When you think of what your control system does for you and what could happen if it failed, the importance of servicing your HVAC control systems in your facility becomes obvious. Your control system not only performs comfort control, but also ensures operation of your critical systems, energy management strategies and critical alarming.
What would happen if your back-up Air Conditioning unit serving your IT equipment room failed to turn on when needed? Or if your High Temperature Alarm did not alert you when your valuable computer equipment room environment was becoming warmer than it is designed to handle? It would be very costly to replace your computer equipment, not to mention the downtime of your operations.
What would happen if a Freeze Protection device failed during the winter months in one of your Air Handler Units? You could wind up spending thousands of dollars replacing coils.
What if you lost your ability to schedule your HVAC equipment, and your operations department is reduced to manually turning equipment on and off? This would keep your valuable personnel from performing other important functions and risk sending your electric demand rates through the ceiling.
Maintaining the integrity of your original Control System investment is the only way to reduce the risk of serious and costly problems, while maintaining comfort and minimizing energy costs.
At Control Solutions Group, Inc., we pride ourselves by engineering and installing the highest quality control systems as well as continuing that performance through our highly qualified and factory trained service group. We offer a wide variety of services for your buildings control system and our service agreements are flexible and designed to suit your specific needs.
By performing systematic maintenance on your control system, you can avoid the unnecessary cost of damaged HVAC equipment as well as prolonging the life of your HVAC equipment.
Improperly calibrated pressure controls can lead to over/under pressurizing ductwork. This can lead to air leaks in your system or worse, a collapsed duct. In a water system, improperly calibrated pressure sensors as well as Valve Failure can lead to “Deadheading Pumps” – which can drastically shorten the lifespan of the pump. These are just a few examples of what could happen when a control system fails.
Improperly calibrated controls can also result in wasted energy. In the vast majority of commercial buildings, mechanical cooling is the single highest operating cost there is. With the rising cost of energy, there is no doubt of the benefit of ensuring your HVAC equipment is functioning properly and efficiently.
Many of your HVAC equipment functions are critical to your operations. Your control system may monitors critical alarms such as power shutdowns, high temperature conditions in computer rooms, leak detection or it may control temperature in critical areas. Having a calibrated and systematically tested control system will give you the peace of mind that you are doing everything possible to ensure your critical areas of operation function properly.
Maintaining Comfort
There have been many studies linking employee production level to comfort. By servicing your control system properly – you are ensuring that your employees and/or tenants will be working in a comfortable environment. This will help your team lead to higher productivity, retention of key employees and tenants, and reduce employee dissatisfaction. Your customers will also appreciate the comfortable environment in your offices and your level of professionalism.
Your company has spent good money on a new controls system, which should last for a very long time. Without servicing your controls, you are risking a much smaller lifespan of your controls system. Over time, temperature and pressure sensors will fall out of calibration. Valve and damper actuators will slip, fail and become nonfunctional. This will result in a control system that is unreliable and your staff will be reduced to manually operating your HVAC equipment. This is obviously a waste of manpower and is costly. Eventually, this frustration will lead your consideration of replacing the control system. By servicing the control system properly and ensuring that all functions are within the toleration limits, your control system will last much longer at a fraction of the replacement cost.
By carefully reviewing your control system with you, we can design a service agreement that will ensure the integrity of your control system as well as improve the future operation of your building.
For ultra-fast response time we offer Remote Diagnostics of your DDC control system either through the internet or through a dial-up modem.
There is usually a training session during the installation phase of a control system. Many times however, the Building Operations staff will need a refresher session. Our technicians can provide this service as well as provide an in-depth training so that your staff will be able to harness the full power of your control system and be able to produce all the trending and other reports available. We can also help your new employees get up to speed with your Building Management System much faster.
We at Control Solutions Group, Inc. pride ourselves with our ability to help you reduce your energy usage. Our in house staff has licensed Professional Engineers as well as Certified Energy Managers. Within our service visits we can come up with Energy Management Strategies, which will reduce your energy bills without sacrificing comfort.
Every facility whether an office building, hospital, industrial plant or school has unique nuances within its HVAC system. We can help you troubleshoot the problem areas and come up with cost effective solutions that will solve these issues. CSG’s employees know that we are doing our jobs by helping you do yours. Our Service Engineers have the experience to recommend the necessary hardware improvements and software programming enhancements to satisfy your needs.
With today’s technology becoming more sophisticated on a daily basis – Control Systems are no different. Control systems with internet access, servers, routers, networks and other advanced computing technologies are available and probably being utilized in your building. These control systems require the same attention and preventative maintenance as your business’s IT department provides for your own networks and computer equipment. Our staff has the skills and experience to provide these services as well. We will back up your control system’s critical data and perform diagnostics on your computer equipment upon our service visits to ensure the inner workings of your system will continue to respond quickly and accurately.
Whether your HVAC system includes: Space Controls (VAV boxes, Ceiling Hung AC-Units), Critical Systems (Computer Room AC-Units, Leak Detection, Power Management, Critical Alarming), Air Distribution Systems & Complex Air Handler Units, Central Plant Systems (Chillers, Cooling Towers, Pumps, Heat Exchangers, Boilers); your control system is an integral part. A properly serviced and calibrated controls system will keep these HVAC systems running efficiently while maintaining optimal comfort for your building occupants. Most of all – you will have the peace of mind that your control system will function as designed during emergencies.