Know When It’s Time to Call for Repairs We’re heading into warm weather here in the Southland, and it’s a time when all commercial building owners need to be cognizant of potential issues that go along with summertime HVAC. Read about common problems below: Suspicious Puddles: Seeing any mysterious fluid around your commercial HVAC equipment? It could be ... Continue Reading
Three Ways to Promote Energy Savings with Your Current Commercial HVAC System
Going Green Is Easier Than You Think! One aspect of green energy that many business owners sometimes overlook is that “going green” can often translate into getting more green, too—as in more greenbacks in your pocket. Saving energy results in lower utility bills and equipment that doesn’t have to work as hard, nor wear out as fast. In other words, amid all the ... Continue Reading
The Connection Between Commercial HVAC Maintenance and Overall Profitability
Don't Let Your HVAC System Cost You More Than It Should In business, every penny counts. And as any commercial property owner knows, owning a building is no different. Indeed, turning a profit on your asset requires prudent management every step of the way. When it comes to your heating and air conditioning system, your choices for preventative maintenance will often ... Continue Reading
Commercial HVAC for Healthy Indoor Air Quality and Workplace Safety
Learn About the Latest Developments in HVAC Air Quality Technology In today’s business environment, commercial tenants want safety along with indoor comfort. If you’re a commercial property owner, you may not only be responsible for indoor comfort, but also face possible legal liability if your building’s occupants fall ill. Today’s HVAC technology has met the ... Continue Reading
The Top 5 Ways to Improve Your Indoor Air Quality and Create a Healthy Work Environment [INFOGRAPHIC]
Are you worried about increased absenteeism and possible legal responsibility if a staff member falls ill? We understand that many business owners and commercial property managers are scrambling to ensure their buildings and indoor environments are safe, clean and comfortable for everyone. As a small business and community members ourselves, as well as HVAC professionals, ... Continue Reading
Six Simple Things You Can Do To Minimize Problems And Maximize HVAC Efficiency
You Can Make a Difference in Your Utility Costs! It’s a fact: your operating costs for a commercial building largely revolve around what you spend for heating and cooling. But did you know that the Department of Energy estimates that most businesses could save up to 30% in energy expenses with more efficient fixes and upgrades? Here are four tips to help you get the ... Continue Reading
Your HVAC Service Checks: Get Them Regularly, Or Pay Later
Do Your Wallet a Favor, and Schedule an Inspection Today! Saving money and creating a sensible operating budget have never been more important for today’s commercial real estate owners. Who wants to pay for equipment repairs or worse, replacements when you don’t have to? When it comes to your heating and air conditioning, preventative maintenance and HVAC service ... Continue Reading
Reduce Indoor Air Pollution and Germs with Your Commercial HVAC System
Keep Tenants and Employees Healthy, Without Sacrificing Indoor Comfort Reducing indoor air pollution and germs these days with your commercial HVAC has never been more relevant. Our free report, Air in the Time of COVID: Restoring Safety to Your Place of Work, provides you with the rundown on easy ways you can mitigate risk while enhancing energy savings and indoor ... Continue Reading
Should You Creating Zoning Systems for your Commercial HVAC?
A Zoned Indoor HVAC System Isn’t for Every Business. But It Might Just Be for Yours. We’ve talked in this space about the slings and arrows of indoor temperature management in a commercial building, how one person’s “perfect temp” is another person’s “arctic hell.” It can be difficult to resolve these differences without leaving one group unhappy at least part of the ... Continue Reading
Programmable Thermostats Put You in Charge of Your HVAC Bills
Change Your Ambient Indoor Temps, Change Your Life (or At Least Save Money!) Everybody loves to “fix it and forget it,” but when it comes to heating and cooling your business or commercial property, take a little time to plan ahead. Using a programmable thermostat for your building could be the solution to your high energy bills. Furthermore, a programmable thermostat ... Continue Reading
Commercial HVAC Memes Don’t Make Themselves
But We Occasionally Find Them on the Internet for You Who else is tired of reading the news? Whether it’s murder hornets or masks, poor outdoor air quality or the Kardashians cancelling their reality show, lately it feels like there’s nothing we like looking at online but silly pictures. It certainly lowers our stress levels, anyway. And as inconsequential as they are, ... Continue Reading
Proactive Fall Maintenance Tips for Commercial HVAC Systems
Seasonal Preventative Service Ensures Maximum Performance With so much to do before the end of the year, proactive fall maintenance for commercial HVAC systems probably doesn’t feel like that much of a priority. But what if we told you this is the number one way to save money on your heating and air conditioning, not just now but for the next year too? Take care of ... Continue Reading
Is Air Conditioning Replacement Your Next Step?
