Kenron Industrial Air Conditioning Services

SERVICES

DESIGN INSTALLATION

ENERGY MANAGEMENT/
CHEMICAL CONSERVATION 24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

MAINTENANCE TRAINING

CONSULTATION

DESIGN

Through a partnered approach, Kenron provides HVAC systems for facilities as large as 300,000 square feet. This includes specialties such as clean rooms, computer rooms, and special controlled humidification and venting for commercial and industrial facilities to maintain quality and conserve chemicals.

Leading-edge processes for faster, better, cheaper results.

Our networked teams use such high-tech tools as CAD, Timberline computerized estimating software, and e-mail. Highly-trained technicians perform research and make on-site decisions to shorten the time from inception to approved plan to maximize quality and speed.

Renovation Process:

We survey the facility's existing equipment and mechanical systems with the owner.
We make recommendations and develop a budget for the project.
When engineering services are required, we will suggest and partner with the "best-in-field" for a given type of installation.

New Facility Process:

We study the business case first, reviewing intent for use with the owner and assist in conceptualizing systems for the proposed facility.
We develop the system scope possibilities together with projected initial costs, operating costs, and maintenance costs, and include a life cycle cost analysis.
We review and assist in preparing conceptual designs with the owner and the design/contractor team for selection.
We support the design team for final design and scope with specifications and load calculations as required. Throughout the design process Kenron works with the design team, which may include the architect, engineer, owner, and contractor.

INSTALLATION

At Kenron, we have learned the secret to finishing projects on time and on budget -- preplanning. Before a single component is delivered or a tool touched we do our homework. Up-front organization, scheduling, and coordination helps out projects run smoothly, saving tempers, time, and money.

Project Delivery Services

Financially-Driven Design-Build/Assist Process:
This process involves a team consisting of the owner, design professionals, general contractor, and strategic partners, including Kenron. The team determines the business case for the project and weighs all decisions -- renovate or build, buy or lease, etc. -- against the successful financial outcome desired.

Following final selection and approval of equipment and materials, we determine a precise schedule using computerized scheduling tools.
We monitor progress against a critical path, to ensure that ordering, delivery, and installation hits key dates on the timeline.
At the outset, we create a Project Portfolio to organize and preserve documentation. This will contain all meeting minutes, verifications, correspondence, contracts, billing records, schedules, submittals, approved specifications and system data, and the start up and commissioning report, along with all operating and maintenance manuals. This Project Portfolio helps provide quick answers to questions.
A Kenron Safety Coordinator partners with the owner's and/or general contractor's safety coordinator(s) and reviews site conditions.
We establish a communications protocol, among the owner, architect, engineer, and contractor to ensure accurate reporting and effective decision-making.
A Project Lead Person is identified. The Lead Person establishes the Kenron site headquarters, manages the logistics of materials and equipment storage, and mobilizes the resources to get the job done. He monitors the progress of the project, participating in meetings with the owner, general contractor, and other team members when applicable.
Only after these up-front steps does actual system installation proceed according to design specifications, with possible field condition changes.
Formal, organized check-lists are used to assure that the System Start-up includes all necessary procedures and is fully documented.
Commissioning with the owner, architect, and/or engineer helps assure that the HVAC system performs in harmony with the other system in the facility.
Final design drawings are supplied as required.

Fast Track Construction Process:
When you are building a new facility as quickly as possible, we have a vast experience and the proper knowledge to support the owner/designer/construction team.

Kenron's role follows the same procedure as Financially-Driven Design-Build/Assist Process, except that critical ordering and construction takes place before preparation of final drawings.

Conventional Construction Process:
Even with projects in which Kenron's involvement starts after we win a bid, we employ the same processes and disciplines as in the other processes, in order to assure the successful outcome of the project. We know that quality is good sense and good business, whatever the job.

