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What Is Air Balancing and Why Is It Important?

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Have you ever wondered why some parts of your office, retail space, hotel room, manufacturing or commercial building may feel warm while another room is freezing? Maybe you've complained to coworkers or managers about the thermostat being too high or too low. An air balance test measures the performance of HVAC equipment and hiring a certified HVAC balancer is essential.What Is Air Balancing [...MORE]

Service Area: HVAC Test and Balance

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What is Air Balancing and why is it important?

Featured \ MTI Monthly Blogs

What Is Air Balancing and Why Is It Important?Have you ever wondered why some parts of your office, retail space, hotel room, manufacturing or commercial building may feel warm while another room is freezing? Maybe you've complained to coworkers or managers about the thermostat being too high or too low. An air balance test measures the performance of HVAC equipment and hiring a certified HVAC [...MORE]

Service Area: HVAC Test and Balance

Tags: air balancing \ air balancing services \ air quality \ air supply registers \ hvac system performance \ causing uneven airflow \ lower energy bills \

Benefits of 3D Aerial Lidar Scanning for Construction

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Benefits of 3D Aerial Lidar Scanning for ConstructionThe most precise, efficient method of remote sensing, airborne laser scanning, is more commonly known by the acronym LiDAR - Light Detection And Ranging. This active remote sensing technique records a large area of terrain and its topography as well as any objects that are present there. In other words, you receive both the visible land surface [...MORE]

Tags: LiDAR Scanning NYC \ Aerial LiDAR \ LiDAR in Construction \ WBE LiDAR \ Drone LiDAR \ 3D aerial LiDAR Scanning \

What is ASHRAE 110 Testing?

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What Is ASHRAE 110 Testing?In laboratories that deal with harmful chemicals or poisonous gases, fume hoods are essential pieces of safety equipment. Fume hoods draw air through the face of the fume hood and pull hazardous fumes and gases away from the users as exhaust out of the labs. This ventilation reduces the risk of contamination.The better the fume hood, the safer the working [...MORE]

Service Area: HVAC Test and Balance

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Uses of LiDAR systems

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LiDAR a helpful tool for all types of Construction.LiDAR which stands for light detection and ranging is a remote sensing method that is used for measuring the exact distance of an object on the earth’s surface. It has three components, the scanner, laser and GPS receiver. LiDAR was first introduced in the 1960s when laser scanners were mounted to airplanes. It wasn’t until the 1980s [...MORE]

Tags: 3DLidar \ Lidar \ thermal imaging construction \ Virtual Environments \ 3dlidarnyc \ 3DScan \ 3D aerial LiDAR Scanning \ Aerial LiDAR \ Building Commissioning \ LiDAR in Construction \ LiDAR Scanning NYC \

Tips, Traps and FAQs

If your HVAC BMS controls have a bunch of outdated overrides in them, your burning money! HVAC overrides of heating and cooling valves cost building owners and operators $10,000's of dollars a year if left unchecked. Commissioning your BMS will save you money this year! Make it part of your Preventive Maintenance routine annually

Each year 100's-1000's of man hours are lost to construction companies because of pour or no, virtual drawing coordination. Reality Capture allows for existing buildings to be 3D Scanned and imported directly to AutoDesk so designers can create your new design based off correct and current conditions of the building environment. Saving the project$

Here is short video of MTI Test and Balance Engineer, Brian Venn discussing an Independent approach to TAB and why we are a proud member of AABC!

AABC - Independence Matters

Drones can be used for many different applications. Our inspections offer drone solutions for construction that can significantly reduce costs of many items. Specifically, they can eliminate the need for costly lifts in many circumstances. Drone use is a valuable option for construction companies. MTI offers different services for the construction.

Continued Commissioning is a process that works to improve how equipment in the building and systems function together. There are many variables that come into play, the age of the building or system being one and how the sequence of operation is managing the daily equipment routines.

MTI believes in Full Project Awareness and that is exactly what a 3D Scan provides. MTI has a state of the art Leica RTC360 3D reality capture solution. MTI will capture your environment in 3D. Export it into a manageable Point Cloud that is ready to be converted into a working RVT file.

Building Commissioning is the practice that ensures buildings are delivered according to the Owner's Project Requirements (OPR). Buildings that are properly commissioned typically have fewer change orders, tend to be more energy efficient, and have lower operation and maintenance cost. DO NOT Value Engineer Commissioning out of your next project

Symptoms of a building with an Air Balance issue:
Entry way doors "howl" and are difficult to open or won't remain closed. Odor issues in storage areas, break rooms or worse...bathrooms! Frost forms on window sills in the winter. High and Low Temperature areas in a building. Cooling problems in the summer – no matter how long the AC runs.

Change filters every six to eight months. Did you know that dirty air filters can lead to Dirty Air? Dirty air filled will allergens like pollen and mold can lead to sick time in the work place. Sick time means reduced productivity... do we need to go on? They also put wear and tear on your HVAC system meaning you will have to replace it earlier.

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