Automotive Service

FACILITY:
Midwest Automobile Dealership

PROBLEMS:

• The existing 11 unit heaters in the shop and service bay area could not adequately handle the winter heating load.
• Poor indoor air quality from re-circulated air containing contaminants from both the cars and the unit heaters themselves.
• Cold service bay door area.
• The outside air introduced into the building was not enough to offset either their poor indoor air quality or negative building pressure problems.
• High operating and maintenance costs for a heating system that did not meet their needs.
• Several unit heaters had to be replaced each heating season - "These things were getting eaten alive" lamented the Property Manager.

SOLUTIONS:

• Replaced the 11 unit heaters with 3 Cambridge direct gas-fired heaters which provided both the heat and some of the ventilation air they needed.

RESULTS:

• The high temperature rise of Cambridge heaters provided the required heating and solved the cold service bay door area problem.
• Improved indoor air quality because Cambridge heaters use 100% Fresh Air and do not recirculate contaminated building air.
• Installed costs for 3 Cambridge heaters was virtually the same as for replacing the 11 unit heaters.
• Lower maintenance costs including fewer man hours for upkeep.
• Improved aesthetics and the Cambridge heaters do not get in the way of the shop, service bay lights, or car lifts.
• Increased shop productivity.
• Lower fuel bills and lower operating costs.

Cambridge direct gas-fired heaters have been used to heat automobile and truck service bay areas at the following dealerships located throughout the United States and Canada.

The Property Manger said:

• "These (Cambridge) units have done an excellent job in heating the shop…and my gas bills are down."



• "Cambridge is the only way I want to heat a shop."