How Heat Waves Affect Air Quality

A Message from the CEO

As we head into the peak of summer, many of us prepare for the obvious dangers of heat—dehydration, heat stroke, and power outages. But what often goes unnoticed is a silent, invisible threat inside our own homes: the way heat waves activate more toxins and allergens in the indoor air we breathe.
 
During heat waves, here’s what happens inside your home:
  • Indoor Toxins Intensify: High temperatures cause furniture, flooring, electronics, and cleaning products to release more volatile organic compounds (VOCs)—tiny, toxic particlesthat accumulate in your air, where we spend 90% of our time.
  • Humidity Fuels Mold Growth: Without proper cooling and ventilation, humidity levels can rise indoors during heat waves, creating ideal conditions for mold and mildew, which further degrade air quality.
  • CO₂ Levels Increase Indoors: Keeping doors and windows shut to keep cool leads to elevated CO₂, causing drowsiness, headaches, and reduced focus.
  • Air Stagnation Traps Pollutants: Heat waves often bring stagnant air, keeping VOCs and other indoor pollutants lingering longer—meaning what’s released stays in your breathing space.
Meanwhile, outdoors, heat waves:
  • React with pollution to create dangerous ground-level ozone (smog), worsening air quality.
  • Trigger spikes in pollen counts, which can seep indoors and aggravate allergies.
  • Spark wildfires in dry conditions, releasing harmful particles that infiltrate homes.


The Solution: Revitalizing Your Indoor Air at the Molecular Level

Our mission at WellisAir is to protect your health by going beyond traditional filters. Our patented Air Revitalizer works at a molecular level, replicating nature’s own process to neutralize harmful VOCs, pathogens, allergens, and mold spores—safely and effectively—revitalizing your indoor air for a healthier home.
 
During this critical summer season, we want to help you breathe more easily. 

As a valued customer, you’re eligible for $100 off an additional WellisAir unit, so you can extend protection to every room in your home—or share the gift of revitalized air with someone you love.


Thank you for being part of the WellisAir family. 

 Breathe safely,

Bruce Somers, Jr
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