As one of the owners of Dave’s World – a supplier of modern energy-efficient equipment based in Dover-Foxcroft, Maine – Matt Scott has a longstanding relationship with ductless heat pumps. He encountered his first one while taking a refrigeration course after school and promptly fell in love.
Bob and Tim are going out to a new job. It’s an air cooled chiller on the rooftop of an office building. This is the first air cooled chiller that Tim has ever seen so Bob is going to have to describe the operation of the chiller to Tim.
Purchasing an HVAC system is often overwhelming to homeowners since it involves making a significant investment in complex equipment that they may not know much about.
Ever notice a breeze in older buildings even when it is not windy? Many buildings leak air, which means their owners are losing money. The Charlotte Mecklenburg School System (CMSS), the 19th largest in the U.S. with a $1.3 billion operating budget, recently decided to take action to identify school system buildings that might be exhibiting air leakage.
Today’s industrial steam boilers are remarkably safe. Yet, experts suggest that some steam boilers are safer than others, not simply based on physics, but on physical design and how that affects a range of everyday, routine operations.
The equipment in this month’s article is a two-stage air conditioning system. The operating conditions are high ambient, and the customer’s complaint is that there is no cooling.
Shannondell at Valley Forge required an immediate solution to the excessive noise from its rooftop unit on the Bradford Clubhouse & Performing Arts Theatre.
One of the more significant election promises made by then-candidate Trump was his promise to reduce the regulatory burden on American businesses. With his “two regulations withdrawn for every one proposed” approach, he has been largely successful in making his promise a reality.
Bob and Tim are at lunch and discussing the last service call that they had which was a spring start up on a 100 ton chiller. Tim has some questions about how a chiller operates and Bob is filling him in on some blank places that he has in his knowledge base.