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In our last post, we discussed the overall concept of preventative maintenance and the value of a comprehensive service plan. Now, we’ll go into more depth on choosing the right vendor for your needs.
There are a wide variety of contractors — not all necessarily specialists in HVAC services — who offer preventive maintenance agreements for commercial buildings.
Over the next four weeks, we’ll be talking about the various types of contracts that are available,HVAC Preventative Maintenance Contract and how having a well-maintained system can benefit your building — and your budget.
Let’s get started with the overall importance of preventative maintenance. The right hvac preventative maintenance agreement considers the technology, age, frequency of use and load requirements of your HVAC system. This helps to sustain a building’s overall profitability by addressing worker comfort and productivity, equipment reliability and energy-efficient operation. When performed regularly and systematically, hvac preventative maintenance can greatly improve system performance, reduce equipment degradation and maximize the life span of your HVAC system.
Now that you’re familiar with the basics of good HVAC preventative maintenance, it’s important to know what qualities to look for when evaluating various types of maintenance contracts. HVAC vendors offer several different levels of service — be sure to consider the following before deciding on one:
Always remember to compare and contrast — not all contracts are created equal. Since there are no industry standards when it comes to what is and what is not included in preventative maintenance agreements, it’s important that you trust the company whose services you’re about to purchase. A service contract is only as good as the company that stands behind it.
Want to learn more? Download HVAC Preventive Maintenance Contracts: How to Find the Right One for Your HVAC Infrastructure, a free guide to evaluating HVAC contracts and vendors.
In today’s world, it would be very difficult to live without air conditioning and refrigeration, let alone run a business. But the refrigerants these systems use to preserve our food and keep us cool are doing just the opposite to our planet. When leaked into the atmosphere, older refrigerants like freon cause depletion of the ozone layer, and newer refrigerants called F-gases contribute to the greenhouse effect and global warming.
As long as these chemicals stay where they belong, inside your cooling equipment, there is no cause for alarm. The problem comes in when the systems develop slow leaks, or are serviced by technicians who don’t use the right equipment and techniques for working with refrigerants.
As a facilities manager, it’s your job to ensure the safe handling of refrigerants in your building. You could face hefty fines if found to be in violation of the EPA’s Clean Air Act. And as global warming increasingly wreaks havoc on the climate, our grandchildren will pay a much higher price.Read More
With all the safety risks that are lurking around your building, you may not think of your air conditioning system as dangerous. Yet most air conditioning systems, VRF systems that provide heating as well as cooling, and commercial refrigeration systems rely on refrigerant chemicals that can be deadly if an accident happens.
When you are responsible for building systems and the safety of your building’s occupants, you’d better understand refrigerant safety guidelines to make sure a tragic accident doesn’t happen on your watch.
Here’s what you need to know about refrigerant safety and your HVAC equipment.
While combining facility services under one contractor is not always the best approach, some combined services are as a natural fit as a burger and fries. It makes perfect sense to put a commercial HVAC service contract and a refrigeration service contract under the same contractor’s roof and can actually provide for a more efficient operation, reduce your costs and your stress level.
Maybe you’re looking to renovate your shop and have a particular style design in mind, but the unsightly HVAC ductwork is crimping your vision for your space. Or maybe you already have designed your boutique and have everything aligned with your distinctive taste, except for those ugly ducts. Believe it or not, you may be able to pluck those ducts from your space and have a beautiful air conditioner system. Imagine this – you can have an AC without ductwork.
