Smart HVAC technology is an intelligent approach to controlling the environment inside commercial buildings. Heating and cooling represent increasingly significant operating costs for businesses. Maintaining precise comfort control and a healthy workplace are also priorities. Traditional manual operation of HVAC systems is outmoded, inefficient, and associated with higher expenses.
Taking advantage of the latest HVAC technology need not require the replacement of existing major heating and cooling system components. Add-on units, as well as upgrades to essential elements of the system, can go a long way toward monitoring and managing the indoor environment. Here are just a few suggestions for how to smartly use smart HVAC:
- Wireless commercial thermostats. Multiple Wi-Fi thermostats placed throughout a commercial building can create a network divided into separate temperature-control zones. The system communicates with web-based software as well as with mobile apps, providing remote access from any location to allow you to monitor and adjust temperatures, humidity, and other factors inside the building. Data available from the software helps optimize operation of HVAC components, prevents malfunctions before they happen, and fine-tunes the building’s energy utilization 24/7.
- Demand controlled smart HVAC. Occupancy sensors strategically placed in a commercial building can adjust heated and cooled airflow, as well as outdoor ventilation, to meet the diverse requirements of different areas of the facility. For example, if the number of occupants present in a zone declines, information from the sensors is utilized to adjust heating and cooling airflow to that specific area of the building. This reduces energy costs without sacrificing comfort to persons in other parts of the building.
- Healthier indoor air quality. The standard, basic HVAC air filter is losing ground to smarter options for building systems, the powerful HEPA air filters trap particulates down to a size of .03 microns. High-volume commercial HVAC systems can also combine with system purificiation products that have the capability to kill bacteria such as staph, airborne viruses, and even mold spores.
For all your commercial business HVAC needs, talk to the professionals at Jackson & Sons. Proud to serve Eastern North Carolina since 1974.
