Commercial HVAC/R · Building Analysis
Know your
building
before
it fails you.
We walk your building the way a technician thinks — envelope, load, and equipment — and hand you a plan that tells you exactly where you're bleeding degrees and dollars.
What a building analysis is
The building tells you
what the equipment can't.
Most refrigeration service calls start after something's already gone wrong — a case running warm, a compressor short-cycling, an energy bill that jumped for no clear reason. A building analysis is how we get ahead of that. Before we touch a single unit, we look at the building itself: how it's insulated, where it leaks air, how doors and slabs and roofs are actually performing against the load they're being asked to carry.
Refrigeration equipment doesn't fail in a vacuum. It fails because it's fighting a building that's working against it — a bad door seal, an underinsulated roof deck, a slab that's never had a proper vapor barrier. We size the fix to the building, not just the box.
You get a written report with real numbers: current load versus rated capacity, envelope weak points ranked by impact, and a prioritized list of what to fix first, second, and eventually.
How it runs
Four visits in one.
Same day, same tech, one report at the end — not four separate quotes for four separate problems.
01 / WALKTHROUGH
Walk the space
We move through every refrigerated and conditioned space with you, noting doors, seals, roof access, and anything that's already bothering you.
02 / MEASURE
Take real readings
Envelope temps, infiltration points, amp draw on existing units, and current run times — logged, not guessed at.
03 / CALCULATE
Run the load calc
We size what the space actually needs against what's installed today, and flag the gap in either direction.
04 / REPORT
Hand you the plan
A ranked list of fixes with estimated cost and payback, so you can act on the highest-impact items first.
What we check
Every place a
building loses ground.
Envelope
Roof & insulation
R-value against code and climate, deck condition, and thermal bridging at penetrations.
Equipment
Ductwork & airflow
Static pressure, duct leakage, and whether supply is actually reaching the spaces it's sized for.
Envelope
Doors & seals
Strip curtains, gaskets, and auto-closers — the leading source of unplanned load on any cooler.
Structure
Slab & vapor barrier
Ground-source heat gain under walk-ins and freezers, and signs of frost heave or moisture intrusion.
No fixed order — we cover what your building has, skip what it doesn't.
Equipment
Condensing & compressor
Rated capacity versus actual load, refrigerant charge, and run-time patterns over a sample period.
Systems
Electrical capacity
Panel headroom for future equipment, and circuits already running closer to limit than they should.