s ability to fight off respiratory viral infections,” says Dr.Iwasaki.  What does this mean for your home? Air conditioning dries the air, which could make it hard to maintain humidity at the 30-50% levels recommended by the Mayo Clinic— especially if you live in a dryclimate. Additionally, dry air has adverse effects on respiratory health as it dries out sinuses and can cause asthma, bronchitis, and sinusitis (source: ClevelandClinic).  However, an evaporative coolercould solve this; It humidifies and coolsthe air at the sametime. One caveat, to make sure you’re not overdoing it, monitor the humidity in your home with an inexpensive digitalhygrometer.  Excess moisture encourages mildew and woodroot. Humidity Levels Can Affect Virus Spread in theAir

  4.  Per the WHO, studies show the COVID-19 virus can survive for up to 72 hours on plastic and stainless steel and less than 24 hours oncardboard.  Why does this matter? We frequently touch our faces without even knowing it. Per one study, 16 times per hour! If you rub your eyes or nose after touching a contaminated surface, you could infectyourself.  Some research suggests increasing the humidity in your home could help the virus die more quickly on surfaces. The Department of Homeland Securityran a study that shows increasing humidity from 20% to 80% dropped the half-life of the virus on surfaces from 18 hours to6.  However, we didn’t find any other studies showing half-life impact within recommended home humidity levels of 30%-50%, so we can’t make any conclusions on how this impacts your home. For more on keeping your homevirus-free, seeUnicef’shome cleaningguide. Does Humidity Reduce Viruses onSurfaces in YourHome?

  5.  AC systems recirculate the air in a room. The CDC shared a studythat suggestsan AC could spread COVID-19 via aerosols. Recent studies, including one inthe journal Naturesupports this idea. However, the Washington Postreports the scientific community is still debating aerosol spread. Given this, in the meantime, we advise caution.  A central AC system also recirculates air throughout your entire home. If these studies are correct, it could be dangerous if someone in your home has been exposed to the virus. Even if you quarantine a family member in a separate room, you could be inadvertently spreading their air to the rest of yourhome.  An evaporative coolercould give you peace of mind. Unlike an AC, anevaporative cooler pulls in fresh air from outside and expels the old air out yourwindow. Air Conditioning Spreads theVirus?

  6.  A studyby the University of Oregon and the University of California, Davis, found that opening a window is the best way to (literally) air out theCoronavirus.  Fresh air is a known virus buster. A study published in Nature, covered in the NY Times, found that “ensuring even minimum levels of outdoor air ventilation reduced influenza transmission as much as having 50 to 60 percent of the people in a building vaccinated.”  But, what if it’s too hot to open a window? An evaporative coolercan save the day by continually pumping in fresh, cool air into yourhome.  However, it is important to know that evaporative coolers are most effectivewhen relative humidity is 50% or less, so it’s best used in dryclimates. If you are looking for an outdoor solution however, evaporative coolersare still oneof the best options if you are cooling outdoors in your backyard, patio orgarage. Speaking of, Fresh Air is HealthierAir

  7.  If you’re interested in learning more about evaporative coolerscheck out thespace- saving, Honeywell Evaporative Tower Air Cooleror this Amazonbestseller.  Please let us know if we can answer any questions. We wish you a healthy andcool summer! NextSteps?

  8. ThankYou  Visit: https://myhomeclimate.com/blogs/knowledge-centre/is-evaporative- cooling-the-safest-cooling-solution-during-a-pandemic

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