Size Does Matter: Discussing Your HVAC
HVACs are hardly considered a rare air resource today, regardless of whether one is looking at a residential or commercial building. In fact, the U.S. Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) 2018 Residential Energy Consumption Survey revealed that “air-conditioning equipment is used in 87% of homes in the United States.” But that leaves one to wonder: How many of those homes have...
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April Showers Bring May… Moisture
While April closes in on itself, creeping gradually into the mild heat of May, the April weeks won’t just provide the showers for which May’s flowers are known; rather, they will evolve expectedly into the hurricanes that barrel annually across Florida’s First Coast come June. And with the rainy season arrives the renewed possibility that water and moisture will encroach...
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Our Coronavirus (COVID-19) Precautions
In compliance with Mayor Curry’s executive order — issued April 1, 2020 — Luce Air Quality (LAQ) is a business that “provides services that are necessary to maintaining the safety, sanitation, and essential operation of residences and other structures.” As such, we will continue to operate as usual according to suggested safety guidelines provided by The Institute of Inspection, Cleaning...
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Finding the Safe Side of Spring Cleaning
As the air grows warmer and spring bestows the gift of a burgeoning, blossoming world, you — among many others — may find yourself throwing back the blinds, pulling out the duster, and putting a little elbow grease into your annual spring cleaning routine. But as you pull out your variety of household cleaners with which to douse and disinfect...
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To Plug, Or Not To Plug
Plug-in air fresheners are held in relatively high esteem as a household means of eliminating odors. These forms of fresheners largely saturated the market in the 1990s after aerosol sprays took a hit in the preceding decade when scientists began to publish their findings on how aerosol cans negatively impact the ozone and surrounding environment. Thus, plug-in air fresheners became...
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