How can you improve your commercial HVAC energy efficiency?
Energy efficiency has become a big deal lately, especially with commercial HVAC systems. How can you improve your commercial HVAC energy efficiency? In this blog we will guide you through the process of optimizing your system to its full potential. After all, it’s entirely possible to lose up to 30% of your energy costs to waste alone. Don’t let that happen to you. Read on to learn more!
Follow These Tips to Improve Your Commercial HVAC Energy Efficiency
- Calling on the professionals: Having experts evaluate your system for energy efficiency will go a long way towards determining your system’s current performance and how to encourage higher performance. Immediate steps to help encourage higher performance, however, can yield a boost of up to 10%.
- Regularly replace the air filters: The air filters are one of the most vital parts of your HVAC system. Start improving your commercial HVAC energy efficiency by regularly replacing them. The air filters are responsible for distributing airflow and making sure that indoor air quality is at healthy levels. Replacing filters once per month will ensure optimum performance, but you should at least aim to change the filters every three months.
- Discard old and outdated thermostats: Newer model thermostats can incorporate automation. By discarding outdated thermostats, overall system efficiency can skyrocket. In addition to monitoring the environment, any necessary adjustments can be made without oversight from a human operator.
- Dedicate your own team to a regular maintenance schedule: Larger HVAC systems will require more parts, components, and services. Small problems can lurk until they become huge. Rededicate your team to a regular maintenance schedule, and you can save time and money before catastrophic problems and downtime arise.
- Implement professional duct sealing practices: Thirty percent of airflow lost to waste comes through poorly sealed ducts. Because commercial HVAC systems can be sprawling and intricate, poorly sealed ducts can cause even more headaches. By sealing and insulating the ducts, you can cut down airflow waste.
- Pay attention to your system at the end of its lifecycle: System components, and the system itself, will eventually fail. When your commercial HVAC reaches the end of its lifecycle, remember that timely upgrades will bring benefits before total replacement is necessary.
Crockett Facilities Can Help!
Crockett Facilities Services, Inc. (CFSI) is committed to helping building owners, property managers, engineers, and facility professionals lower their operating expenses through HVAC preventive maintenance. We can develop a cost-effective, customized preventive maintenance plan for your commercial building that will provide you with peace of mind, improved comfort, and energy savings.
To learn more about the importance of HVAC Preventive Maintenance, please contact us at 202.600.2787 or sales@crockett-facilities.com. Our PM contract customers receive priority service with 24/7 emergency service in Maryland, Virginia and Washington, DC.