Changeover Time is Coming

After one of the coldest winters in recent memory, the heating to cooling changeover is right around the corner. Here are some tips for making the changeover this year.

 

1)      During the shoulder season when heating may be required, Make Up Air units that are fed by Primary Boilers can be left in a heating mode while the fan-coils in the suites are switched over to cooling. With a cooler Spring appearing likely, this will allow you to provide some heat in the corridors while providing cooling insuite.

 

2)      Glycol – make sure that when draining coils of glycol to recover all of the glycol in clean storage containers. Do not let the glycol flow into the building mains.

 

3)      Basement Loops (Miscellaneous Heating Loops) that are fed from the Heating / Cooling Mains need to be manually shut down during the summer to prevent condensation in enclosed spaces.

 

4)      Do an inspection of the Cooling Tower well before your changeover date. With the ice storm, it is possible that parts of the Tower may have experienced some damage due to heavy ice.

 

5)      Make sure that outside, electrically heated areas are shut down for the summer or that the controlling thermostats are set to a minimum set-point a couple of degrees above freezing.

 

6)      Remember to call Provident Energy during your changeover. Unless the Energy Management System is commanded to the cooling mode, HVAC systems will not operate properly.