Month: February 2020

What can you, as the facility maintenance manager, do about limescale? Limescale and other water formed deposits can cause major loss of efficiency, increased operating costs, and minimize the life expectancy of capital equipment. But first, as a Facility Manager, how can you tell if your HVAC system is suffering from limescale build-up?

Signs of Increased Cost from Scale Buildup

Some of the symptoms will be gradual because limescale deposits build up over time. But small changes in equipment efficiencies can be a sign of limescale growth. Here are some additional signs that show you need to tackle your limescale problem:

1. Rising operational costs (including tube or pump failures or the chiller shutting down due to high head pressure)
2. Increased equipment downtime
3. Progressively growing heating and cooling energy costs
4. Poor equipment (boiler, chiller, heat exchanger, or tower) performance, including high head pressures or pump reading more elevated than usual

Rising operational costs

If your HVAC gas or electric bill is rising with no change in facility operational hours, there’s a good chance you’ve got limescale problems. Scale deposits can lead to significant increases in energy costs by reducing the heat transfer surface on both cooling (chiller) and heating (boiler) systems. Consequently, more energy is required to achieve the same level of heating or cooling when limescale fouling is impeding the energy coefficients. Also, the reduction in pipe diameter means your pumps work harder to move the same amount of fluid. This not only increases electricity costs but may lead to premature pump failure. Increased fuel costs mean increased building operating and maintenance costs, which affect the profitability of your business.

Some key findings on the costs of scale are:

• Energy consumption is increased up to 11% for just 1/16-inch of scale, according to the American Society of Plumbing Engineers
• Equipment failure rates increase due to scale
• Scale often necessitates the use of chemicals to counter hard water use. Detergent usage increases by 2-4% percent per 1,000 gallons of water.

Increased equipment downtime

When left to build up inside HVAC components, scale deposits will eventually require removal for the equipment to function. Depending on the amount of build-up, the equipment may experience downtime for days or weeks. This downtime quickly cuts into the operational capability of a building, and if all HVAC systems serving a building are down, the building may have to cease operation entirely until the problem is fixed.

Preventing equipment downtime is one of the most significant concerns of facility managers, yet some may not realize that they need to practice correct preventative maintenance plans on their systems to prevent downtime. Naturally, all equipment will experience some sort of downtime for maintenance, but when equipment downtime sharply increases for cleaning, it may be evidence of a larger scale build-up problem.

Progressively increasing heating and cooling energy costs

Progressively increasing heating and cooling costs can be a reliable indicator of scale build-up inside HVAC components affecting the performance and efficiency of HVAC systems. This is especially true when heating and cooling costs increase despite a relatively stable period of climate and building usage.

Facility managers are certainly in tune with the energy costs that a building accrues. Energy costs are often one of the most significant operations and maintenance budget items that a facility manager is concerned about. If patterns of rising heating and cooling costs show a decline inefficiency, it may be time to clean the system entirely of scale build-up.

Poor equipment performance

Poor equipment performance – like on boilers, chillers, heat exchangers or cooling towers – is often first noticed by monitoring the key performance indicators of your systems. Things like the pump and head pressures should be monitored daily to identify baselines. This way, any disparency can quickly indicate scale issues.

Scale build-up inside the boiler, chiller, heat exchanger or cooling tower may be causing the lack of performance out of the system. Poor equipment performance will not only deliver inadequate heating or cooling results but also end up costing many multiples of the maintenances costs for replacement.

Preventing Scale Build Up

There are different methods for removing limescale build-up. These methods generally fall into two categories chemical and mechanical.

A combination of water treatment programs along with chemical or mechanical descaling is necessary to keep scale in check.

Chemical descalers are fluids which react with the calcium carbonate, sulfate or silica build-up to break it down and flush it out of the system.

Mechanical include using rotary tube cleaning or projectile-based systems to remove scale deposits mechanically. They work to remove the mineral deposits plaguing the tubes of HVAC chillers, fire or water tube boilers, heat exchanger tubes/coils and condenser tubes.

To slow the scale accumulation, water treatment solutions are often employed. Depending on the chemistry of your water source, a water treatment company will come up with the right treatment solution for your boiler or cooling tower. Regular tests and checks are essential to ensure the water is receiving the correct dosage of treatment chemicals. However, no chemical treatment will prevent scale deposits entirely, and so vigilant monitoring of system performance is required.

