Installing a specialist HVAC system in your workplace helps you to create the perfect environment for success and increases your employees’ productivity, as well as increasing the level of quality indoor air within your space. But like other mechanical services, you want to ensure that it stands the test of time.
We’ve collated some recommendations from our expert team to help ensure that your HVAC system lives long past its lifespan...
1. Regularly change your air filters
Changing the air filters in your system allows for the fresh or warm air to circulate throughout your space more effectively, as well as helping it perform at its best and keep costs low.
When you switch out your old filters for new, fresh air from the system then has a clear route towards your space, resulting in a lower level of strain on the mechanics of your HVAC system, as well as providing your employees with higher quality indoor air, which can improve productivity levels by up to 11% and help to prevent the spread of harmful bacteria.
2. Allow the system to rest
Your HVAC system is one of the in-house services that will most likely be turned on 365 days a year, and almost 24 hours per day, so you want to ensure your system is working at its best to ensure your working conditions are always at their best for you and your employees. An important aspect of this is allowing the system to rest sometimes - like the rest of us, at some point, your HVAC system will eventually need to rest in order to perform better in the long run.
If your workplace stays closed over the weekends or over the holidays, ensure that you turn off your system or keep it running at its lowest settings, in order to give it ample time to rest before it begins to run full time again.
3. Provide a helping hand
Did you know that you can help your HVAC system perform more efficiently just by taking a few extra steps everyday?
Taking some time to ensure that any blinds are closed during the warmer months in order to keep the sunlight out, utilising any ceiling fans and keeping windows and doors closed can all help to lessen the work undertaken by your HVAC system to keep your environment in the best possible condition.
4. Schedule regular servicing and maintenance
Did you know that keeping your HVAC system serviced and maintained on a regular basis can actually help keep your overall running costs low, as well as helping it perform better?
Depending on what kind of system you have installed and which regulations it needs to meet, your servicing and maintenance visits could be a biannual occurrence, or more often than not, an annual visit to your workplace to ensure that your system is working safely and effectively.
The servicing visit will look at the system as a whole including looking at the coils and filters to ensure that they’re working at their optimum level, as well as to potentially discover any shortcomings that may lead to any inefficiencies or future issues so we can prevent a breakdown and save your business money in the long run by solving an issue before it becomes a bigger problem.
With these few steps, looking after your HVAC system doesn’t have to be a hard process, and will help your system live long past its lifespan.
If you’re interested in learning more about the lifespan of your HVAC system or you’re looking to schedule your next servicing and maintenance visit, please contact a member of our expert 361 Servicing team today.