Additional optional services provided with installation:

Custom maintenance programs
Facility management services
Emergency and preventative maintenance

Scope of sales & services:

Consultation

energy management controls
demand control ventilation
air monitoring systems
environmental/indoor air quality
temperature controls -- zoning
life cycle analysis

Air Systems

air handlers to 100,00 CFM
air rotation -- heaters
clean room units
condensers
compressors -- air conditioning
computer room systems
dehumidification -- industrial/pool
ducts -- coated, insulated, specialties
ductless air conditioners
exhausts -- fume, dust, vehicles
fans -- commercial/industrial
filtration
fire/smoke dampers
furnaces -- industrial
heat pumps
heat recovery systems
heaters -- electric and gas
fume hoods
humidifiers
infra-red heaters
insulation
louvers
make-up air -- direct fired, air handlers
metal work -- custom fabrication
packaged heating/cooling
penthouses -- custom
registers, grills, diffusers
silencers
variable speed drives

Hydronic Systems

boilers -- gas, electric
chillers
coils
condensers
computer room systems
dehumidification -- industrial/pool
evaporative coolers
filtration
hear pumps -- water cooled
heat recovery systems
heaters -- electric & gas
humidifiers
insulation
make-up air -- direct fired, air handlers
packaged heating/cooling
piping
pumps
steam valves -- heaters
valves -- hydronic
variable speed drives
water towers
water treatment
chemical systems

MAINTENANCE

Proper maintenance can easily pay for itself.

For example, consider an air conditioning system for a 10,000 square foot installation.

Proper maintenance will reduce operating costs by approximately 15 percent or 22 cents per square foot/year.
By extending equipment life by just five years, it will also reduce replacement cost by about 40 percent or 16 cents per square foot. That $2,200 is worth even more when you factor in the cost of money. When you add in the risk of production time lost, equipment failure, and inventory damages due to interrupted HVAC service, you can see that the true savings are even higher. It will also directly affect the health and comfort of your employees, impacting their productivity, too.

Kenron can help you realize the savings of proper maintenance.

Kenron provides preventative maintenance services for many types of facilities including manufacturing, medical, clean room, printing plants, food processing, nursing homes, and general commercial, among others.

We take a proactive approach to your facility to maintain the proper and efficient operation of your indoor environmental system. We will evaluate your system and provide a recommendation for a maintenance program and schedule tailored to fit your needs. We can supply the specialized services and backup to your existing in-house staff or provide full services.

Our maintenance procedures include:

Filters
Visual checks for biological activity
Water towers
Checking electrical connections
Compressors
Component life analysis (e.g., bearings)
Air Handlers
Check/clean coils
Check air flows
Check efficiencies (e.g., test amperages)
Check controls
Check drive belts
Lubrication

24-HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE

We offer Emergency Service 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Call (585) 442-5600 anytime.

ENERGY MANAGEMENT / CHEMICAL CONSERVATION

To help control costs, Kenron designs, installs, and maintains a variety of systems that prevent excessive consumption of gas, electricity, oil, water, and chemicals. Some of these can actually pay for themselves in less than one year.

Take, for example, a load shed control system, which reduces peak load requirements by 50 percent. That could easily mean utility savings of $6,000 per year. After subtracting the $3,000 cost of the system, you would net $3,000 in the first year alone. Even if you borrowed the money at 12 percent, this would represent a simple 88 percent return on your investment!

Some of the conservation techniques we can apply include:

Variable-Speed Motor Controls:
Pumps and fans can be set to ramp up and down according to load instead of running at maximum all the time.

Energy management Systems:
Maximize the efficiency of HVAC and lighting systems to save energy and money.

Time of day controls -- monitor temperature settings, pumps, fans, lights, etc. according to a schedule that accounts for occupied and unoccupied periods.
Duty cycle controls -- sequence the run time of equipment to shed load and reduce net and peak energy usage.
Load management -- systems automatically respond to use and occupancy to match duty to demand.
Remote Diagnostics: We can monitor all systems, including HVAC units and lighting, within a facility. This allows us to spot problems and provide periodic reviews of usage and efficiencies.

Chemical Conservation:
Careful design and control of exhaust systems and ventilation hoods prevents drawing off excessive amounts of chemicals used for metal treatment and other industrial processes, avoiding the cost of unnecessary replenishment. Plus it maintains safety and efficiency at the same time.

Process Environmental Management:
By controlling temperature and humidification, we can help maintain the quality of critical processes, such as printing plants, and metal treatment and plating facilities.

Chemical Treatment:
Water towers are subject to attack by chemicals and biological growth in the water. Unless controlled, scaling and sludge can drive up utility costs by an estimated 15 percent -- or more -- in just one year. Kenron can design and install systems that automatically maintain the water and chemicals for longer equipment life and energy savings.

TRAINING

A variety of training is available for contractors, facilities managers, human resource managers, and others through Kenron and its subsidiary, Indoor Air Quality Solutions. Formats range from informational lectures to hands-on technical workshops. Topics include maintenance, safety, indoor air quality, hazard awareness, and others. Many courses provide agency certification.