Next Steps:

If you haven’t been taking preventive action against HVAC limescale, today is an excellent time to start. It is never too late to begin, and you may be amazed by the results you will achieve. While there are many different options on the market today, choosing the right solution for your system is essential.

Get started by maintaining a daily logbook of your system parameters like head pressures, pump pressures, etc. The set up an annual or biannual maintenance cleaning program. This will help you get a handle on your scale problem. Next, get guidance from a reputable descaler manufacturer so you can make the right choices for addressing scale in your facility. With their expertise and products, soon your facility will realize lower running costs and a more efficient HVAC system.

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Line voltage, low voltage—what’s the difference? And more importantly, what’s right for your home? 

When the professionals start talking about what kind of lighting you need, it’s easy to get lost. They use words and describe processes you don’t 100% understand, but this is your home and your lighting. So you should know what’s best. In this article, we’ll answer the question “what is low voltage lighting?”, the advantages of low voltage lighting as well as the disadvantages, and the difference between low voltage and line voltage lighting.

What is Low Voltage Lighting?

Low voltage lighting originated in American residential homes back in the 1950s. It was first used as landscape lighting but quickly made its way inside due to its ease of use, versatility, and energy efficiency. 

This type of lighting is powered by 30 volts or less of electricity. Low voltage lighting uses something called a transformer to reduce normal line voltages—which are typically 120 to 277 volts—down to 12 to 24 volts. Generally, low voltage lighting is used in recessed, pendant, track, landscape, and other display lighting. It’s often preferred when light is needed in tight, hard-to-reach areas. 

Advantages of Low Voltage Lighting

Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings

As mentioned above, one of the benefits of low voltage lighting is its ability to lower volts needed to create sufficient light. It can emit just as much light as an incandescent bulb while using 20 percent of that energy. They work well with dimmer switches, which helps a lot with energy efficiency and allows homeowners to save money on their energy bills and therefore save on the cost of lighting.

Low Heat Contributions

Unlike many other competitive bulbs, such as halogen or incandescent, low voltage lights are cool to the touch and contribute a small amount of heat to their surroundings. When installed indoors, this is a wonderful attribute since low voltage lights don’t contribute to the heat of the house or present any type of heat hazard.

Versatility

Low voltage lights are typically smaller than your normal incandescent light bulbs which makes them easier to use in a wider variety of ways, which is one the biggest benefits of low voltage lighting. You can install them in small spaces, hard-to-reach spaces, and other nooks and crannies that other lighting styles are too large to fit. With low voltage lighting, you can use a wider variety of light bulbs as well.

Easy Installation

Low voltage lights are easy to install and don’t require a professional electrician. You can purchase low voltage lights at your local home improvement store and get a quick installation manual along with them to help guide you through the installation process.

Long Life Span

Low voltage lights such as LEDs can last much longer than traditional incandescent bulbs. So not only can you save on energy bills, but you can save on bulb replacements as well.

Disadvantages of Low Voltage Lighting

Not Quite as Bright

While some users say that low voltage lighting provides pleasant, completely satisfactory light, others claim the lighting is not quite as bright as a lot of other lighting options. If you’re wanting to light up an area very brightly or install a light to be used as a security light, then low voltage lighting might not be your best choice.

Unique Wiring

Since low voltage lighting has low voltage wiring, some users are caught off guard by the idea of running their own wiring. While you can call in an electrician to handle this job for you, it’s easier to do than standard lighting to install and you can do it yourself.

Transformer Burnout

Low voltage wiring uses a transformer in order to create more energy efficiency. However, that means they also have a transformer that can burn out and might need replacing eventually, unlike line voltage lighting which doesn’t have this issue.

Low Voltage vs. Line Voltage

Line voltage lighting can be used in many of the places that low voltage lighting can be used. They can spread as far and wide as you can run wiring from a power source and are often integral to the structure of your home.

Low voltage lighting is usually preferred for display lighting or anywhere that standard voltage electrical conduit or wire is hard to run. Low voltage lighting is limited on how far it can be run from the transformer box, so proper installation is key.

Is Low Voltage Lighting Best for Your Home?

If you’re still unsure what lighting is best for you and your home or you need more clarification on the benefits of low voltage lighting,  then it might be time to ask an expert. If you’re ready to install low voltage lighting in your home or if you have a few clarifying questions, then trust the electrical experts at John C. Flood to handle the job. We charge one flat-rate for more transparent pricing. If you have any questions, give us a call at (703) 752-1266 or schedule service online.

