When planning a new HVAC installation or replacement, smart facilities managers consider the future needs of the business. The best commercial HVAC systems are future-ready: offering flexibility and scalability to adapt to changing requirements, while helping to offset rising operating costs with high efficiency.
The best commercial HVAC systems are future-proofed
Very few businesses remain static. To succeed, your business needs to adapt to changing needs and market conditions and take advantage of opportunities. Over the lifespan of your HVAC system (20+ years if you take good care of it), here’s how your commercial space is likely to change:
- Occupancy changes
- Space layout changes
- Space usage changes
- Adding or reducing square footage
- Adding or reducing equipment that affects heating and cooling load
Look to the future to ensure that your new system can meet variable heating and cooling requirements as your business grows and changes. A scalable HVAC system is modular, so it can be adapted to suit the evolving space and its occupants, saving money and preventing business disruption.
Scalable commercial HVAC systems can lower operating costs
The best commercial HVAC systems offer high efficiency, which means you use less energy and cut costs. Scalable HVAC systems offer additional benefits that save more and may even boost revenue:
- Reduced repair costs. Scalable systems have a modular design that reduces the load on individual components, so they are less likely to malfunction. Repairing or replacing a smaller unit that serves a small area costs less (and causes less disruption) than fixing a large cooling tower that serves the entire building, for example.
- Longer equipment life. HVAC systems designed for scalability have the added benefit of lasting longer, which means you spend less on equipment over the long term.
- Valued property asset: A modern, scalable HVAC system is an asset that can attract potential buyers or tenants in the future.
BONUS: A comfortable workplace increases employee productivity and satisfaction, which directly impacts your bottom line.
Choose VRF/VRV for scalability, efficiency & more
If you haven’t shopped for a commercial HVAC system in a while, you may not know about VRF (variable refrigerant flow) or VRV (variable refrigerant volume) HVAC systems. This modern technology offers valuable benefits for commercial facilities:
- High efficiency. Older systems had two settings: on (at full blast) or off. A VRF or VRV system runs at the precise capacity needed for the current conditions, so it optimizes energy consumption and saves money while improving comfort.
- Scalable modular design that can be expanded or reconfigured as needed without significant disruption or downtime, and without having to replace the entire system. Small components also take up less space and can even be installed without ducts.
- Zoned control. The system’s modular design provides the ability to create custom heating and cooling zones that can be independently controlled. So a crowded boardroom or south-facing corner office can get extra cooling without freezing the rest of the office.
- Quiet operation that doesn’t disturb or distract workers or customers.
- Reduced repair and replacement. Efficient, modular design means less wear-and-tear on the equipment, so it works more reliably and lasts longer.
- Heat and cooling in a single system. VRF & VRV systems can provide both heat and cooling with one system, even simultaneously to different areas. They are also designed to reuse residual heat from the cooling process, so there’s less energy waste.
- BMS integration and HVAC monitoring capabilities help you automate temperature & ventilation settings, diagnose issues remotely, and allow for better preventive maintenance that reduces costs.
Why choose Arista for the best commercial HVAC systems in NYC?
Tired of shopping around for HVAC service that ultimately disappoints you?
Since 1949, Arista has been trusted by many thousands of NYC businesses to install and care for their HVAC systems. Our technicians know NYC buildings. We work with every type of business. We install, repair, and maintain all types of equipment, and we have deep VRF/VRV expertise. Our fleet of 100+ trucks means we can get to you fast.
We support your equipment and your business for life. Give us a call today to discuss your needs.