A bad HVAC Maintenance can make you sick.

Many people worry about the possibilities of getting some flu like symptoms from the aircon unit. If you want to learn more about this fact, you should keep reading this article. There are some important things that you need to know about the correlation between air conditioning and flu like symptoms. There are some factors that can trigger the development of some health problems in most users. You should take a look at these factors, so you can use your air conditioning without having to worry about getting some health problems in the future. Here are some factors that can result to the flu like symptoms.

1. Dirty air filter
This is the first factor that can trigger the development of some flu like symptoms. If you want to stay fit and healthy when staying in a room with air conditioner, you should clean your air filter regularly. This filter should be cleaned regularly, so you can remove some impurities from your aircon unit. There are some unwanted things that may accumulate in your air conditioning, for example dust, dirt, sand, microorganisms, and some other contaminants. These items can cause some health problems in some sensitive people.

2. Too cold temperature
If you don’t setup the temperature of your air conditioner, you are going to get too cold temperature from your aircon. This cold temperature can cause some health problems in some people. Some people are suffering from flu like symptoms, such as fever, headache, runny nose, and some other health issues, especially when they stay in very cold room. It is recommended that you setup the thermostat of your aircon unit before you turn on your air conditioning. It is recommended that you use normal room temperature, so you can avoid getting some health problems from cold temperature effectively.

3. Water leakage
This is another problem that can occur in your air conditioning unit. This problem can be caused by the blocked drainage system in your aircon. This problem should be treated properly. The water leakage problem can accumulate some microorganisms, including influenza virus, molds, and some other bacteria. If you leave this problem untreated, you are going to develop flu like symptoms very quickly. Some of these microorganisms can attack you and your families, especially if you spend a lot of time around this water leakage. You should fix this problem immediately, so you can reduce the possibility of getting flu symptoms in your daily life.

4. Strong wind
Most aircon units can be controlled easily. You should be able to monitor and control the wind strength level from your unit. If you don’t control the wind level, you can have strong wind from your air conditioning unit. This strong wind can cause some flu like symptoms in certain people. If you want to stay fit and healthy in your daily life, you should consider setting up this wind level properly. You should be able to avoid some flu-like symptoms by controlling the wind production in your aircon unit. It is recommended that you use low wind setting for staying comfortable in your room.

5. Frozen coil
This is another common factor that can trigger the flu like symptoms in certain people. This problem can affect the overall airflow system in your unit. It reduces the capability of your air conditioning unit for removing dirty air from your room. If your aircon unit cannot produce good airflow in your room, you may have difficulties in getting fresh air. This is the another reason why improper air conditioning unit can cause serious health problems or other flu-like symptoms. It is recommended that you replace the frozen coil with the new one. You can also remove some objects that can block the airflow in your aircon unit.

They are some common factors that can lead to the development of some health problems. It is recommended that you maintain the quality of your air conditioning regularly. Make sure that you do some regular maintenance procedures, so you can use this unit for a long time. It is important to know that most air conditioning units are safe for most people today. There is no significant side effect that can be cause by this unit. You should be able to have healthy and fit body when you stay in your room with air conditioner. Call a professional company for servicing your aircon units regularly.

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Planned HVAC Maintenance: A Meaningful Resolution

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The need for preventive building HVAC maintenance will always provide opportunity.

The most recent session I attended on this topic was during the recent Mechanical Service Contractors Association conference. About 200 attendees packed a room to hear from three of the industry’s best PM proponents: David Bavisotto, vice president, service with Illingworth-Kilgust Mechanical; Steve Smith, senior vice president, ACCO Engineered Systems; and Jon Finch, vice president, training and recruiting, Milwaukee Tools.

This power trio framed their presentation around the idea that times and technologies continue to change, but the need for preventive maintenance remains a constant opportunity.

We’ve gone from color-coded dispatch boards and a $30/hour service rate in the 1970s, to beepers, pagers, two-way radios, and up to today’s cell phones and tablets, with labor rates of well above $120/hour.

Service offerings have also expanded, with value-adds like thermal imaging, vibration analysis, energy services, and energy service agreements. GPS has helped to streamline pre-planning and improved vehicle tracking. R-22 is disappearing. Micro-channel coils need less refrigerant, and the popular building protocols Lon and BacNET provide unlimited access to control systems. Offices have became paperless or close to it, and the smartphone is king. And have you looked into drones yet?

These improvements have all contributed to the contractor’s need to service existing (and aging) buildings.

“The service business is absolutely one of the key businesses to be in,” Bavisotto said, because, guess what? People need heating and cooling, in every economy.

The median building age is over 32 years, and half of all commercial buildings were built before 1980. Sixty-one percent of construction projects are retrofits.

“In 2012, the amount of commercial office space exceeded 87 billion square feet,” Bavisotto said. “As these buildings age, there are more opportunities for service providers.”
Why would you, as a commercial mechanical contractor avoid this sure thing?

Another key fact they shared is that 50 percent of all buildings in the U.S. are 5,000 sq. ft. or less. “For this vast amount of customers, we just see the service business doing nothing but increasing,” Bavisotto said.

The biggest line item in the lifecycle of a building is alteration, energy and operation, at a whopping 75 percent.

Steve Smith said ACCO Engineered Systems began to attack the service market in the 1990s, after participating in a peer group meeting, whose other members had all adopted a maintenance
culture.

“Their profitability was double ours,” he said, “so we decided to invest in maintenance. We made that a mission over time. If not, we would have continued to be victimized by the ups and downs of the retrofit market.”

Service contracts provide an inside track into the customer’s eventual retrofit work and pull-through work. Planned maintenance is the lowest risk method to grow your service, and the fastest way to build a service business, at low risk/high margin terms.

Finch took the room through a rough look at market concentration: are you most active in hospitality, institutional, commercial building or manufacturing? And is that comprised of new business or retrofits? Where do you spend most of your time?

Time for this presentation was limited, but the message was clear. “Take the time when you get home, to develop metrics to know what markets you’re in, what is your return, and where you want to go,” Smith said.

“With planned maintenance, you control the when, where and how. It’s the fastest way to grow a service business,” Bavisotto said. And, it positions your firm as the go-to source for additional work.

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Florida Mall Business Center – Our New Client

We are proud to introduce our new client in Orlando: The Florida Mall Business Center.

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