Commercial air conditioning comes in both centrally driven systems and local systems. Traditionally offices tended to have a central cooling and heating fan unit whereby the temperature controlled air is distributed throughout the building by a system of ceiling or floor ducts. A series of ventilation grills and baffles are balanced to ensue an even air distribution throughout the building.

This is possible because a heat pump simply moves heat from one place to another rather than converting it from a fuel, like in combustion heating systems such as a gas boiler. Although air-source heat pumps are an energy efficient option, they do not generally perform well over extended periods of sub-freezing temperatures or in colder climates. In regions with sub-freezing winter temperatures, it may not be cost effective to meet all your heating needs with a standard air-source heat pump, in this case a more complex or traditional method should be employed.

A slightly more complex solution would be to adopt a system with standard gas boiler heating as a backup. This method will help you to overcome are the issue if you are in a low temperature climate.

A heat pump’s refrigeration system consists of a compressor and two coils made of copper tubing. One end of the copper tubing is indoors and the other end is situated outside of the building. Usually the copper pipe is surrounded by aluminium fins to aid in the transfer of heat.

Ideally businesses should consider their cooling requirements during the colder months in order to avoid disappointment and uncomfortable working conditions, due to the volume of demand for air conditioning over the summer. Typically installation firms are quieter during the winter months and can complete projects in plenty of time before the hot weather begins.

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