December's Environmental Quality is Air Quality
Eco says: Take ownership for improving air quality. From air ducts to automobiles, indoors and outdoors, here are things you can do.
Indoor Air Quality:
- Regular maintenance of heating/air conditioning system
- Clean out ducts periodically
- Eliminate standing pools of water anywhere in the system
- Remember that new carpet mastic, drapes, etc. impact indoor air quality, so open windows and increase circulation of fresh air
Outdoor Air Quality:
- Drive automobiles less
- Consolidate trips, plan routes in advance & get traffic updates to avoid congested routes
- Work flex schedules and telework (telecommute)
- Carpool/vanpool and Use mass transit
- Get fuel when it's cool and don't top of the tank
- Add gas logs or an EPA approved insert to your fireplace
- On air pollution advisory days - make special efforts to do even more
Remember:
- saving energy also contributes to clean air by avoiding the pollution produced by energy generation
"Air pollution is not merely a nuisance and a threat to health. It is a reminder that our most celebrated technological achievements...are, in the environment, failures." Barry Commoner
