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Summertime is here, and the heat is coming in waves. The Midwest, South and Southwest are all experiencing a hot summer and temperature control in buildings is an absolute necessity. To ensure that their buildings remain cool and comfortable at all times, while still keeping energy use down, more and more property managers are turning to automation temperature control systems. These systems are easy to install and extremely valuable for any property. There are several key benefits to installing these systems.

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Firstly, building automation temperature controls keep the building cool at all times. During the afternoon when the sun is blazing down, the building automatically consumes more energy and cools the building. During the evening when there are fewer people and the temperature drops, much less energy is consumed. This makes building management much easier and more effective. Additionally, this management can be conducted through an easy to use software interface.

Secondly, less energy use leads to lower energy bills. That makes a significant difference in the net operating income of a property and the overall valuation. A small investment in an automated system can lead to a big increase the value of a property.

Lastly, the system can be customized to each building’s specific needs. For example, some hospitals need to have comfortable temperatures at all times as they have patients and doctors working at all hours. On the other hand, schools are only occupied during a set of defined hours and often have very few people in the facility at other times. Energy use can drop dramatically during those periods.

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What is Retrofitting?

The term retrofitting refers to adding new technology to an already-existing building or facility, an existing building, or an already-existing piece of electrical equipment. Adding this improved technology helps improve the efficiency of the facility and produces a higher output. Updating through retrofitting has many benefits including saving money on capex while benefitting from the new technology, optimization of existing objects by improving their performance, adaptation of the object to create new/improved products or output, and guarantee of parts availability as technology improves and older parts become “outdated.”

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What is Recommissioning?

Recommissioning (RCx) is a re-optimization process that ensures that existing buildings or facilities are operating optimally. Recommissioning involves a rigorous investigative process that ensures the upgrades are fixing any current facility issues and is the best way to fix any identified problems. Recommissioning is being studied as it may be the most underutilized, yet single most cost-effective way to reduce the use of energy used and lessen greenhouse gas emissions.

What is the Difference Between Retrofitting & Recommissioning?

It is worth noting that while both retrofitting and recommissioning are great ways to update technologies within buildings or facilities that already exist. There are benefits and considerations for each as well.

Retrofitting is also known as “existing building commissioning” which is a process that identifies and implements operational and maintenance improvements to ensure that a building continues to perform well over time.

Recommissioning, on the other hand entails running “diagnostic tests” on the existing building or facility to see what is wrong with the building in the first place. Once the building or facility’s shortcomings are determined, the building can be retrofitted with more current, recent technology to help improve the performance and viability of the facility for the future.

In the end, the processes of recommissioning and retrofitting based on test results go hand in hand. Both procedures ensure the future viability of a building or facility moving forward and that the building can operate appropriately.

Both processes can also help a facility to run without burning extra energy, help ensure no extra greenhouse gasses are being emitted into the atmosphere and save extra energy costs as the building will use the energy more efficiently.

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