During the hot summer months many businesses see their operating expenses skyrocket, and struggle to address the cause of these increased costs of staying open. There is one culprit that leads to these higher utility bills, and luckily there is an easy way to actually lower the costs of using it. The HVAC system of commercial buildings runs harder during the Summer to try to cool off indoor air for your employees, but according the Department of Energy these HVAC systems account for at least 15% of the energy used by a commercial building. To make this worse during the hotter months, an average of 30% of the energy used by the HVAC system is completely wasted.
What can you do to address this issue and see an immediate return on investment?
A thorough, professional HVAC cleaning that removes collected dirt from the entire system can greatly help reduce operating costs of the HVAC system.
According to NADCA, professionally clean commercial HVAC systems will help maximize efficiency and performance during the hottest months of the year, when the air conditioners run the most often. “Dirty or contaminated filters and poorly maintained air handling systems can reduce air flow and efficiency,” says Bill Benito, President of NADCA. “With the temperatures hitting record highs this summer, it’s extremely important to keep units cleaned and unrestricted.”
Having these HVAC cleaning services regularly performed will not only help with immediate operating costs, but will also help save up to 40% on the maintenance costs over the life of the system. This is especially true in the Summer when the system has to work harder than usual; if maintenance hasn’t been performed it will be more likely to be overworked and fail, resulting in expensive repairs.
If you need to prepare for the heat by having a clean commercial HVAC system in your building, contact a Hughes Environmental representative to see how we can help.
Hughes Environmental is a National Air Duct Cleaner’s Association (NADCA) certified company who has earned their prestigious “Outstanding Safety Award” every year that we’ve been in business.
Our technicians are expertly trained on the most up-to-date industry standards for cleaning commercial HVAC systems, and are equipped to clean from the point the air enters the system all the way to where it exits.
We are also a member of the National Fire Protection Association, the National Air Duct Cleaners’ Association, and the American Society of Safety Engineers. In addition, our technicians have been through OSHA 10- or 30-hour training and have Council-certified Indoor Environmentalists (CIE) and Council-certified Microbial Remediators (CMR) on staff.