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With a new school year starting, we know facility managers have more important things to tend to than remembering to turn on or off HVAC systems in the building. With Events2HVAC, you can connect multiple event calendars with room scheduling systems and automate your HVAC, reducing runtimes by up to 50%+ and slashing your energy consumption! This new scheduling software also works with access control and lighting systems. By automating scheduling for all these systems, you'll reduce energy costs and labor costs while freeing up your time from tedious scheduling tasks. Our Washington office is excited to share the benefits of Events2HVAC for K-12 and higher education facilities. Contact your sales engineer or reach out to us here to learn more! #buildingautomation #HVAC #HVACsystems #K12 #HigherEd #accesscontrol #lightingsystems #events2hvac

Check out this clip from our local news featuring the many chillers we provided to these schools. We're proud to be able to help improve students' learning environments, which is part of the reason we value our partnership with Denver Public Schools so much! #DPS #chillers #HVAC #HVACequiment #backtoschool https://lnkd.in/gUhESxk9

It's back to school time, and we're here to help! Some of our team members participated in the Denver Public Schools Back to Class Bash volunteer event, where they helped improve and beautify the grounds of one of their elementary schools. DPS is a great partner of ours and we're happy to help support them and their students. #DPS #BacktoClass #BacktoSchool #LONGCares

It's National Intern Day, and we'd like to take a moment to thank all our interns for spending their summer with us! We hope you've enjoyed your time here at LONG and take away some valuable experience and knowledge. #NationalInternDay #Intern #Internship #SummerIntern

Mike Zimbrick is a Foreman in our Portland, OR office and works for our HVAC Service team. But Mike is not just your standard HVAC mechanic – he is the only York Master Factory-Trained Technician in all of Oregon! When you need York chiller service, there’s no one who can serve you better than Mike! Mike has always had an aptitude for mechanical work. He’s been in the HVAC industry for over 19 years and previously worked for 8 years as an auto mechanic. Among his York Master Factory-Trained Technician status, his certificates and credentials include: 18 years as a UA 290 Steam Fitter, Class 5 boiler license, and Limited Energy Class B License. He’s a lifelong learner and is always eager to take courses or additional training to improve his knowledge and skills with HVAC, specifically on the technical side. It’s the basis for his advice to those looking to begin a career as an HVAC tech: “You have to understand the programming that a screwdriver can’t fix.” He began his career without much experience on the technical side of things, and as HVAC systems became more sophisticated and integrated with building controls, he’s had to learn to be more tech-savvy. Gaining a solid understanding of the technical side of HVAC will make you better equipped as a technician down the line. Each day, he performs preventative maintenance on HVAC equipment like chillers, mini-splits, RTUs, and boilers, or he responds to emergency service calls, trying his best to minimize downtime for our customers. No day is the same, and he loves the variety that he has in his work and the different challenges that are presented to him. But his favorite part of his job is the connections he gets to build with people. Establishing relationships with customers and getting to know them as he visits their facilities is what makes his job most enjoyable. He goes above and beyond in his work to not only fix problems as they occur, but to educate customers so they are empowered to understand their equipment and even make their own repairs. It’s the service behind our service that makes LONG special, and Mike exemplifies this with the effort he puts in to creating solid and trustworthy relationships with his customers. Mike spends much of his free time attending games or other events with his two children, and always plans a few vacations and camping trips to take together through the year. Up next, a trip to LA to enjoy a few of their theme parks! We’re extremely lucky to have Mike as a part of our LONG team, and with the knowledge, skills, and dedication he brings to his work, we think our customers are lucky to have him too!

Our Washington office recently helped refurbish the mechanical and controls systems in the McKinney Center building. Owned by the Central District Community Preservation and Development Authority, the building was in rough shape after years of neglect. We worked on boilers, VFD, AHUs, and updated the building controls to help make the facility functional and comfortable for the CDCPDA to move in and being their important work for the Seattle community. This building is proof that you don't have to tear down and rebuild from the ground up. If you are looking for refurbishments or improvements on an old facility in Washington, reach out to us to help you find the solution that will work best! #CDCPDA #McKinneyCenter #HVACequiment #BuildingControls #BuildingAutomation

We are proud to announce our newest partner in Alaska, Rauland! Rauland is a leader in healthcare communication solutions and we are excited to bring their nurse call systems to the Alaska market. Reach out to us for more information on Rauland's products and how we can help streamline healthcare operations. #Rauland #Healthcare #NurseCall #NurseCallSystems #AlaskaHealthcare

Join us at our headquarters in Littleton, CO on September 24th for the LONGtoberfest Product Open House! You'll be able to meet with our many manufacturing partners and enjoy food, drinks, music, games, and a cigar bar. We can't wait for this event and are excited to have you join us! Register today at https://hubs.ly/Q02G10Wf0.

All LONG offices will be closed Thursday, 7/4, in honor of Independence Day. Have a safe and fun holiday and we'll see you on Friday!