Advantage Airtech Commercial Ltd. Blog: Posts Tagged ‘commercial air conditioning maintenance’

Tips for Lowering Commercial Cooling Costs for Summer

Monday, March 27th, 2023
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Spring has only just officially started, but that’s not too early for you to begin planning the management of your commercial facility during the summer.

Most businesses in the Greater Toronto Area rely on commercial cooling for the summer, whether to maintain comfort in a retail or food service environment or to protect equipment and processes from the intense heat and humidity. 

Cooling costs money, of course, and it may account for a significant portion of your facility’s energy expenditures during the summer.

If you want to lower those costs, we have several tips for you that can help. We have more than 30 years of experience working with commercial and industrial HVAC in Toronto, and we can assist you in many ways to improve the energy efficiency of your business.

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Time to Plan for Seasonal Maintenance for Your Facility

Monday, February 27th, 2023
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This is the right time of the year to prep your facility’s HVAC equipment for the warmer months of the middle of the year.

If you still require heating equipment, it will need an inspection and service after its work during the winter.

Your cooling equipment, whether it works year-round (a chiller, server room cooling) or only during the hot months (air conditioning systems necessary for climate control), must have a thorough inspection and tune-up before the warm weather arrives. 

We can see that you have the finest commercial HVAC maintenance in Ajax, ON or elsewhere in the Greater Toronto Area. Our maintenance program is different from what many other contractors offer.

We don’t send out whatever technician is next on the roster to go to your facility and simply go through a checklist. We set up a dedicated maintenance team to work with you, starting with an account manager.

The technicians who arrive at your business will already know your equipment and provide the exact services you need for the best HVAC performance. 

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The Job of Sizing Commercial HVAC Units

Monday, January 30th, 2023
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One of the most important parts of installing new commercial and industrial HVAC equipment is sizing it. To people unfamiliar with HVAC terms, this may sound like trying to determine the right physical size of the equipment.

But the “sizing” we’re referring to is the capacity of the unit to provide either heating or cooling (often both in the case of packaged rooftop units).

This sizing needs to take into account numerous factors about the facility.

When you schedule commercial or industrial HVAC installations/replacements with our expert technicians, they’ll go through several steps to size the new equipment so that it matches your facility’s requirements. Undersizing or oversizing equipment will result in inefficient performance and early unit failures. 

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Does Your Facility Need Mid-Season HVAC Maintenance?

Monday, January 16th, 2023
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Maintenance for residential homes operates on a straightforward schedule: it needs to happen twice a year, once in spring to attend to the air conditioning system, and once in fall to attend to the heating system. 

This basic biannual schedule doesn’t work for many commercial and industrial facilities, however, for several reasons:

  • The equipment in commercial and industrial facilities undergoes more work because it must handle comfort and process needs for a large area and a larger number of people.
  • Because heating and cooling equipment aren’t used only for comfort, they often run during what is considered the “off-season” for a home. Heating and cooling are often necessary around the year to protect equipment and to facilitate the process. There’s little downtime for HVAC equipment.
  • The types of HVAC equipment used in commercial and industrial facilities are much different than residential ones, including systems such as infrared radiant heaters, unit heaters, and make-up air units. These systems have different maintenance requirements.

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Handling Heat Waves for Your Commercial Facility

Monday, August 1st, 2022

sunshine-iconToronto frequently becomes hot and humid during the summer, especially in the latter half. This year is already setting heat records across North America, and we can anticipate some intense heat waves moving through in August and September. 

If you feel concerned about your commercial facility’s performance during heat waves, you’re already a bit ahead. These kinds of climate conditions can create havoc with HVAC systems and create indoor conditions that jeopardize comfort, equipment, and process. Today we’re going to look at ways to help handle the effects of heat in your commercial facility and the different methods our commercial air conditioning professionals in Toronto, ON can use to assist. 

