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Ahern’s experts possess a wide range of knowledge that extends beyond system design, build, and maintenance. Our blog features a number of technical articles written by Ahern employees that range in topics from industry trends, maintenance tools and tips, to service information, and more.
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5 Advantages a Multi-Trade Contractor Provides for Your Construction Project
Learn about the top advantages of partnering with a multi-trade contractor for your construction projects and how JF Ahern’s multi-trade services can help.
Saving Money Through Ultrasonic Leak Detection
Ultrasonic leak detection utilizes sound to identify and locate leaks. The equipment used to detect these leaks can be set up to filter out ambient noise such as production, fork truck traffic, or even atmospheric sounds such as rain, rustling of leaves, or wind in general.
Why Every Maintenance Manager Should Consider a Preventive Maintenance Program
A preventive maintenance program helps reduce the risk of critical building system failure. Learn about the economical benefits and how Ahern can help.
Polar Vortex and Heating Systems
Building owners and occupants often ask two questions during, and immediately following polar vortex weather events: Why can't my heating equipment keep my building up to temperature when it is extremely cold outside? Can we install bigger equipment to make things work better when it...
The Importance of Combustion Analysis
Our team of HVAC technicians encourages equipment maintenance practices, such as combustion analysis for HVAC. These equipment maintenance practices verify equipment operating specifications are met for safe and efficient operations.
Troubleshooting Issues With Your HVAC System
You can have top-rated HVAC units and still experience issues. Here are five top HVAC issues and how to approach them. Indoor Air Quality Issues No smog allowed. When you’re breathing the same recycled air day in and day out, you want it to be good quality, clean and clear.
How Building Owners Can Benefit from PMA and ITM Programs
How does performing regular inspection, testing, and preventive maintenance affect your building systems? Mechanical Systems Planned maintenance will reduce a system’s energy consumption and extend its useful life. Well-maintained equipment also improves indoor air quality and comfort...
How to Ensure Your Air Conditioner is Ready for Summer
Whether you have a small office building, or an expansive logistics facility to cool down in the summertime, don’t make your HVAC system work harder than it should. Performing air conditioner preventive maintenance can help keep your equipment running at maximum efficiency.
Building Preparedness. Are Your Critical Systems Ready?
The reopening of buildings and facilities demands heightened efforts to ensure occupant health and safety against COVID-19. Our products and services can help with building readiness while enhancing the performance of your building safety systems.
Indoor Air Cleaning Technologies for Your Facility
There are two alternative more cost effective ways to reduce the risk of infectious aerosol pathogen spread in buildings using the existing heating and cooling systems. One being ultraviolet light and the other being bi-polar ionization.
Can Your HVAC System Stand the Heat?
Most of us have had that moment. The one where we keep turning down the thermostat but aren’t feeling the results! Just like our vehicles need regular maintenance, so does our AC system. In fact, it’s critical. A business owner’s comfortability is not only important to them and their...
HVAC Maintenance is Vital to the Environment and Operation of all Facilities
Believe it or not, summer months are right around the corner and it will be cooling season once again. Before the cooling gets started, a cleaning and inspection is very important to increase and sustain your cooling equipment’s efficiency.
How the Internet of Things Is Transforming the HVAC Industry
We are sure you all have heard how the Internet of Things (IoT) in HVAC is transforming your lives and homes daily. Smart appliances that can perform tasks from a SmartPhone, such as heating up or defrosting your dinner, drawing a warm bath before you get home from work, scheduling...
Phase Out of R-22 Refrigerant
New production and import of most HCFCs (Hyrdochloroflurocarbons) will be phased out by 2020. The most common HCFC in use today is HCFC-22 or R-22, a refrigerant commonly found in air conditioning equipment. EPA regulations issued under Sections 601–607 of the Clean Air Act phase out...
The Future of Building Humidity: Pressurized Adiabatic Humidification
Do you want to humidify your building without the use of boilers, electric heating elements or canisters that need cleaning and replacement? Then adiabatic humidification might be for you. The word Adiabatic came from the Greek word adiábat, and now means without heat. Instead of...
From Shop to Job Site: Prefab Time Lapse
Who knew that prefabricated mechanical racking systems were so COOL? Ahern recently unveiled a time-lapse video that was filmed over several months, chronicling the assembly and installation of 32 multi-trade racking systems for the Froedtert CFAC project in Milwaukee.
Life Safety Dampers and Damper Testing
When ductwork passes though rated fire or smoke walls, a life safety damper is required in order to maintain the rating of the wall. In the event of a fire, these dampers close and limit the spread of heat and smoke beyond the wall. There are 3 main types of life safety dampers:
Planned Maintenance Q&A
Q: How does performing regular, proactive planned maintenance affect an HVAC system’s operation? A: Planned maintenance will reduce a system’s energy consumption and extend its useful life. Well maintained equipment also improves indoor air quality and reduces tenant/employee comfort...
Your Facility's HVAC System: Go With the Flow
Variable Refrigerant Flow (VRF) or Variable Refrigerant Volume (VRV) is a type of HVAC system that uses refrigerant as a means to transport heat between the outdoor condensing units to various indoor units throughout the building to condition the space.
Is a Static Regain System Right for You?
Written by an Engineer at Ahern A static regain system is a design change that switches from the typical rectangular supply main to multiple spiral duct branches. Each branch has uniform static pressures and requires little to no balancing. There are many advantages of using this type...