INSTALLATION

Commercial

Work for business/ building owners

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  • Indoor air quality (IAQ) problems are not limited to homes. In fact, many commercial buildings have major air pollution sources. Some of these buildings may be inadequately ventilated. For example, mechanical ventilation systems may not be designed or operated to provide enough outdoor air.

    Research has shown that most people spend 90% of their time indoors. People usually have less control over the indoor environment in their offices than they do in their homes. As a result, there has been an increase in the incidence of reported health problems.

    Problems with indoor air quality in buildings can result in health concerns, liability issues, reduced productivity, and decreased property values.

  • ARC can install, maintain and service any commercial, institutional, industrial or custom domestic refrigeration system including coolers, freezers, display cases, dehumidification or air conditioning equipment. ARC has worked with all types of walk-in and reach-in coolers and freezers for many years, so we’re confident that we can help you find the best solution for your business.

    ARC offers 24/7 emergency support with trained technicians for your refrigeration systems.

    Refrigeration is the biggest energy user in grocery stores, convenience stores, and liquor stores. It can account for more than half (53%) of all costs. This is more than twice what is spent on heating and cooling (21%) to keep customers and employees comfortable. (Source: US Energy Information Administration)

    Energy efficiency can help store owners lower their overhead and achieve high returns on investments. 

    A few ways to save on refrigeration costs:

    • Door heater controls: Install door heater controls to limit the hours of operation of the door/frame heaters only to periods of high relative humidity.

    • Zero-energy doors: Eliminate the need for door/frame heaters by installing highly-insulated, zero-energy doors and frames on existing cases.

    • Efficient fan motors: Install brushless DC motors (also known as ECM motors).

    • Optimized defrost controls: In your walk-in freezers, reduce the cost of operating coil defrosters while maintaining defrosting quality by using hot-gas bypass defrosters and defrost sensors to engage defrosters only when needed.

    • Walk-in-cooler economizers: Install an outdoor air economizer to bring cold exterior air into walk-in coolers.

  • A health facility’s medical gas system is a critical lifeline, bringing air, nitrous oxide for anesthesia, and pure oxygen for patients. Nitrogen is also piped through the facility to operate surgical power tools.

    These systems are not only used in hospital operating rooms, but can be found in doctors’ and dentists’ offices, outpatient clinics, veterinary clinics, and nursing homes.

    Patients’ lives depend on the proper operation of medical gas systems. Mistakes made in the installation and maintenance of medical gas piping systems can result in patients’ deaths.

    All medical gas piping installers must have an acceptable knowledge of medical gas code requirements, as well as knowledge of medical gas piping systems, medical gas components, and associated equipment. They must be experienced craftsmen who are certified in the cleaning, installation and brazing standards needed to ensure patients’ safety. These piping installers receive at least 40 hours of instruction on medical gas installation methods and maintenance techniques.

    Certified medical gas piping installers are fully trained to meet the national standard for health care facilities — ANSI-NFPA 99 — a code put forth by the American National Standards Institute and the National Fire Protection Association.

  • ARC has experience with a wide variety of actuators, dampers, sensors, thermostats, and variable speed drives to control your HVAC systems.

    ARC works with a number of reputable controls companies, and our trained technicians can service controls by many major manufacturers.

    ARC can provide 24/7 emergency support with trained technicians for your control systems.

  • Whether it’s galvanized metal, carbon steel, stainless steel or aluminum, ARC can design and fabricate the most intricate shapes using 16 – 24 gauge sheetmetal in our well-equipped fabrication shop. ARC can handle almost any sheetmetal project including ductwork, hoods, guards, enclosures, including thermally and acoustically-lined duct systems.

    ARC can field measure and fabricate a custom piece for your system, or we can design the sheetmetal system. ARC’s experienced staff can also install the finished product with minimum disruption to your operation.

  • ARC designs, installs and services a wide variety of air conditioning (AC) systems, including water-to-water, air-to-air, ducted and ductless mini split heat pumps; geothermal; variable refrigerant flow (VRF); packaged and split systems, central and high-velocity air conditioning systems.

