Allowing HVAC systems to meet or exceed the performance levels of their design specifications, Testing, Adjusting and Balancing helps provide environmentally efficient buildings. Using specialized instruments, this methodical regulation of the system is intended to evaluate equipment and system performance, and proper adjustment of the balancing devices when necessary. It provides building owners and tenants with optimal environmental performance, while minimizing costs through efficiency.
Three major steps used to achieve the proper operation of the HVAC and hydronics systems and a desirable climate are testing, adjusting and balancing:
TESTING
Testing is the use of specialized instruments to measure temperature, pressure, rotational speed, electrical characteristics velocity, and air and water quantities for an evaluation of the equipment and system performance.
ADJUSTING
Adjusting is the final setting of the balancing device such as dampers, valves, and automatic control devices like thermostats, pressure controllers, and computer controls
BALANCING
Balancing is the methodical regulation of system flows, whether they be air or water, through the use of acceptable procedures to achieve the specified flow quantities, in cubic feet per minute (CFM) or gallons per minute (GPM).