The Kahoe Air Balance Company, an Ohio Corporation, has been in the sole business of testing, balancing, and commissioning heating, ventilating and air conditioning systems for over thirty years. Our corporate office is located in Cleveland, Ohio and several branch offices are located throughout Ohio and western Pennsylvania to serve our customers. The Kahoe Air Balance Company proudly tests, balances and commissions systems throughout the nation and worldwide.

AABC is an international organization of independent test and balance companies. Kahoe Air Balance, founded in 1960, is proud to be a charter member. Our founder, the late H. Taylor Kahoe, was a past president of AABC. He helped establish the National Standards For Total System Balance, a guideline for the test and balance industry.

To become an AABC (Associated Air Balance Council) member, a company must be certified. The firm must have at least one Registered TAB (test and balance) Engineer on staff. Kahoe has several of them, each with 20-plus years of experience. Kahoe's field technicians, located in four midwest offices, are also AABC qualified.

Kahoe engineers and technicians have tested and balanced environmental systems for all types of buildings. Having completed the USAF Peacehawk IV Project in Saudi Arabia, our experience is worldwide.

What We Do
The Kahoe Air Balance Company deals with systems. We do not limit our involvement to just one area of specialization and are not predisposed to any one solution when confronted with a problem. We have a comprehensive understanding of how complex and integrated HVAC systems work. This understanding allows us to recognize and implement optimum solutions to difficult heating, ventilating and air conditioning problems.

Our systems approach to our work necessitates knowledge of a wide range of technical areas and as a result, the list of services we offer is extensive.

• HVAC Air Balance and Quantitative Analysis
• HVAC Hot and Chilled Water Testing and Balancing and Quantitative Analysis
• Sound and Vibration Testing
• HEPA Filter Certification
• Clean Room Certification
• Laboratory Fume Hood Testing
• Cooling Tower Testing
• HVAC System Commissioning
• Indoor Air Quality Testing and Analysis

Armed with calibrated tools, skilled Kahoe engineers and field technicians are prepared to make your building's environmental system perform up to its design potential.

All Kahoe field offices have the latest state-of-the-art test instruments:

• Flow Hoods (digital and analog)
• Micro Manometer (datameters)
• Velometers
• Amprobes and Tachometers
• Rotating Vane Anemometers
• Incline Manometers
• Digital/Electronic Thermometers
• Differential Pressure Gauges
• Doppler Flow Meters
• Sound/Vibration Meters
• Aerosol Photometers
• Particle Counters

Systems Approach
Modern HVAC systems are complex assemblies of fans, coils, pumps, and controls. Dealing with malfunctioning systems requires not only a fundamental understanding of how each system component functions, but also awareness of how these components work together as a whole. The Kahoe Air Balance Company has been in the HVAC system business for over 30 years. Through hard work, dedication and commitment to doing the job right the first time, we have earned the reputation for quality work, responsiveness and customer oriented service.

HVAC systems require periodic assessment to assure proper performance. Even if you are not experiencing obvious problems, your system can still be costing you a lot more than it should to operate. Also an HVAC system which is performing to design requirements may not be doing the job if you've modified your facility since your system was installed. Such modifications might include remodeling, added computers and/or added copying machines.

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