When is it time to throw in the towel on your old HVAC system? No matter how successful your business, we know saving money wherever possible is always a top priority. Indeed, there’s a reason Warren Buffett still lives in the same house he and his wife purchased in 1958 for $31,000, a decision he’s called “the best investment I’ve ever made.” For that reason, we ... Continue Reading
Choosing the Right HVAC Contractor: What to Know
Protect Your Heating and Air Conditioning Investment While we like to think we’re extra charming here at Air-Tro with our good looks and sparkling personalities, we acknowledge that we know a few other HVAC companies around that are pretty great too. We see them around town, and at the many professional conclaves we attend, and all of them would be fine choices to ... Continue Reading
It’s Summertime. Why Is Your Office Freezing?
What to Do When Your Commercial HVAC Works Too Well It’s one of life’s greatest mysteries: on the hottest days of summer, there are certain offices that blow colder than a winter’s day in the Arctic Circle. You can usually spot the employees working in those types of environments by what they wear to and from the office. While the rest of us are in short sleeves, ... Continue Reading
HVAC System Capacity for Commercial Heating and Air Conditioning: What You Need to Know
The Wrong Sized Unit Means Big Problems Later On Here’s a secret: we get many new commercial customers after they have already installed a brand new HVAC system for their building. Why? Because frequently after spending all that money on the latest indoor comfort system’s bells and whistles, it often turns out the equipment they were sold is too big or too small for ... Continue Reading
Commercial HVAC System Upkeep: Three Ways This Translates into Lower Operating Costs
The Commercial Property Owner’s Easy Way to Save Commercial real estate ownership requires a constant balance between what you have to spend and what you need to save. We understand that at Air-Tro. The newest bells and whistles for any property may not be fiscally appropriate at a particular time, whatever their benefits. The fact is that while HVAC is a “must-have” ... Continue Reading
Paying Too Much for Commercial HVAC Operating Costs?
There’s never been a better time to "go green" to get some green! For any commercial property owner interested in the bottom line, saving energy might not seem as important as saving money. Indeed, the phrase “go green” might summon images of impossibly beautiful designer homes or luxury cars, all boasting a low carbon footprint with an impossibly high cost. But when ... Continue Reading
Commercial HVAC Installations: Understand the Costs and Considerations Ahead of Time
Break It Down Before You Invest So your employees are freezing in their offices, and the upstairs storage area where no one ever goes is always blazing hot. Your current system usually sounds like an ancient VW pushed beyond its limits on the 210, and there’s a weird smell coming from the furnace, the source of which no one has been able to pinpoint since the last ... Continue Reading
Duct Sealing: The Commercial HVAC Issue That You May Have Overlooked
Ensure Peak System Performance with Proper Ductwork Installation, Maintenance and Repair According to the U.S. Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, commercial building owners can expect to spend up to 40% of their energy costs on heating and cooling alone. And the linchpin of any conventional HVAC system, delivering all that heated or cooled air to your ... Continue Reading
Cutting-edge HVAC UV Lights for Flu Protection
Ever notice how workplace absenteeism climbs as cold, and flu viruses make the rounds? Bacteria in the form of germs, viruses, or fungi can spread through an HVAC system quite quickly. As commercial building or homeowners, what’s the solution? The answer may lie in cutting edge UV light technology. Scientist Niels Finsen won a Nobel Prize in 1903 for his work ... Continue Reading
Historic Buildings and Commercial HVAC: Retrofitting Tips
The HVAC Challenges of Older and Landmark Commercial Buildings San Gabriel Valley is famous for many architectural landmarks. Indeed, our historic buildings are part of what define this lovely area for businesses and residents alike. However, when it comes to owning an old building as part of a commercial property portfolio, the joys of these gorgeous structures can ... Continue Reading
It’s a Fact: Variable Speed Motor HVAC Saves You Money
Variable Speed Motors for Commercial HVAC Add Efficiency, Lower Your Spend Energy efficiency is great, but sometimes the cost of the new solution can seem to outweigh any immediate savings benefits. Not so with variable speed motors for commercial HVAC systems. Unlike the traditional alternating current motor that offers two modes of operation: on, or off, variable ... Continue Reading
Ductless Mini-Split HVAC Systems – A Game-Changer [VIDEO]
Thermostat wars are common in offices. It happens all over America, every day, in every office. One employee keeps the office toasty warm, while everyone else sweats in silence. Or worse, one enthusiastic supervisor insists on freezing temperatures to keep people “alert,” provoking all-out hostilities by the water cooler. With a ductless mini-split system, each ... Continue Reading
Variable Speed Motors: Harnessing the Power of Tesla Tech for Your HVAC System [INFOGRAPHIC]
Today, it’s all about energy efficiency, not just for the sake of preserving our environmental resources, but also in terms of saving you real money when it comes to indoor comfort. The fact is that the tried and true alternating current motor that powered HVAC systems from years past is no longer the best, nor the cheapest way to heat and cool your commercial building. ... Continue Reading
