Air Conditioning Inspection (Subscribe)
Air Conditioning systems installed within commercial property's and public buildings is required to be maintained to a high standard in order to maintain energy efficiency, If you own or lease a building with Air Conditioning such as Variable Refrigerant Volume/Flow Systems VRV VRF, Heat Recovery systems, Ducted Air Systems, Climate Control Systems or Air Conditioning HVAC Heating Ventilation plant AHU Air Handling Units, Chillers, Humidifiers and refrigeration, Cooling plant then it is important have regular Air Conditioning checks to keep the plant running in an energy efficient manner.
Air Conditioning Assessment of Commercial Buildings
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Air Conditioning Inspection is recommended at regular intervals, and a log kept of repairs, and maintenance to the system. Property owners will provided with a checklist after an inspection has been completed by a qualified Air Conditioning assessor, the checklist will outline recommendations for improvement of an existing air conditioning system. Inspection reports are now mandatory, the Eu EPBD directive requires that all Air Conduitioning Plant is checked at regular intervals to confirm that efficiency of the system is maintained. Energy consumption by Air Conditioning Plant is considered as a major energy loss leader with poorly maintained plant and equipment. |
BMS (Building Management Systems) can enhance the overall efficiency by examination by consultant engineers and contractors. Facilities Management are now required to maintain logs for system maintenance and upgrades to air conditioning plant operating on site.
Energy Performance of Buildings - Air Conditioning
The following is a partial extract from GLG guidelines regarding Air Conditioning inspection:
All air-conditioning systems with an effective rated output of more than 12kw must be regularly inspected by an Energy Assessor. The inspection interval by a qualified assessor must be a maximum of five years between intervals. The current regulations require that the first inspection of the affected air-conditioning systems to be carried out to the following schedule:
• for all systems first put into service on or after 1 January 2008, the first air-conditioning inspection must have taken place within 5 years of the date when the system was first put into service.
• for any other air-conditioning systems, where the effective rated output is greater than 250kW the first air-conditioning inspection must occur by 4 January 2009.
Air Conditioning inspection will examine the refrigeration and air movement equipment that are part of air-conditioning systems, and controls. The inspector will also examine any documentation that helps to understand the systems, or indicates the extent to which the systems have been maintained. The energy assessor is also required to estimate whether the system is suitably sized for the cooling loads in the treated spaces, and to provide advice on ways in which the performance of the Air Conditioning system might be improved.
Access will be required to equipment that may be located in plant rooms, or outside the building, including rooftops or other locations with limited access. In all cases the building owner or manager should agree the means for safe access with the energy assessor, following a health and safety risk assessment of the individual situation. The energy assessor may need to be accompanied by the responsible building manager or maintenance representative at all times.
Some additional access is likely to be needed, for example to the inside of AHUs or air ducts. This must be provided and supervised by the responsible building manager or maintenance agent with due regard to the safety of the energy assessor and to building occupants. This would require the Air Conditioning system to be turned off to allow safe access, so arrangements may need to be made for this outside working hours to avoid disruption to business. Similarly, the Energy Assessor may need to access a sample of components, such as fan coil units, which may be hidden above suspended ceilings. Again, access should be provided by the building manager.
Building owners and managers should not expect the air conditioning inspection to identify hazards or unsafe aspects of the installation, operation or maintenance of systems that should be identified and addressed by other arrangements, nor should they expect the energy assessor to fix any problem identified as part of the Air Conditioning inspection.
F Gas inspections
• at least once every twelve months for applications containing 3kg or more of F gases (this shall not apply to equipment with hermetically sealed systems, which are labelled as such and contain less than 6kg of F gases).
• at least once every six months for applications containing 30kg or more of F gases.
• at least once every 3 months for applications containing 300kg or more of F gases.
These applications must also be checked for leakage within one month after a leak has been repaired to ensure that the repair has been effective.

Further information for suitably qualified engineers for Air Conditioning inspection in your local area is available below:
Air Conditioning AvonAir Conditioning Bedfordshire
Air Conditioning Berkshire
Air Conditioning Buckinghamshire
Air Conditioning Caernarfonshire
Air Conditioning Cambridgeshire
Air Conditioning Cheshire
Air Conditioning Cleveland
Air Conditioning Clwyd
Air Conditioning Cornwall
Air Conditioning Cumbria
Air Conditioning Denbighshire
Air Conditioning Derbyshire
Air Conditioning Devon
Air Conditioning Dorset
Air Conditioning Durham
Air Conditioning East Midlands
Air Conditioning East Riding of Yorkshire
Air Conditioning East Sussex
Air Conditioning Essex
Air Conditioning Flintshire
Air Conditioning Glamorgan
Air Conditioning Gloucestershire
Air Conditioning Gwent
Air Conditioning Hampshire
Air Conditioning Herefordshire
Air Conditioning Hertfordshire
Air Conditioning Humberside
Air Conditioning Kent
Air Conditioning Lancashire
Air Conditioning Leicestershire
Air Conditioning Lincolnshire
Air Conditioning London Central
Air Conditioning London
Air Conditioning Manchester
Air Conditioning Merseyside
Air Conditioning Middlesex
Air Conditioning Montgomeryshire
Air Conditioning Newcastle
Air Conditioning Norfolk
Air Conditioning Northamptonshire
Air Conditioning Northumberland
Air Conditioning North Wales
Air Conditioning North Yorkshire
Air Conditioning Nottinghamshire
Air Conditioning Oxfordshire
Air Conditioning Shropshire
Air Conditioning Somerset
Air Conditioning South Wales
Air Conditioning South Yorkshire
Air Conditioning Staffordshire
Air Conditioning Suffolk
Air Conditioning Surrey
Air Conditioning Sussex
Air Conditioning Tyne and Wear
Air Conditioning Warwickshire
Air Conditioning West Midlands
Air Conditioning Wiltshire
Air Conditioning Worcestershire
Air Conditioning Wrexham
Air Conditioning West Sussex
Air Conditioning West Yorkshire
Official guide to Air Conditioning inspections is available here.
LinksAir Conditioning Cheshire
http://www.commercialairconditioninginspection.co.uk/cheshire.htm
Air Conditioning Cleveland
http://www.commercialairconditioninginspection.co.uk/cleveland.htm
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