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VRF System Troubleshooting: Common Faults, Error Codes and How to Fix Them

VRF systems are among the most capable and complex HVAC systems in commercial buildings. One outdoor unit serving 20 or […]

The power cuts at 11pm. The building switches to generator. Everything looks fine for about four seconds — and then

The generator that wouldn’t start during a power cut. The emergency lighting that failed the annual test because nobody checked

The building has been running for three years. The main distribution board has never been opened for inspection. Nobody has

Ask ten people in a facilities management team what reports they produce and you’ll get ten different answers. Some will

The AHU that nobody maintains properly is the one that fails in August. Not a dramatic failure — usually something

You’ve been told you need a system to manage your facilities. One vendor is selling you a CMMS. Another is

In 2012, a cooling tower at a hotel in Edinburgh infected 35 people with Legionnaires’ disease. Two of them died.

The chiller trips at 2pm on the hottest day of the year. Building occupants are already calling. The BMS is

The moment you sign off on a building handover is the moment everything becomes your problem. Whatever the contractor missed,

A complaint about a room that’s not cooling properly is one of the most common calls a facilities team gets.

Get pipe sizing wrong and you’ll know about it quickly. Low pressure at the top-floor shower. Noisy pipes banging behind