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As a facilities manager for a retail chain what you do impacts your company’s sales revenue and bottom line. As retailers re-imagine and enhance the retail customer experience to boost in-store sales, HVAC and facility management are playing an important role.
Complaints about temperature in the office (being too hot or too cold) are the top grievances from office workers, according to IFMA and a variety of other sources. If your company is trying to boost productivity and get more employees back to the office, it pays to optimize your workplace temperature.
Research has proven that creating the ideal office temperature can improve employee experience, increase workforce output, and reduce mistakes. In fact, the savings and revenue generated by a more comfortable room temperature in the workplace could cover the cost of updates needed to improve the temperature in your office.
Here are 10 ways to make your existing HVAC system work better, without replacing the entire system.
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Have you been told your air conditioner needs repairs? How do you know when it’s worth spending the money on a repair, or if you should bite the bullet and replace it now? Air conditioner repair or replace decisions are challenging even for the experts.
Being prepared can make the difference between getting back up and running after a natural disaster and losing your business permanently. Here’s an emergency prep checklist to help you prepare a plan for your business, including recommendations for how to protect your HVAC system in the event of a devastating storm.
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According to IFMA, an uncomfortable workplace temperature is the number one complaint of office workers about their office. Actually, it’s both #1 and #2 (people complain about being too hot AND about being too cold).
This complaint is not surprising when you consider that 40% of office buildings–especially here in New York City–have HVAC systems that are somewhere between 16 and 30 years old. During that time, building tenants have changed, usage of the space has changed, more employees are packed into the same amount of space, and there’s a lot more heat-generating technology. Many older systems were not designed for the current conditions.
Workplace temperature impacts more than your employees’ comfort. Here’s what you’re risking when you have HVAC equipment that’s failing to properly control the temperature in your workplace.
Even though summer is pretty much behind us, many homeowners and businesses are replacing air conditioners before the next cooling season. Why?
