With summer’s hot and humid temperatures just around the corner, now is the time for commercial buildings to make preparations to beat the heat. Heating, ventilating, and air conditioning (HVAC) costs account for 44 percent of energy consumption in all U.S. commercial buildings and a whopping 53 percent in U.S. office buildings, according to the 2012 U.S.
EIA Commercial Buildings Energy Consumption Survey (CBECS) – and with warmer temperatures on the horizon, greater energy consumption is required to cool the outside air coming into a building, resulting in higher costs.
