HVAC Articles
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HVAC 2.0 - An Opportunity for you and your Minneapolis Blower Door?
Even if you are not an HVAC contractor, you may have heard of HVAC 2.0 (previously Home Performance 2.0). HVAC 2.0 is a process developed by Nate Adams of Energy Smart Home Performance. The intent of the HVAC 2.0 process is to help HVAC contractors educate homeowners and offer better solutions to issues which impact home performance. The approach encourages a more thorough analysis of the ...
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Keep up with the booming HVAC industry using HVAC Service Software
The HVAC industry is booming. According to the Bureau of Labour Statistics, it is projected to grow by 13% over the next decade, much faster than average. The rise is due to an increase in commercial and residential construction. It's likely that your company is expanding as well. While that is something that every business owner hopes to achieve, this demanding field becomes increasingly complex ...
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How your customers can prepare their HVAC systems for a bad storm
After last week's extreme weather, 1.4 million homes in the UK were left without power and some without water. The three storms that hit the country caused chaos as homes were damaged, rail and air travel services were suspended, schools shut down, and roads and bridges closed due to heavy snow and damaging winds. The country is still recovering from the effects of storms Dudley, Eunice, and ...
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Project - Camden Library, Australia
Notice the difference in VLT between In'Flector and the old style totally inefficient blockout shades above that simply heat up and then re-radiate that heat into the building adding to HVAC demands and doing nothing for occupant ...
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HVAC Software: How It Can Help Your HVAC Business
WHAT IS HVAC SOFTWARE? HVAC Software equips your business with the tools you need to manage and grow your HVAC business. We have seen a boom in HVAC Business Management Software in recent years because the benefits of running your entire business online are only increasing. A great business management software should ensure your field service team is ready to bump up productivity, improve ...
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People comfort and artwork saving in museums: comparing indoor requisites
In museums, environmental indoor conditions should, contemporaneously, preserve the exhibited works of art and ensure the comfort conditions for people. Unfortunately, human and artworks requirements are characterised by different values of the physical indoor parameters that, occasionally, could become conflicting. In the paper, these problems are addressed by means of a literature analysis, ...
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HVAC industrial solutions by Hitema International: more than 32 years driven by innovation
Discover Hitema® International, an important international player specialized in customized HVAC cooling solutions. 1. Could you explain when/who Hitema® International was created? Hitema® International has been created over 32 years ago from my father, Mr. Ives Burba, a person with great knowledge and experience of the HVAC and Refrigeration products and market. A person committed ...
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Ice Bear 40 Greenlaw-Park 55 Buildings - Case study
Situation As summertime temperatures increase, air conditioners work overtime, straining the grid to peak demand levels and making everyone a lot less comfortable. Air conditioning systems running during the hottest part of the day draw the most power. At the same time, they experience degraded comfort cooling performance. In July 2018, the Greenlaw buildings, which had 20 year old HVAC ...
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Everything you need to start an HVAC business in 2022
If you're an HVAC professional and ready to start your own business this year, you need a comprehensive plan to grow a successful company. Before you establish your business, look at our guide to building an HVAC business, including everything you need to get started. A comprehensive business plan An extensive business plan gives your business direction, and it's essential if you want to grow a ...
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HVAC industry: surviving your slow season in 2022
HVAC is a seasonal business, so while you may not be able to keep up with the demand for your services in summer and winter, there will always be a quiet period. But even when business is slow, you can find ways to increase revenue and use the time productively to plan for your next busy season. Start preparing for your busy season With extra time on your hands, use your slow season to prepare ...
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A road map for emerging low-exergy HVAC systems
An exergy-conscious life cycle costing algorithm was developed. This algorithm establishes a reference tool to compare conventional air conditioning systems with alternative HVAC systems, which can directly operate with low-exergy alternative energy resources. The cost of exergy waste in conventional heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems (HVAC) is included in terms of the difference ...
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Rating criteria for vehicle in-cabin noise with emphasis on HVAC system operation
Noise and vibration have an important influence on a customer's perception of vehicle quality. It is the purpose of this study to introduce a standard test procedure for measuring vehicle in-cabin noise levels. A combined vehicle base noise with all possible sources, including HVAC system, tyres, aerodynamics, under various driving conditions, is considered for developing the total vehicle cabin ...
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HVAC technicians turn to RYDALL CC for its indoor/outdoor capabilities and non-corrosiveness case study
The service technicians at a major HVAC company decided to put RYDALL CC to the test against the coil cleaners they had been using for years. These seasoned technicians were skeptical, but agreed to the test it when they learned that RYDALL CC can be used both indoors and outdoors, will not harm roofing materials and is biodegradable! RYDALL CC approach RYDALL CC diluted (2:1), foamed onto ...
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Types of hvac control systems in web server rooms
Types of HVAC control system in web server roomsWeb server rooms and data centers generate a lot of heat due to the operation of processors and other components that use electricity to work. Here, electrical energy is converted into other forms of energy, resulting in the dissipation of heat.What is an HVAC system? HVAC and server roomsThe release of heat raises the temperature inside these ...
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HVAC 101: Why Do HVAC Systems Need Expansion Joints?
HVAC systems are crucial to regulating the indoor temperature of residential, industrial and commercial structures. These sometimes highly complex HVAC systems not only control internal temperatures, but are also responsible for the quality of air that gets circulated by the process of replacing or exchanging the air in a particular space. Heating, cooling and ventilation systems must have ...
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Eco-Friendly Tips That Can Save Your Business Money
Creating a green business plan usually ends up costing your business more money than what you might have planned. Fortunately, there is a way to help save your business money while creating a green plan for your business. Use these tips from Earthwise Environmental to help create an eco-friendly business while saving money as well. Here is a guide that shows tips and steps to build a green ...
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Maintain Comfort While Minimizing Energy Cost with Data Loggers
Heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) systems are a necessity in keeping commercial and residential environments safe, comfortable, and efficient. If HVAC systems are improperly functioning, maintaining comfort while minimizing energy costs can be difficult. New energy efficiency standards have also prompted commercial and residential facilities to monitor and update outdated ...
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System 636 Mechanical Business Magazine HVAC Feature
With the cold weather of winter upon us, certainly some of those old midefficiency furnaces that customers have been pleading with you to keep running for “one last season” have decided that this will in fact be their final season, meaning a mid-season replacement project for ...
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Hail damage assessment case study
Service performed: Hail damage assessment Summary: Following a series of hailstorms that occurred in the Midwest U.S., EFI Global engineers quickly responded to conduct hail damage assessments for numerous commercial and residential buildings. Inspections of composition shingle roof coverings to determine the extent of hail damage included the use of random test squares to evaluate the granule ...
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