Typical costs are $100 per attendee for a 2-hour course; class sizes are usually set at a maximum of 25 people. Kenron can provide facilities or train at your site. As a member of the Alliance Barter Corporation, we can also help you explore alternatives to cash expenditures. The lists that follow are only a partial listing of training available through Kenron and Indoor Air Quality Solutions. Custom-designed courses are also available.

For more information, contact Ron Maier, (585) 442-5600, ext. 122, or by E-mail.

Preventive Maintenance training

Air and hydronic-side systems

Water-cooled systems
Hydronic and air heating systems
Water and steam plant
Gas, propane, and electric plants

Air distribution

Balancing
Filtration
Temperature controls
Exhausts
Variable speed controls

Ventilation:

Energy management

Indoor air quality training
The objective of IAQ Solutions Seminars is to make indoor air quality understandable to owners, facilities managers, contractors, human resource managers, and others. In focused, subject-specific seminars, we provide students with the information they need to make informed decisions and minimize risk. The instructors on the Indoor Air Quality Solutions team include an architect, mechanical engineer, certified industrial hygienist, and HVAC professionals. Other professionals and industry experts are brought in as required. Where appropriate, hands-on instruction and printed reference materials are provided.

Seminar titles include:

Employee complaints and the warning signs of poor indoor air quality.
A do-it-yourself IAQ checklist for physical engineers/owners/general contractors.
The "Top 10" IAQ controversies and what you can learn from others mistakes.
How to manage an IAQ complaint.
What five simple things can you do to improve indoor air quality?
Air testing 1-2-3. Why do we test, what do we sample for, and what do the results mean?
The hazards and sources of biological contaminants in the indoor environment.
The cost/benefit of new filtration standards in the building environment.
Is a higher efficiency filtration system right for your facility?
No more "oops!" Proper procedures for changing filtration media.
Designing and maintaining a "Green" facility.
It's the law! Understanding regulations and compliance requirements.
Demand Control Ventilation: Utility and Productivity Savings.

Safety training
Kenron maintains ongoing safety training for its own employees. Many of these courses are also available to contractors and other subcontractors on a space available basis. Please contact us with your specific needs. A sample of safety courses follows.

OSHA 10-hour contractor safety course
Hazardous waste control
Personal protection -- hearing, respiration, and vision
Vehicle safety
Lead and asbestos awareness
Ergonomics and back health
Biological hazards
and many more

CONSULTATION

Compliance/Regulation

Kenron consults with engineering firms to ensure that designs and studies are in compliance with the current codes. Depending on the nature of a facility and its use and occupancy, different regulatory agencies will specify the design standards for the particular environment. These design standards dictate how systems need to be designed to comply with the codes. Kenron's staff is educated on standards and keeps up to date with revisions through its partnered affiliations.

Applications:

Ventilation requirements
Exhaust Requirements
CFC disposal
OSHA/EPA standards
Food processing
Fire & safety
Medical & dental facilities
Bio containment
Positive/negative air pressure systems

Safety

A safe work environment and work practices are a matter of policy at Kenron. We refuse to jeopardize any client's interests just to proceed with a job. In this way we reduce or eliminate liability for mishaps. It's the best way we know to manage risk, and protect the property and interests of all parties involved in a project.

Safety is part of the process.

Standard practices include a site inspection prior to a bid or the start of work. We check for physical problems such as fire hazards, vulnerable electrical systems, and open stairways. We also inspect for health hazards such as oil and chemical spills or improper storage. Kenron provides health and safety recommendations to the client, the general contractor, and subcontractors to help resolve unsafe working conditions. If necessary, we will call job site safety meetings to ensure hazard communications.

Our preparedness, your best insurance.

Kenron’s on-staff safety coordinator has completed OSHA Hazard Communication Training, the OSHA 10-hour Occupational Safety and Health Training course, and a 30-hour Safety Training Program. Safety training begins on each employee's first day on the job and is on-going at Kenron. This includes periodic courses in hearing, respiratory, and other safety practices, regulations, and asbestos and lead awareness which are open to contractors and sub-contractors on a space available basis. In addition, many Kenron personnel are trained in first aid and have received CPR certification to handle emergencies at the job site. Kenron has also invested in a state-of-the-art safety station, which is maintained at major job sites. This portable unit meets all OSHA requirements, and includes an eyewash station, a burn kit, and a comprehensive first aid box. It's one more way we reduce risk and protect the health of everyone on the job.