Air Balancing

Articles on commercial air balancing — measurement, adjustment, and documentation of HVAC airflow.

How Often Should a Commercial Building Be Balanced?

By |2026-06-01T23:57:25-04:00May 27th, 2026|Air Balancing|

How often to balance a commercial building depends on building type, system age, occupancy changes, and any retrofit activity. The cadence we recommend to balance a commercial building runs from once at closeout through annual partial re-balances on healthcare and lab assets. How often to balance a commercial building by building type First, a Class-A

Why Your Building Has Hot and Cold Spots

By |2026-06-01T19:26:44-04:00May 27th, 2026|Air Balancing|

Hot and cold spots in a commercial building are almost always an airflow distribution issue rather than a thermostat issue. Adjusting setpoints on individual rooms typically just moves the problem. The fix runs through air balancing. Why hot and cold spots happen in commercial buildings First, hot and cold spots almost always trace back to

Air Balancing vs Water Balancing — Two TAB Trades

By |2026-06-01T20:20:10-04:00May 27th, 2026|Air Balancing|

Air balancing vs water balancing is the basic split inside commercial TAB. Specifically, air balancing vs water balancing means two distinct trades — air-side covers diffusers, grilles, VAV boxes, and AHUs; water-side covers coils, pumps, and balancing valves. Both follow ASHRAE 111. Most commercial closeouts need both. The air balancing vs water balancing decision is

How Air Balancing Lowers Commercial Energy Bills

By |2026-06-01T20:24:26-04:00May 27th, 2026|Air Balancing|

Air balancing lowers commercial HVAC energy waste by getting the right CFM and GPM to the right zone. Specifically, air balancing lowers commercial fan-kW, chiller hours, and simultaneous heating-cooling waste. In our portfolio, a documented balance on a drifted building returns 8-15% in the first year — the kind of payback that makes air balancing

7 Signs Your Building Needs Air Balancing

By |2026-06-01T20:13:42-04:00May 27th, 2026|Air Balancing|

How do you know your commercial building needs air balancing? Seven signs point straight at it — hot and cold spots, doors that slam under HVAC operation, climbing utility bills, stale air complaints, humidity that won’t track setpoint, BAS overrides operations has been hiding, and tenant complaints that PM cycles never fully resolve. If two

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