Commercial Installations

How to vet a new HVAC company

As a Facilities Manager, you’re dealing with many different service providers for your company. Yet choosing an HVAC company can be one of the most challenging, especially if you don’t happen to be an HVAC expert yourself.

Obviously, you want an HVAC company with the expertise to solve your heating and cooling issues quickly and reliably. But you also want a company that offers great customer service and is easy to do business with. How can you find all these qualities? Ask about these 8 things when you evaluate a prospective HVAC provider for service, installation and/or repair work.

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Need a new AC system for your restaurant? Educate yourself about the types of systems that are best suited for your business. The variable refrigerant flow, or VRF cooling system, is a great choice for restaurants. VRF systems have been the HVAC system of choice for decades in other parts of the world, and are now becoming very popular in the US for certain types of spaces, including restaurants.

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No one wants to shop in a store that’s too hot or cold, especially in the city where there’s another great store just down the block. That’s why retail HVAC issues are so frustrating: comfortable conditions in your store are directly related to your bottom line.

If you own or manage a retail store then chances are you have experienced what we are talking about:

• Fairly new equipment mysteriously breaking down
• Inconsistent temperatures
• Even water leaks from AC units that can damage your store and your merchandise

If your retail store is experiencing issues after a new retail HVAC system is installed (or even repeated issues with an older system that’s been in place for a while), you might wonder why you have these problems that your counterparts working in offices don’t seem to experience.

The truth is, office experience different problems, because the environments are different. HVAC problems in a retail environment can be tricky to diagnose and fix, and that’s why you need retail HVAC experts to get to the root cause of your issues and find the right equipment to keep your space consistently comfortable.

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