Unique Cool Room Services That HVAC Contractors Should Consider Providing
Posted on: 4 February 2019
The cold room chain has become an integral player in essential industries such as the food and pharmaceutical segments. The ability of a cool room to keep products fresh and free of contaminants has led to the ubiquity of the cold room facilities. Notably, the services of HVAC contractors are critical to the proper functioning of cool rooms. However, apart from the basic functions of installation and repair, clients want HVAC contractors with a broad range of services. Therefore, it is vital to rethink your service provision strategy to attract and retain clients. This article explores unique services that will grow your HVAC contracting firm.
Conduct Cool Room Temperature Mapping
After installation of a cool room, a client is usually left to manage the temperature controls via thermostats and other control systems. However, different zones of a cool room have varying temperatures depending on the size. Therefore, a single thermostat will not give accurate data regarding the temperature inside the cold chamber. For instance, zones directly under an AC system are usually cooler than the rest of the cool room. If the different zones are not monitored, your client will make wrong decisions when storing products with varying temperature sensitivities. Therefore, by offering to conduct cool room temperature mapping, you will help your clients to assess the different temperatures inside their cool rooms. It will enable the customers to store various products in the right zones thereby preventing spoilage due to temperature differentials.
Develop Efficient Cool Room Layouts
Since air-conditioned rooms require constant cooling, operational costs can quickly ramp up if your clients don't know how to maximise each cold area footprint. If customers arrange their storage pallets and products haphazardly, then they will end up paying more in energy consumption costs. If you have a customer who is complaining about high energy costs and you determine that the cool room layout is to blame, you can offer to help the client by developing an optimal and efficient storage layout. It is especially the case if your client operates a high-density storage facility.
Offer Equipment Compliance Updates
For public safety reasons, companies whose operations rely heavily on cold rooms have to observe guidelines and regulations set by the government and respective agencies. The guidelines include the standards that cool room storage equipment must satisfy before being used by customers. Since these guidelines keep changing, it might be difficult for your clients to keep up, and this can lead to penalties. Therefore, you can offer to inform clients of any changes that the government makes regarding cool room equipment regulations as and when they happen. It allows customers to focus on their operations without the risk of falling behind on rules.
Share