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Common Repair Issues With Rooftop HVAC Units

Monday, June 20th, 2022

three-rooftop-ac-units-maintenanceRooftop HVAC units are among the most frequently employed climate control systems for industrial and commercial facilities. The typical rooftop HVAC unit is a packaged system containing a compressor, expansion device, condenser coil, evaporator coil, and powerful blower fan. Unlike split systems, which place some of their components indoors (the air handler and one of the coils), a rooftop unit handles the heating and cooling in one unit and then sends the conditioned air down into the building’s ventilation system.

Rooftop units are advantageous for businesses because they remove all the bulky and noisy equipment out of the workspace and onto the roof. It’s easy for technicians to access them without disrupting workflow, and they’re modular to allow for a business to continue to expand. A well-installed rooftop unit can last for around 15 years.

However, any HVAC system can encounter repair issues. Below we’ve listed several common rooftop HVAC problems.

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Is Your Commercial Cooling the Best It Can Be?

Monday, May 9th, 2022

three-rooftop-ac-units-maintenanceIf you’re asking yourself the question in the title, then the answer is probably “no.” For some reason, you have doubts about your current air conditioning system and how well it’s serving your facility. You might wonder about temperature fluctuations, or concerns that the cooling costs are higher than they should be.

You’re already on the right track: turning to expert sources for information. Advantage Airtech Commercial Ltd. is one of your best resources in the Greater Toronto Area when it comes to commercial/industrial HVAC. We have more than 30 years of history and have worked on every conceivable type and size of business. If you want to know how to improve your commercial cooling systems, we’re the people to help.

We’ll look at several ways we can assist your commercial air conditioning in Toronto, ON reach its best levels of efficiency and effectiveness.

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Alert! It’s Time to Think About Spring HVAC Maintenance

Monday, March 14th, 2022

sunshine-iconThe weather is still cold, but next week is the first week of spring, and spring means businesses need to start planning for the warmer weather and the changes it brings. For many facilities, that means ensuring that the cooling systems necessary to maintain proper temperature during the often hot and humid Toronto summers are working in peak condition and have the necessary adjustments, cleanings, inspections, and tune-ups to prepare them to handle the seasonal shift.

In short, it’s time to think about HVAC maintenance in Ajax, ON for your business. And you have come to the right contractor to handle that maintenance. Advantage Airtech has over three decades of experience with helping commercial and industrial facilities of all types and sizes with their HVAC services. Maintenance is one of our specialties since we customize our programs and form close working relationships with each of our clients so they receive the best benefits from regular maintenance. 

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Don’t Forget Spring Commercial AC Maintenance

Monday, April 26th, 2021

industrial-rooftop-pipesWhat is the best thing you can have done for your commercial air conditioning in Toronto, ON, regardless of how you use cooling in your facility? It’s to schedule routine professional maintenance for it. How often you’ll need this job done will depend on your facility and equipment, but almost all commercial HVAC contractors recommend spring maintenance to prepare the equipment for the rigors of summer. 

If you want to have your spring maintenance done by the right people, and you want to develop a plan for future maintenance, then Advantage Airtech is the contractor in the Greater Toronto Area to talk to. We offer much more than the standard maintenance service that many other contractors provide.

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Money-Saving Help for Your Commercial Cooling System

Monday, June 22nd, 2020

stacks-of-changeYou keep a close watch on the budget for your commercial facility, no matter the time of year. During the hot and humid Toronto summers, you expect to see an increase in energy usage in your facility because of the high energy demands from the cooling system. Keeping temperatures controlled inside a building is necessary for almost every type of business, whether it means providing comfort to the people inside or preventing damage to equipment and a slow-down in process. Even a medium-sized office space must have effective cooling for the server room or it will suffer from data loss.

There are ways you can reduce those summer HVAC costs—in fact, we feel as close to certain as we can be that you are currently paying more than necessary. If you aren’t already working with our technicians for your commercial air conditioning in Toronto, ON, you’re missing out on ways to lower summer operating costs. Below are ways to save money during summer with commercial cooling.

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