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Service Champions technician Dakota was in Pomona working late in the
day on an air conditioning unit, and it became clear he would not be able to
get it working that night.

Dakota diagnosed that the circuit board had gone bad, but it was 7pm
and unfortunately, he wouldn’t be able to get the part until the next day.

“I knew this client had some health issues and I wanted him to be
comfortable as possible,” Dakota said. “I told him about the A/C would be fixed
the next day and told him in the meantime I was running out buy a couple of
fans for him.”

The client initially protested
and said it was too generous an offer.

“Please let me get these for
you,” Dakota said. “The fans are on us. Since I can’t get it working tonight,
the next best thing I could do is at least get some air blowing on you.”

Dakota hopped in his truck and ran to the hardware store and in no time he was
back positioning the fans for maximum cooling.

“I made sure one of the fans was
pointing right at him as he was watching his TV,” Dakota said. “He was all
comfortable and it wasn’t getting too hot for him.”

The next day, Dakota was back
with a brand-new circuit board. He asked if the client was able to stay
comfortable using the fans.

“Oh yes,” the client responded. “I really appreciate what you did for me
getting those fans.”
Dakota said he likes being
with a company that encourages helping others. “I am happy to be with a company
that supports helping people and celebrates Good Deeds.”

Dakota,
we’re big “fans” of that Good Deed For Free!

Renovating your commercial space and looking to improve your air conditioning in the process? When the work is done, do you want comfortable, consistent temperatures in your space? How about good air quality? Energy efficiency? If you do, then it pays to plan updates to your HVAC system and its ductwork design early in the renovation process to avoid mistakes.

You probably didn’t realize that your HVAC system and its air duct system is something you need to be thinking about even before the architect has completed the plans. Find out how to improve your air conditioning with better duct design, and why you need HVAC experts involved early in your renovation process.

Consequences of Poor Ductwork Design

According to the US Department of Energy, the average HVAC duct system is only about 60 percent efficient. That means air is not flowing through your space and your HVAC system as it should be, which leads to all kinds of undesirable consequences, including:

• Hot and cold spots, drafts and stuffy air in your space due to impeded air flow.
• Extra wear and tear on your air conditioner, since it needs to run longer and work harder to compensate for flaws in the ductwork design, leading to more breakdowns and shorter equipment life.
• Poor air quality that exposes the occupants of your space to increased levels of dust, pollutants, fumes, and even mold growth from too much humidity.
• Unbalanced air pressure that causes odors to linger, doors to slam by themselves and distracting levels of noise in your space.

Related article: Crippling Air Conditioning Problems Caused By Poor Air Flow.

5 Common Ductwork Design Mistakes

Proper ductwork design ensures the level of air flow that your HVAC system needs to operate efficiently and provide the comfort you want and expect in your renovated space. Here are some of the common ductwork design mistakes that impede the function of your air conditioning:

DUCTWORK DESIGN MISTAKE #1: Undersizing

Contractors can make the mistake of failing to consider the type of air conditioning system you have, load requirements of different rooms, where ducts and equipment are located, and the materials used to construct them. All of these factors affect the proper sizing of your ducts, and getting it wrong often means your HVAC ductwork is undersized. (See below for tips on getting it right.)

DUCTWORK DESIGN MISTAKE #2: Runs that are too long

When the location of HVAC equipment and duct system and not optimized in the planning phase, the equipment may end up far away from the space to be cooled. That may require long runs of ductwork that make it hard for your HVAC system to move conditioned air to certain areas within the space.

DUCTWORK DESIGN MISTAKE #3: Sharp bends

Just like long runs impede air flow, bends in the ductwork that are too sharp or too numerous also decrease the amount of air that actually reaches the space to be cooled.

DUCTWORK DESIGN MISTAKE #4: Air leaks

Air conditioning ductwork that is incorrectly sealed or supported can end up leaking cooled air into the walls where it won’t do any good to the occupants of your space.

DUCTWORK DESIGN MISTAKE #5: Lack of returns

To maintain balanced air pressure and air movement, your duct system needs return vents for air in the room to be pulled back into the HVAC system. Not providing enough returns is a common ductwork design flaw that leads to comfort complaints.

