Key points
Regular maintenance of heating systems is advised in order to guarantee a long-lasting system. Similar to residential heating, industrial heating systems benefit from consistent attention to its correct functioning. Smaller issues with heating systems can jumpstart bigger and more concerning issues connected to the building itself, the workers, and even surrounding communities.
Well-maintained industrial heating systems function with a high level of efficiency, ensuring that no energy is wasted to control the temperature of the room.
With urbanisation impacting every aspect of citizen’s lives, economic, environmental, and social issues are deeply interconnected. Industrial buildings are often located in largely populated areas that interact with surrounding communities and affect them greatly.
Energy Efficiency
It is essential to ensure the efficiency of industrial buildings due to their size and due to the fact that they become long-term investments for any business. Buildings such as these can occupy 50% or more of land area in cities, and energy efficiency improvements aid in lowering costs.
Industrial heating systems possess up-to-date technology that work to save energy, acting in an environmentally friendly manner and, with maintenance occurring on a regular basis, it’s possible to replace any part that may not be functioning correctly with the system before a larger problem occurs.
Ensuring building efficiency is deeply connected to the heating system and, with industrial buildings, making sure to maintain its components allows for a broader impact to be regulated. The environment is a continuous concern, leading to troubling climate change that may be irreversible.
Through guaranteeing that industrial heating systems are efficient, any potentially dangerous emissions connected with malfunctioning components is detected and fixed before it can become a bigger issue.
Cost Efficiency
Any problems with an industrial heating system can deeply affect the entire building and, subsequently, prevent the well-functioning of the business. With sensitive stock, in which temperature needs to be constantly regulated, and other industries that rely on such temperature controls, such as the medical field, properly regulated buildings allow for a more precise temperature control across all necessary rooms.
By noticing and repairing small issues as they happen, big expenses in replacements can be avoided. Any unseen fault within the system is liable to worsen and lead to serious repair or replacement issues, which can be more costly than necessary with regular maintenance.
As a potentially damaged heating system could have an adverse effect on the environment in which your stock is kept, there is also potential for the occurrence of depreciation to the stock.
An issue with an industrial heating system may compromise nearby objects, including valuable and important stock; replacing stock can be expensive, or even impossible, especially for small businesses.
Therefore, a malfunction of an industrial heating system, as small as it may appear, has the capacity of compromising the contents of the surrounding area.
Productivity
In addition to energy and cost efficiency, ensuring the workforce has a properly regulated temperature in the workplace is essential. The suggested minimum temperature in the workplace is 16 degrees Celsius.
The effect of incorrect maintenance of industrial heating systems may halt the progress of any business due to staff falling ill, which will increase the downtime of the overall building and workforce.
Unexpected repairs may also have to be conducted during work hours, leading to a costly rental of a substitute heating system, otherwise putting a stop to work due to unacceptable conditions. Small issues are capable of becoming larger ones that can end in time-consuming endeavours, creating an overall decrease in efficiency.
Increased Performance
With a properly maintained industrial heating system, its performance will keep constant and optimised. Industrial heating systems are under more pressure than residential heaters, as they are required to warm up bigger areas.
As manufacturers typically request regular maintenance of heating systems, complying with these requirements signifies that the heating systems can continue to uphold their warranty.
Industrial heating systems, when properly maintained, last many years. The absence of regular maintenance can result in serious damage to the systems, in both the short and long term.
Extending the equipment’s life is easy and efficient as it maintains them in proper working order, so adhering to the manufacturer’s handbook, which is sure to advise on regular maintenance, ensures that you are not only benefiting from its durability in the long term, but also in its improved efficiency in the short term.
Safety
With any business, the safety of the workforce is paramount. As such, ensuring that the building is fully maintained is of imperative importance; this, of course, includes the heating system.
Preventative maintenance includes a full check-up of all components in the industrial heating system. Electrical components and their proper care will avoid a potential electrical fire that can endanger lives.
Resulting issues can delay a business’ development, affect yield and have the subsequent impact of lowering profits. Not only that, having a poorly maintained property, and failing to deliver on agreed deadlines due to such unexpected incidents, can have an impact on reputation.
Depending on the building, a short-circuit of a heating system that proceeds to cause a fire can result in dangerous elements causing an explosion. The damage done to the building itself and surrounding areas will of course bring heavy costs.
Hygiene
In addition, when industrial heating systems are properly serviced and maintained, they are cleaned and free of dust and mould. The presence of both in a heating system can result in their spread in the environment, which contaminates the breathing air. These allergens are removed when the systems are maintained, guaranteeing clean and healthy air.
Workers are ensured proper working standards, and as such can be furthermore productive due to the decreased probability of illnesses and triggered allergies.
Holding a reputation as a business that considers employees’ well-being, and ultimately serving to reduce the number of sick days through an improved and healthier work environment, will serve to reduce time lost due to illness and have a subsequent impact on both profit and productivity.
The impact of all of these factors in a business can result in expensive mistakes being made that could have otherwise been avoided. A heating system is ultimately in contact with the air, employees and stock, so ensuring it is properly maintained on a regular business will affect apparently small aspects that have bigger consequences. Businesses stand to improve overall efficiency and productivity through maintaining their industrial heating systems.
Through ensuring that industrial heating systems are correctly and regularly maintained, impending issues can be detected with time for swift repairs, alongside preparations and carefully considered contingency plans, that allow for maximum efficiency.
As such, losses are reduced significantly, which serves to increase the overall progress and efficiency for both the business, its workforce and the surrounding local economy.
Heritage Heating and Cooling Ltd. are leading providers of an extensive range of air conditioning solutions and commercial and industrial heating systems.
