Editorials
Articles from around the industry. Unilux experts weigh in on high-rise heating and cooling trends, outcomes and news.
With over 50 years of experience, we've accumulated a vast amount of real life data that we are happy to share with the industry and homeowners.
Breathe Better Air
Indoor air quality is a vital part of condo living. Good, clean air helps promote a healthy and comfortable living environment at home. Unfortunately, many residents and condo corporations overlook or neglect the equipment that provides the air to their suites. Over time, this can result in poor indoor air quality.
Reserve Fund Budgeting
FCUs are typically managed one of two ways. They can be owned by either the individual suite owner or the corporation. If owned by the suite owner, he or she is individually responsible for repairs and replacement, and the corporation is only responsible for common area units. But because of potential damage caused by flooding, the corporation often takes responsibility for maintenance.
Is Your Indoor Air Healthy?
We are truly living in unprecedented times with the global spread of COVID-19. The health of your residents has become a top priority, and the importance of maintaining indoor air quality is something property managers and the board of directors must consider going forward.
I Found Mould, What Now?
We have all seen the tell-tale black spots on a wet towel not properly hung to dry or on a piece of cheese left in the fridge too long. We throw them away and go about our daily business picking up new cheese at the grocery store and new towels for beach season, but what would you do if you found mould growing inside the walls of your home or inside the equipment that heats, cools, and ventilates the air you breathe?
Why It's Time to Have Your Fan Coils Assessed
As an in-suite HVAC system, fan coils are among the only pieces of equipment in residential buildings in constant operation. Like a furnace in a single-family home, it has an expected lifespan after which it poses a higher risk of failure. Given the life expectancy of fan coil units is 20 years, units at or over this mark should be inspected by an original equipment manufacturer to assess the condition.
Warding off water damage
As the rapid growth of condominium living in Canada continues, corporations and their suite owners need to be on alert for an omnipresent danger: water damage.
Mould & Fan Coils: A risk you can't ignore
There’s a reason the word “mould” can raise anxieties in condo property management. Gone unnoticed or left to grow, mould can become a significant health risk to occupants and lead to costly building repairs. This is why it pays to understand where mould can appear and how best to banish it from your building.
Lifespan of Fan Coils: Retrofits Gone Wrong
Whether the fan coil units are owned by the corporation or the unit owners, the condo board of directors has a duty of care and a financial interest in doing it right the first time.
Condo Retrofits Done Right
Your condominium enters its 20-year mid-life crisis, and your fan coils are due for replacement – where do you start? What began with a discussion on a tradeshow floor, we dive into a case study of what to expect, and the steps necessary to successfully execute a large-scale capital retrofit project.