Installing an incorrectly sized HVAC system can negatively affect your wallet and hinder your unit’s performance. Undersized HVAC units cannot properly keep spaces air-conditioned or pump an adequate amount of heat to warm commercial buildings. Not only is this an efficient way to achieve desired internal temperatures, often leading to hot or cold spots in large spaces, but it pushes the HVAC system to its limits by straining to do its job, causing wear and tear on its internal components and increasing energy expenditure.
Overestimating the sizing of commercial HVAC systems is no better. True, your commercial building may reach its optimal temperature with ease, but it isn’t doing so in a way that is energy efficient. Oversized units waste energy by consuming more than is required to heat or cool the space. They also cost more upfront, require additional maintenance, and increase humidity levels, leading to mold and discomfort.
Either way you look at it, selecting the wrong size commercial HVAC system costs you money, wastes energy, and fails to provide the best available comfort.