6 Tips for Good Ductwork Design

To make sure your ductwork is properly designed, start by involving a knowledgeable HVAC design professional early in your renovation design process. An experienced pro will work with the architect and contractor to do the following:

1. Choose the best location for HVAC equipment and ducts. With proper planning, the HVAC equipment should be centrally located in the space to allow for the shortest possible duct runs. Ducts should be located in internal walls and ceilings to minimize the loss of conditioned air. Avoid installing ducts in attics and unconditioned crawl spaces for maximum efficiency.

2. A detailed load calculation. Especially when your space has different rooms or areas with varying heating and cooling requirements, it’s important that the load calculations be done individually for each room, rather than only for the space as a whole.

Related article: 4 Reasons You Need HVAC Design For Your Air Conditioning Install.

3. Consider your equipment type and supporting systems. Certain types of air conditioning systems, like heat pumps, require larger ducts. If your system includes air purifiers with activated charcoal filters, these also affect air flow and may require larger ducts and/or additional air returns.

4. Use the right materials, fittings and supports. Ductwork materials can vary depending on the requirements and the budget, but make sure your installer uses the right materials for your needs. Flexible ducts (often called “flex”) made from reinforced plastic are easier and cheaper to install, but not as strong and durable as sheet metal.

For more information about the use of flexible ducts, read this ACHRNews article about ductwork design.

If quiet operation and energy efficiency are very important to you, you might want to go with duct board, made from pressed fiberglass, which is more expensive but very quiet and efficient.

5. Choose the right duct size and layout. Once all the system variables have been decided, your HVAC design professional can determine the most efficient ductwork design layout and calculate the correct duct size. To account for all the necessary factors, many professionals use a tool called ACCA Manual D.

6. Ensure proper ductwork sealing. Did you know that as much as 20 percent of your conditioned air can be lost when duct joints are not correctly sealed? The problem is compounded with high efficiency systems, which run longer at a lower capacity. Air is in the ducts for a longer period of time and so more can escape through leaky joints. Make sure your duct joints are sealed with mastic gum or metal-backed tape to prevent leaks.

After reading this, are you concerned that your HVAC installer might not have the expertise to handle your ductwork design? For something as important as a renovation, getting the results you want might require you to find a more knowledgeable and experienced provider.

Changing vendors can seem intimidating, but it doesn’t have to be. Find out how to do it without stress with our free guide: Contract Confidence: Transitioning to a New HVAC Service Provider.

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The indoor air quality of your Fort Bend, Texas, home can become lower in winter because people stay inside more and don’t usually open their windows. Poor indoor air quality can lead to eye irritation, headaches, fatigue, increased asthma or allergy symptoms, and other health problems. You can improve your indoor air quality during winter by using a humidifier, adding an air purifier, or installing ventilation.

Use a Humidifier

Cold surfaces in winter can cause condensation, lowering the humidity inside your house. Your heater can make the air inside your home even drier. Using a humidifier prevents static electricity that can damage your electronics and cause sore throats, dry skin, and nosebleeds. It can even help you stop snoring and get better sleep. You can have a whole-home model installed by an expert, or you can use a portable version in the rooms of your choice.

Add an Air Purifier

Air cleaners or air purifiers use filters to remove pollen, dust, dirt, pet dander, and other pollutants from your home’s air. You can also use a UV air purifier to keep microorganisms and many pests from reproducing. It can prevent the spread of viruses and bacteria as well, helping you and your family members stay healthy during cold and flu season.

Installing a Ventilator

An energy recovery ventilator (ERV) removes stale indoor air along with any contaminants and then replaces it with fresh, filtered outdoor air. At the same time, it transfers heat like a heat pump, helping to heat your home in winter and cool it in summer. An ERV lets you get rid of bad smells and enjoy the benefits of opening a window without wasting energy.

Davis Air Conditioning & Heating, Inc. is a Carrier Factory Authorized Dealer with more than 45 years of HVAC and indoor air quality experience. We can help keep your air quality high in winter and make sure that you and your family members stay comfortable. For friendly service from our experts, give us a call.

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So, something terrible happened that you don’t understand. After a long day of working, you came home to realize that your air conditioner was operating improperly. After giving your AC unit a quick inspection, you realize something that doesn’t look quite right: the HVAC drain pan is full of water.

What does this mean? What’s wrong? And most importantly, what should you do about it?

