Commercial AC maintenance is a proactive approach to keeping your system running efficiently, ensuring energy savings, and preventing expensive breakdowns during the hottest months of every year. As the summer temperatures are on the rise, keeping your commercial building cool and comfortable is one of the most important things you can do for your staff, your customers, and your overall business operations.
Keeping a comfortable indoor environment involves much more than flipping a simple switch to kick the AC on, especially when having to cool a large facility or business. Not only do you need to make sure your business stays cool, but it has to be within the guidelines to meet the US Labor laws. That’s where ensuring your commercial AC system is maintained is so important.
Why is Commercial AC Maintenance Important?
Just like with your car, your commercial AC system needs regular maintenance to be working at its best. There are several advantages associated with proper commercial AC maintenance, including the following:
Energy Efficiency: Maintained systems run more efficiently, use less energy, and reduce utility bills.
Long Life: Addressing potential issues, which regular maintenance will do, before they turn into major problems, gives an extension for equipment life.
Better Indoor Air Quality: Regular maintenance will ensure that your system’s air filters are cleaned, increasing indoor air quality and making the indoor environment healthy.
Increased Comfort Levels: Proper working conditions of the AC system, and their timely maintenance, ensure constant and comfortable temperatures throughout your commercial space.
Reduced Downtime: Early detection helps prevent unwanted breakages and costly repair work because assessments and minor adjustments are made which ensures that your business doesn’t get interrupted due to heating or cooling system failure.
What Does Commercial AC Maintenance Entail?
Most commercial AC maintenance tasks include a rigorous checklist of items to make sure that all parts of your systems are operating as they should. A trained HVAC professional will then use the checklist to assess your commercial AC system during their maintenance visit to your facility. Some of the most common checks that are done during commercial AC maintenance include the following:
- Inspection and Cleaning
- Check and clean the air filters.
- Condenser and evaporator coils are inspected and cleaned.
- Drain lines and pans—check for blockages or leakage and clean.
- Ductwork is checked for leakage or blockage.
- System Testing and Adjustments
- Test and calibrate thermostats and controls
- Check refrigerant levels, leak test
- Lubricate moving parts
- Adjust blower components for proper airflow
- Safety and Efficiency Checks
- Inspect electrical connections and components
- Check proper combustion and ventilation (for gas-fired equipment)
- Measure and adjust system operating pressures and temperatures
- Analyzing system performance and making any necessary adjustments
How Does Commercial HVAC Maintenance Differ from Residential?
While the easy concepts of HVAC maintenance are similar, commercial systems have special needs and differences that set them apart from residential units:
System Size and Complexity: Commercial HVACs are much larger and more complex, with a larger cooling capacity.
Hours of Operation: Commercial buildings operate much longer, providing additional stress to the HVAC equipment, thereby increasing its maintenance frequency.
Specialty Equipment: Most commercial HVACs are fitted with specialized equipment, including chillers, cooling towers, and building automation systems, that require special knowledge and maintenance procedures.
Regulatory Compliance: Commercial buildings, by their nature, are governed by various building codes, energy efficiency standards, and environmental regulations. Most of these facets impact HVAC maintenance one way or another.
Occupant Density: Besides, there is a high density of occupation in commercial spaces that requires more stringent indoor air quality and ventilation requirements specifically.
By keeping up with regular commercial AC maintenance, your system will be running at peak efficiency and offer comfort, productivity, and the creation of a great environment for employees and customers while reducing energy costs and limiting unexpected breakdowns.
Don’t wait until it gets unbearably hot this summer – schedule your commercial AC maintenance today and stay cool all season long!
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