Dust, Dirt and Debris are insulation (but not the good kind)
Summer has been extended (due to popular demand?) but fall will be here soon and you’ll want clean coils.
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How often should I be cleaning my HVAC and kitchen exhaust systems?
The answer is, of course, “It depends,” but we’ll try to give a little more detail.
Protect your roof from grease exhausts
We see a lot of greasy rooftops. There are things you can do about it.
City of Chicago Energy Benchmarking Reports are due June 1, 2019, for buildings 50,000 square feet or larger
The requirements in the City of Chicago could be a preview of what might be coming for smaller buildings and other jurisdictions.
A resource for you: NADCA’s General Specification
If you need to write up a spec for a commercial air duct cleaning job, here is a tool for you.
Spring = Pollen = Coil Congestion
Capture energy savings by having your units’ coils cleaned and changing your filters.
Aeroseal® reduced air leakage to enable the completion of a laboratory renovation project
Sealing inaccessible risers with the Aeroseal® process cut leakage by 90% and allowed the project to be completed.
Hinge kits for rooftop kitchen exhaust fans: A great idea and a code requirement
A hinge kit on your rooftop kitchen exhaust fan put you in compliance, eliminates a safety hazard, and helps prevent damage to the fan and your roof.
New 2018 revision of the ANSI/ASHRAE/ACCA Standard 180
ASHRAE and ACCA (the American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers and the Air Conditioning Contractors of America, respectively) revised their ANSI (American National Standards Institute) Standard 180, covering Standard Practice for Inspection and Maintenance of Commercial Building HVAC Systems this year.
Big energy efficiency gains at a major local hospital
A five-phase duct sealing project has delivered about one boxcar worth of leakage reduction every 16 seconds.