Read along, and we’ll explain what the AC drain pan is, some reasons for why the water might have pooled up in your drain pan, as well as what you can do about it.

What is an AC Drain Pan?

Your AC unit is a complicated appliance that’s designed to keep the air in your home cool. As it completes this process, moisture is released. Warm air makes contact with the cooling evaporator coils of your AC unit, resulting in drops of water falling from the coils. This is similar to the condensation you might see dripping on the outside of a glass holding ice water.

The AC drain pain is designed to catch these drips. It rests beneath your system’s evaporator coils in order to catch all the liquid that drops. Without this pan to catch the collecting moisture, water would drip onto your unit and cause unpredictable amounts of damage. Thankfully, the drain pan is directly connected to the condensation drain line so the water can be safely drained away from the system and out of your home by way of a nearby drain.

When everything is in full working order, your AC unit can run smoothly, the drain pan drains excess moisture out of your home, and nothing is negatively affected. That means that an AC drip pan full of water is a clear indicator that something has gone wrong.

Why is My HVAC Drain Pan Full of Water?

While drainage problems are one of the most common reasons your AC drain pan is full of water, there are actually several possible issues. Here are a few of them.

Drain Pipe Is Clogged 

A clogged condensate line can cause water to build up in the pan gradually until it is full or overflowing. Serious AC damage can occur when this happens, since it prevents the unit from performing optimally. This issue can also cause water damage or flooding. Serious repair costs can arise from this issue if it’s not corrected quickly. Typically, a drain pipe clog occurs due to lack of proper routine maintenance.

The Coil Is Frozen

Standing water in your AC drain pan can also occur due to a frozen evaporator coil. Frozen coils most likely occur due to a lack of system maintenance. If you aren’t getting your AC unit checked or tuned up regularly, or if you’re not implementing regular filter changes, then the coils could freeze.

Installed Incorrectly

Improper installation is always a possibility when issues with your AC unit occur. If a poorly trained technician or someone who was unlicensed installed or worked on your unit, then it’s possible for several maintenance issues to result.

Low Refrigerant Levels

Typically, low refrigerant levels are brought about by poor maintenance or a refrigerant leak. Always be sure to have your AC unit handled by a professional in order to prevent as many issues as possible and keep your unit in the best working condition.

How Do I Fix My AC Drain Pan Full of Water?

If you notice that your AC drip pan is full of water, you want to cut the power to your AC unit. Now you can safely check the tubing around your unit to look for any cracks, holes, or leaks in the drain line. If you see any of these issues, then you know your drain line must be replaced and that’s most likely the issue at hand.

Feel free to carefully remove the water from the drain pain with a wet/dry shop vacuum and then dispose of the excess water in a safe location. Remove any dirt, grime, or debris that might be in and around the drain to make sure the outlet isn’t blocked and water can drain easily.

Even with the water gone, you must be sure to address the heart of the issue. While you could clean out the condensate pipe and drain with a small wire brush, you should always consult an HVAC professional when handling big, complicated appliances like your AC unit. One mistake when re-installing a pipe could lead to your entire unit breaking down. So call in the team you trust most and get a licensed technician to fix your drainage issue.

Keep in mind that regular maintenance is the easiest way to prevent your drain pan from filling up with water.

Ready to Fix Your Drain Pan?

If you can’t figure out why your AC drain pan is full of water, trust the plumbing experts at John C. Flood. If you have any questions, give us a call at (703) 752-1266 or schedule service online.

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Ceiling fans use much less energy to run than air conditioners, so it would seem like a simple conclusion that ceiling fans save energy. But in most parts of the country, fans don’t provide enough cooling to replace air conditioners. So the question is really: do ceiling fans save energy when used with air conditioning? And that’s more complicated.

Read on to find out if you can use ceiling fans to help improve your energy efficiency and keep you cooler.

How do ceiling fans keep you cool?

To get an idea of how ceiling fans save energy, it’s important to understand how ceiling fans work. You may have heard that fans don’t cool rooms, they cool people. Fans work for the same reason why wind feels cold; it’s called the windchill effect. If you’ve stood beneath a ceiling fan on a hot day, you know that while the temperature might not actually be lower, the cooling help it provides is very real.

