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Is Evaporative Cooling the Safest Cooling Solution During a Pandemic?

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 straight forward.<br>Visit: https://myhomeclimate.com/blogs/knowledge-centre/is-evaporative-cooling-the-safest-cooling-solution-during-a-pandemic

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Is Evaporative Cooling the Safest Cooling Solution During a Pandemic?

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  1. Is Evaporative Cooling the Safest Cooling Solution During a Pandemic?

  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 straight forward.

  3. Humidity Levels Can Affect Virus Spread in the Air  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 dry climate.Additionally, dry air has adverse effects on respiratory health as it dries out sinuses and can cause asthma, bronchitis, and sinusitis (source: Cleveland Clinic).

  4. Does Humidity Reduce Viruses on Surfaces in Your Home?  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 on cardboard.  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 infect yourself.

  5. Air Conditioning Spreads the Virus?  AC systems recirculate the air in a room. The CDC shared a study that suggests an AC could spread COVID-19 via aerosols. Recent studies, including one in the journal Nature supports this idea. However, the Washington Post reports the scientific community is still debating aerosol spread. Given this, in the meantime, we advise caution.

  6. Thank You  Visit: https://myhomeclimate.com/

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