  • ARC provides design-build construction services by working directly for the client or their architect and general contractor. Whether you’re building from the ground up, or renovating an entire wing, we can design and install the systems you need.

    Advantages of the design-build approach include an accelerated project delivery and early budget projections.

  • ARC provides design-build construction services by working directly for the client or their architect and general contractor. Whether you’re building from the ground up, or renovating an entire wing, we can design and install the systems you need.

    Advantages of the design-build approach include an accelerated project delivery and early budget projections.

  • ARC’s licensed plumbers can handle all your plumbing needs, including hot and cold domestic water systems, gas piping, waste and vent piping. ARC is also qualified to install medical gas systems.

    ARC works with all materials including cast iron, copper, PVC, galvanized and carbon steel piping systems.

    ARC can install and test backflow protection devices, sewerage ejectors, commercial hot water systems, metering, domestic water pumping, and water treatment.

    ARC can also help with plumbing design and specification of equipment and fixtures.

  • ARC offers complete heating and mechanical system installations and service, including gas or propane and oil heating, ventilation equipment, steam and water boilers, heat pumps, heat exchangers, heat recovery ventilators (HRVs), energy recovery ventilators (ERVs) and circulation systems.

    ARC will design and install energy-efficient heating systems that are easy to operate and maintain. From packaged rooftop units to split systems, ARC can handle all your heating projects. Most of all, we provide systems tailored to the client’s individual needs.

    Our experienced and highly-trained crews use the most up-to-date tools and equipment. ARC can provide 24/7 emergency support with trained technicians for your HVAC/mechanical systems.

  • ARC designs, installs and services a wide variety of air conditioning (AC) systems, including

    • water-to-water, air-to-air, ducted and ductless heat pumps

    • geothermal

    • variable refrigerant flow (VRF)

    • packaged and split systems

    • central and high-velocity systems

  • ARC designs, installs and services a wide variety of air conditioning (AC) systems, including water-to-water, air-to-air, ducted and ductless mini split heat pumps; geothermal; variable refrigerant flow (VRF); packaged and split systems, central and high-velocity air conditioning systems.

Residential

Work provided for homeowners

Consultation Form

  • Whether it’s time to replace, upgrade or expand your existing heating system, there are various options to consider. From ducted and ductless heat pumps to high-efficiency furnaces and boilers, radiant floors, and panel radiation, ARC can help you make sense of the options and select just the right system to fit your family’s needs and budget.

     

    When you request a consultation, we’ll come to your home and take the time to understand your specific needs. The equipment is selected to provide maximum comfort and the lowest operating costs. Using a variety of modeling and evaluation tools, we can present a range of options. Since we have no exclusive arrangements with any manufacturer, we can offer the best equipment for the job.

     

    • Geothermal, water-to-water, and water-to-air

    • Air-to-air & hybrid

    • Variable refrigerant flow zoning systems

    • Ductless and ducted split air-source heat pumps

    • High efficiency lp gas furnaces

    • High efficiency gas and oil boilers

    • Radiant heat in floors

    • Panel radiation

  • Whether you need to cool a single room or floor, or your entire home, ARC can help you select the ideal air conditioning system for your family’s needs. We can add central air conditioning to your existing hot-air furnace, or we can install a cooling coil and air handler with properly-sized ductwork in your attic or basement. And if your home has limited available space for ductwork, ductless mini split air conditioning and heat pump systems may be the perfect solution.

  • Today’s tightly sealed and energy-efficient homes save money and are better for the environment, but most are not properly equipped to filter and clean the air. Even “leaky” older homes can accumulate high concentrations of pollutants, as well as exhibit other indoor air quality problems such as dampness, stuffiness, fumes, or dryness.

     

    Almost every aspect of home life can generate indoor air pollution. Cooking, cleaning, furniture, paint, and pets are just a few of the many culprits. When trapped and recirculated within the home, airborne pollutants accumulate through time.

     

    Who’s at risk? Children and the elderly are most at risk from poor indoor air quality, as well as anyone suffering asthma, allergies, or other respiratory diseases. But even healthy adults can experience adverse symptoms with as little as a single exposure to polluted indoor air:

    • headaches

    • nausea

    • sore or scratchy throat

    • nasal irritation

    • dry, red, or watering eyes

    • coughing

    • fatigue

     

    Over 90% of all homes have at least one indoor air quality problem. Fixing IAQ problems is difficult because you can’t see the problems. And you can’t fix a problem before first identifying it.