Moving air makes you feel cooler because it assists your body’s natural cooling process through evaporation. The more air is moving, the more moisture can evaporate from your skin, making you feel cooler. This means that a ceiling fan does not actually lower the temperature in a room. This is why you should not leave a fan on in an unoccupied room – it has no effect and would be wasting energy.

You may have heard that ceiling fans add heat to a room. This is where most of the debate about whether ceiling fans save energy or not comes from. That’s technically true: fans work by powering a motor, which creates friction that is given off as heat. If you were to take the temperature of the fan motor while it was running, you’d see that it is a bit warmer than the surrounding air. But a ceiling fan uses a small motor, and the amount of heat that it adds to a room is negligible. And the cooling windchill effect more than compensates for that small amount of heat. 

Since a ceiling fan’s job is to cool people, it accomplishes that just fine. It’s just not a replacement for air conditioning, especially in hotter climates. But you can use them together to create better cooling conditions and possibly save energy.

Ceiling fans used to help AC systems perform better…

The idea that ceiling fans save energy comes from a variety of assumptions. For one thing, ceiling fans used to be more important to the performance of AC units than they are today.

Early air conditioner models were very inefficient. Duct layouts were often poorly designed, or they had none at all (as is the case with window AC units). This meant the room was cooled unevenly: there were stuffy corners the cool air failed to reach, and icy cold spots right in front of the window unit or supply vent. In addition, homes at the time were often poorly insulated, meaning much of the cooled air was lost.

In these circumstances, a ceiling fan helped tremendously. It circulated the air, making the temperature more even across the room. It also added the windchill effect, helping to make up for some of the cooling power that was lost. This has led some people to believe their ceiling fans save energy, because if fans used to help ACs work better, why not now?

The reason is that modern air conditioners are so much more efficient, they don’t suffer the same problems as early models. Unless your AC unit was installed before 2000, you don’t need to correct temperature variance issues with a fan. Modern ACs are designed to have proper air circulation for the space they’re in.

How to use ceiling fans to save energy in summer & winter

Ceiling fans don’t save energy if you run them without changing your AC usage. Ceiling fans save energy when they allow you to reduce your use of air conditioning (especially old systems that can be inefficient energy hogs).

The windchill effect makes you feel a few degrees colder, so if you have the fan on, you can turn your thermostat up by four degrees, and feel just as cool.

Obviously you won’t save as much energy as simply turning the thermostat up and forgoing the fan, but you can get a slight energy savings and comparable comfort level by combining these methods.

AC units cost an average of 36 cents an hour to run, compared to a ceiling fan’s 1 cent per hour. So combining these cooling methods is the best way to save a bit of money on your energy bill.

You can use this same strategy in winter to get the most out of your heating as well. You just need to switch the direction of the fan, from counterclockwise in the summer to clockwise in the winter. Most fans have a switch on the base that changes the direction of the motor. Heat rises, so switching the fan direction will create a downdraft in winter, allowing warm air near the ceiling to circulate throughout the room. That can allow you to turn the thermostat down a few degrees and still be comfortable.

Tips for choosing a ceiling fan

If you are looking to install ceiling fans, choosing the right one and having it installed properly will help make the most of these savings. When you’re shopping for a new fan, look for models with the highest energy efficiency rating.

Fans with bigger blades move more air around, and can increase the cooling effect. Make sure to get a fan properly sized for the room you have.

Fan blades should be a foot from the ceiling and not less than 7 feet from the floor.

So, do ceiling fans save money on energy bills?

So when you look at all the facts, do ceiling fans save energy? Besides an environmental interest, usually what we’re really asking when we look at that question is: do ceiling fans save money?

In a question with so many variables, unfortunately it’s never going to be straightforward yes or no. It depends on how you use your HVAC systems, and what your priorities are.

Here’s what we do know: there are ways to use ceiling fans and AC systems together to improve cooling conditions. And when you use ceiling fans along with a decreased use of air conditioning and/or heating, it can help improve your energy efficiency and reduce your energy bills.

Another proven way to save on energy bills

If you’re looking to reduce your energy consumption, consider having your air conditioning system regularly maintained by professionals. Doing that once or twice a year keeps your system operating as efficiently as possible. That means it runs less to achieve the same set temperature, so it uses less energy.

Chances are, you’ll see a bigger difference in your energy bills with regular maintenance than you will from using ceiling fans in your space.

If you’re in the NYC metro area, we’re happy to explain how that works and get you started.

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