Commercial Chiller
Repair, Service & Installation

Air-Cooled Chillers

Air-cooled chillers reject heat directly to the outdoor air through condenser coils and fans. They are common in offices, retail spaces, small medical facilities, and light industrial buildings across Silicon Valley. Lower installation cost, no cooling tower required, but less efficient than water-cooled systems in hot weather. Typical capacity: 20–500 tons.

Water-Cooled Chillers

Water-cooled chillers use cooling towers to reject heat and are the standard for large buildings, hospitals, data centers, and manufacturing plants. Higher efficiency, longer lifespan (25–30 years), and better performance in hot conditions. Most large commercial properties in San Jose, Santa Clara, and the greater Bay Area rely on water-cooled chiller plants.

Scroll Compressor Chillers

Scroll chillers are widely used in smaller commercial applications (20–200 tons). Quiet operation, fewer moving parts, and lower maintenance costs make them popular for offices and retail. We service and replace scroll compressors from Carrier, Trane, York, and Daikin.

Screw Compressor Chillers

Screw chillers handle medium to large capacity requirements (100–800 tons). They offer excellent part-load efficiency and are common in manufacturing, large office complexes, and institutional buildings. Oil management and bearing wear are the most common service needs.

Centrifugal Chillers

Centrifugal chillers are the workhorses of large-scale cooling — hospitals, data centers, university campuses, and high-rise buildings. Capacities from 200 to 2,000+ tons. They require specialized service including impeller inspection, guide vane calibration, and variable frequency drive (VFD) maintenance.

Absorption Chillers

Absorption chillers use heat (steam, hot water, or natural gas) instead of electricity to drive the refrigeration cycle. They are found in cogeneration plants, district cooling systems, and facilities with waste heat sources. Service includes solution pump maintenance, purge unit service, and crystallization prevention.

Silicon Valley runs on chillers. Data centers across San Jose, Santa Clara, and Sunnyvale depend on chiller plants to keep servers cool around the clock. Hospitals in the region need uninterrupted cooling for operating rooms and patient care. Manufacturing facilities require process cooling within tight temperature tolerances. When a chiller fails in any of these environments, the cost of downtime is measured in thousands of dollars per hour.

We service chillers from Carrier, Trane, York, Daikin, McQuay, Smardt, and every other manufacturer operating in the Bay Area market. Our technicians carry EPA 608 Universal certification and are trained on both comfort cooling and process cooling applications.

Energy Efficiency & Title 24

California Title 24 energy standards are among the strictest in the country. Older chillers often operate at 0.8–1.2 kW/ton, while modern high-efficiency units achieve 0.5–0.6 kW/ton — a 30–50% reduction in energy consumption. With Bay Area electricity rates averaging $0.25–$0.35/kWh, upgrading an inefficient chiller can save $20,000–$100,000+ per year in energy costs alone.

All Brands, All Types

Carrier 30XA/30HXC, Trane CGAM/CVGF, York YK/YCAL, Daikin Magnitude/Pathfinder, McQuay PEH/WME, and Smardt oil-free centrifugal chillers. Whether your system is 5 years old or 25, we have the diagnostic tools and technical knowledge to service it properly.