     

    ARC has experience with air-to-air energy recovery ventilation systems, humidification systems, air filtration systems, and ultraviolet light purifiers.

     

    Air-to-air energy recovery ventilation systems
    Air filtration systems, ultraviolet light purifiers

    Humidification systems

    Indoor pool/spa energy recycling de-humidification systems
    Wine cellar cooling and humidification systems
    Custom sheet metal fabrication, kitchen hood systems

  • A cold climate heat pump can heat and cool your home for a fraction of the cost of traditional heating and cooling systems. Together with your existing oil or propane heating system, these highly efficient and quiet heat pumps work even in sub-zero temperatures to comfortably heat your home. During summer, these systems keep your home cool.

     

    Like refrigerators, cold climate heat pumps use electricity to move heat from a cool space to a warm space, making the cool space cooler and the warm space warmer. During the heating season, heat pumps move heat from the cool outdoors into your warm house and during the cooling season, heat pumps move heat from your cool house into the warm outdoors. Because they move heat rather than generate heat, heat pumps can provide up to 3 times the amount of energy they consume. As a result, these systems can provide heat at a higher efficiency and lower cost than electric resistance heating, oil or propane heating systems.

     

    The most common type of heat pump is the air-source heat pump, which transfers heat between your house and the outside air. High-efficiency heat pumps also dehumidify better than standard central air conditioners, resulting in less energy usage and more cooling comfort in summer months. However, operating an air-source heat pump correctly is important for comfort and energy usage.

     

    Whether you have a single uncomfortable room, you’re renovating your entire house, or you’re building a home from scratch, Mitsubishi Electric has a Zoned Comfort Solution™ that fits your unique needs. Because their systems focus on individual living spaces rather than treating every room the same, it’s more customizable, more energy efficient and easier to install.

     

    Innovative INVERTER-driven compressor technology uses only the energy it needs to cool or heat your space. Your system smoothly responds to changes in indoor and outdoor temperatures to precisely control your comfort. This is unlike conventional systems that turn fully on and off with a bang. Not only can you maintain a consistently comfortable temperature, but you can also lower your next energy bill.

     

    Individual units allow you to regulate temperatures in the spaces you use. A toasty warm family room in winter, a fully air-conditioned sunroom in the summer; a functional basement or garage all year long. By optimizing the temperature in selected zones, you can achieve the level of comfort you want while decreasing energy consumption.

     

    Discover how Mitsubishi Electric Hyper-Heating systems work to not only create year-round temperature control and comfort in your home but save energy in the process. Watch the videos below for more information and demonstrations.

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  • Geothermal, or ground source, heat pumps have been in use since the 1970s. Although the initial cost is usually higher than a traditional heating and cooling system, in the right application the investment can be recovered in a fairly short time through the savings in energy costs. System life is estimated at 25 years for the inside components and 50+ years for the ground loop. There are approximately 50,000 geothermal heat pumps installed in the United States each year.

    While Vermont and New Hampshire can be extremely cold in the winter—a few feet below the earth’s surface the ground remains at a relatively constant temperature. Depending on latitude, ground temperatures range from 45°F (7°C) to 75°F (21°C). This ground temperature is warmer than the air above it during the winter and cooler than the air in the summer. The GHP takes advantage of this by exchanging heat with the earth through a ground heat exchanger.

    Closed-Loop Systems
    There are several types of ground-source heat pumps, but ARC prefers closed-loop water-to-air vertical systems. These types of systems have been in use in both residential and commercial markets since the late 1980s.

    Vertical systems can be used for small parcels of land. Installing a vertical system requires between 150 to 220 feet of borehole per ton, so if a 2-ton BTU heating system is needed, you’ll need to drill between 300 and 440 feet.

