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Manage Risks and Meet Requirements with Thermal Inspections
Your building may very well be at risk for a fire without you even knowing it. Electrical systems can put off excessive amounts of heat when the wiring isn’t donecorrectly, when the building’s systems are overworking, or when the electrical connections are...
AAMA 502 Water Leak Testing of Newly Installed Windows
We recently performed a water leak testing and inspection at an assisted living facility, during construction, utilizing AAMA 502 as the testing standard. The owner had experienced water leak issues in other facilities and wanted to ensure this would be a water-tight...
Commercial Building Diagnostics: Holistic Testing
When building occupants and owners start complaining about high humidity and indoor air quality, they often feel like there only two solutions available: commercial building inspections and comprehensive energy audits. While these solutions might find parts of the...
Water Leak Detection: Securing Your Building
When it comes to protecting your building, undetected water leaks are one of the most devastating issues you can run into. When water leaks go undetected they can wreak havoc on your operating systems, your foundation, and the building’s overall integrity. Water leak...
Air Leakage Testing: Improving The Comfort of Your Facility
If you’ve been receiving a lot of complaints about the comfort of your facility, then you might have an air leakage issue. Tenant comfort is not just about controlling the temperature of your facility or making sure you offer the right amenities. Air leakage reduction...
Chasing Air: Why Energy Efficiency Needs To Be Holistic
Testing a building’s envelope has become a game of chasing air. While there has been a great deal of progress made in increasing a building’s energy efficiency and diagnosing deficiencies in air barriers, there’s still a lot left to do. Because we often work with...
Advanced Building Diagnostics: Keeping Your Commercial Space Residents Comfortable
As a commercial office building owner, you have two main concerns: the comfort the office spaces provide and the structural integrity of the actual building. You may have heard a complaint (or two) about the office spaces being drafty, too cold, or even too hot. It’s...
Air Leakage Testing Using A Depressurized Globe
Last week we performed qualitative testing of an air barrier system at a new commercial facility using air leakage testing. Utilizing a globe system hooked up to a pressure fan we were able to provide QC inspections throughout the project to determine if the air...
Guarded Air Leakage Testing of Large Multi-Family Buildings
Many multi-family development projects that are tied to tax credits must meet strict energy efficiency standards. We have worked on several projects that had to score below HERS 50 and we are currently working on one that will be HERS 0. EVERY UNIT within the...