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HVAC Tips, Strategies and Services

Proper heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning are key to maintaining a comfortable, healthy, and productive work environment. Collectively, these systems account for approximately 40% of the electricity used in commercial buildings. Improved heating and cooling performance, long with substantial energy savings can be achieved by implementing energy-efficiency measures. 

 

Heating and cooling Systems are critical to most businesses, but also represent a large component of many facilities' utilities expenses. Cooling systems, in particular, are typically very energy intensive and are fueled by electricity. Their operation typically coincides with periods that are subject to peak and time-of-use charges. Heating and cooling systems have advanced significantly in design and efficiency. For example, today's air conditioners use 30% to 50% less energy to produce the same amount of cooling as air conditioners made in the mid-1980's. 

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One of the first steps you should consider in your facility before upgrading your heating and cooling system is to reduce your load, i.e. how much heating and cooling you actually use. Reducing your facility's load allows existing systems to operate less frequently and newer systems to be designed smaller, thereby lowering operating costs. 

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Common load reduction strategies include:

• Tighten up the building envelope, add insulation and caulking to reduce air infiltration and leakage

• Installing energy-efficient windows, many are Energy Star rated

• Upgrade lighting systems, as new, energy-efficient lighting emits less heat into conditioned spaces than  older technology

• Reducing solar gain in warmer climates, for example cool roofing and window tints, and increasing solar gain  in colder climates

• Selecting efficient office equipment and consumer electronics to reduce heat output

• Controlling ventilation to improve occupant comfort and save energy

 

Once you have addressed these areas above, you can then make the most of your heating and cooling equipment dollars. Installing new efficient technology in any building, even a leaker, will produce savings and reliability. 

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Our planned maintenance programs save HVAC system operating expenses while extending the serviceable life of your equipment. We maintain all types and brands of commercial HVAC products, and our services include the following:

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• Heating, Ventilation, and Air Conditioning

• Split Systems

• Natural Gas Furnaces

• Rooftop Units

• Air Handlers

• Make Up Air Units

• Evaporative Cooling

• Coil Cleaning and Condensation Issues

• R22 Refrigerant Upgrades

• Filter Replacements to Save Money and Alleviate

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