    For a ground source heat pump system to work, it needs a way to increase the temperature of the heat that resides naturally in the ground to a sufficient level for it to be useful heat for the home. Since energy is needed to do this, the term heat ‘pump’ is used to describe the equipment. A heat pump is basically a refrigeration unit. Refrigeration equipment (window AC, freezer, refrigerator, etc.) moves heat from a space to cool it, and discharges the heat at higher temperature to the room or the outside air. The only difference between a heat pump and a refrigeration unit is the refrigeration unit cools and the heat pump heats. But heat pumps are reversible and can heat and/or cool the space.

    The energy efficiency of a heat pump and the power needed to operate it are directly related to the temperature range that the heat pump works. Geothermal heat pump systems are more efficient than air-source heat pump systems simply because the ground is warmer (or cooler in summer) than the outside air temperature. An air-source heat pump removes heat from cold outdoor air in the winter and delivers heat to hot outside air in the summer. But a ground source heat pump pulls heat from relatively warm soil or groundwater in the winter and returns heat to the same relatively cool soil or groundwater in summer.

    The heat pump unit is the main player in any ground source heat pump system. The heat pump includes a refrigerant-to-water heat exchanger, refrigerant piping and control valve, air coil (to heat air in winter, and to cool and dehumidy in summer), fan and controls.

    Most GHP units have an option to be equipped with a desuperheater to partially heat domestic hot water. In the summer, the desuperheater uses some of the excess heat from the air conditioning to heat water. So during the summer, its essentially free to heat water. In the winter, some of the heat pump’s capacity is used to heat water. Although energy is still used to heat the water, the hot water is produced for less than a conventional water heater.

  • Controlling your home environment is not just about personal comfort – its about saving energy and money.

    By cooling or heating only the spaces that need it, you won’t heat empty rooms or over-cool one space just to be comfortable in another. You’ll feel more comfortable while saving money.

    • Automatic temperature controls & DDC control systems (Honeywell)

    • Variable frequency drives for pumps and fans (Honeywell)

    • Nest, the Learning thermostat.

    • Programmable thermostats

    • Zoning systemsControlling your home environment is not just about personal comfort – its about saving energy and money.

      By cooling or heating only the spaces that need it, you won’t heat empty rooms or over-cool one space just to be comfortable in another. You’ll feel more comfortable while saving money.

      • Automatic temperature controls & DDC control systems

      • Variable frequency drives for pumps and fans

      • Programmable thermostats

      • Zoning systems

  • Residential Plumbing

    Whether you are building a new home, renovating or expanding, we provide full plumbing services to complement our heating, air conditioning, and air quality products.

     

    Our licensed master and journeymen plumbers have experience with

    • Tankless water heaters

    • Domestic and heating hot water systems

    • Snowmelt systems for walkways, patios, and driveways

    • Chilled water cooling systems and fan coil units

    • Water treatment systems, softeners, filters, scrubbers

    • Variable speed domestic water and well pump systems

    • Potable water pex distribution systems

  • According to industry experts, heating and cooling equipment benefits from maintenance. With regular maintenance you can retain 95% of the original efficiency; plus, maintenance is what allows you to keep your equipment warranties in good standing with the manufacturer.

    Annual tune-ups are the best way to keep your heating or cooling system at peak efficiency year after year. A well-maintained system experiences fewer breakdowns, reducing the need for costly emergency repairs. In some cases, the energy savings cover the cost of a precision tune up.

    Let us help you by managing your equipment’s required maintenance. Since 1947, we’ve serviced nearly every type and brand of heating and air conditioning equipment made!

    Annual Maintenance Plan Benefits

    • Peace of Mind
      Lubricating, adjusting and cleaning keeps your heating and cooling system running at peak, trouble-free efficiency.

    • Protects Your Investment
      Add years to equipment life with automatic, regular inspection services.

    • Improved Dependability
      Comfort when you want it.

    • Priority Scheduling
      Preferential emergency service scheduling.

    • Discounts on Repairs
      * 10% off repairs and no overtime rate for emergency repairs.

    • Saves Money
      Fewer emergency service calls, resolve small problems before they become major ones, while reducing heating and cooling costs.

    • Home and System Health
      Assures proper and safe equipment operation.

    • Increased Home Value
      Agreement is transferable.

    • 24/7/365 Emergency Service
      Assures peace of mind.