HVAC Services
Our heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) technicians support the sophisticated systems in campus buildings.
The HVAC shop is also known as our "comfort" shop because team members respond to hot/cold calls and work to keep spaces within campus standards. Refrigeration technicians support campus research and education through the maintenance, installation, and repair of all equipment containing refrigerant. Equipment includes environmental walk-in coolers and freezers, comfort and laboratory air conditioning, and all refrigeration units such as ice machines and research equipment.
HVAC Services Shop Includes:
- Ensures proper directional airflow for all campus research buildings and labs
- Installs, repairs, and maintains all refrigeration equipment on campus, including environmental rooms
- Maintains accurate refrigerant recordkeeping and ensures compliance with EPA requirements, including retrofitting CFC refrigerants to environmentally friendly HFC refrigerants
- Maintains all fume hoods on campus
- Operates and maintains extensive building automation networks across campus
- Serves as Direct Digital Control specialist to aid in comfort-cooling and precise temperature control for research
- Services and maintains all building exhaust systems to ensure safe and efficient operations
- Services and maintains all HVAC systems to ensure safe and efficient building operation
- Tests and maintains critical airflow and temperature alarms for research labs and facilities
