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13 Aug

6 Easy Ways to Keep Your Cool in the Office Dallas


By Jason Tidwell
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A hot and stuffy office can make work unbearable for employees. According to the National Climatic Data Center, the first half of 2014 has tied for the third warmest period across land and ocean surfaces since 2002. This heat has broken records and broken sweat across the brows of western American workers. Making the office temperature more comfortable for everyone can be a hassle but it doesn’t have to get pricey or even time consuming. Here are a few tips to take the stuffiness out of the air and leave some stuffiness in your budget.

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Preseason HVAC tune-ups

A preseason tune-up for your heating, ventilating and air-conditioning system before the heating season comes around is the best way to brace your office building HVAC system for heatwaves. Make sure to bundle these preseason tune-ups in your contract with your commercial/office maintenance services. This practice not only saves energy but also adds more years to your HVAC longevity while cutting costs for office maintenance and repair fees.

Replace Filters

Changing out filters every month during peak temperature months are key for total facility care. New filters leave less strain for your HVAC and higher quality of indoor air. Most filters are typically cheap and can be changed in seconds. If your business is renting office space, make sure to check with the office handyman on how often these air filters are changed.

Window Sun-block

As much as 43 percent of all heat gain comes from window sunlight. Reducing this sun exposure through windows is an effective method to keep temperatures down. Exterior solar screens, solar films, awnings, or even plants can shade or filter up to 90 percent of the sun’s rays. Interior curtains and drapes can also make a difference but stopping the summer heat from entering through glass can impact a temperature by 10-15 degrees depending on the facility. If there is only enough in the office budget for a limited amount of windows to be filtered, make sure the windows on the west side of the building are covered first. WARNING: Some of these installations can void warranties on windows for office facilities so make sure you check with your office window warranty provider and office management before installing.

Retiring Old Windows

Replacing older windows can insure maximum insulation to preserve interior temperature. As windows age, their capacity to preserve inside temperatures deteriorates. This makes temperature control especially tough for older commercial facilities. Have your office facility care provider check the effectiveness of your window insulation.

The Fans Are No. 1

If you want to be a superstar celebrity in keeping your office facility cool always remember:

You are nothing without the fans!

Fans distribute air circulation to maintain temperature and humidity comfort in an energy-efficient way. A temperature can feel three to five degrees lower with a fan moving air around in a given space. This makes fans capable to save an office up to 15 percent in cooling costs every summer. Special fans like a whole facility fan in an attic or even a box fan in a window can push air out and pull in desired air from outside if fresh air is more comfortable on a particular day. Ceiling fans circulate and keep office building air conditioning from floating to the top ceilings in high ceiling commercial facilities.

Meet the Smart Thermostat

Investing in smart thermostats for your work facility can cool your office at the precise hours’ employees are actually working while saving money and energy. Smart thermostats’ simple interface is easily programmable and lets you know exactly when you’re saving energy on certain temperatures. A few days of manual programming set their auto-schedule and auto-away features to adjust accordingly to the times that people are at the office and to the temperatures they like. A locking feature on these devices also saves supervising hours guarding the thermostat against those co-workers who like to set a personal temperature and forget to change it back. The $250 price tag for one of these wonders can be a bit hefty but by cutting up to 20 percent off HVAC bills and providing exact temperature comfort, the smart thermostat can pay back-office facility managers handsomely.

Keep your cool and get a free evaluation from Allied Facility Care HVAC for your facility. Call +1-800-966-4312 to get your air condition quality audited in your commercial office facility. Your employees will thank you for it!

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