Elk Grove Village is home to the Elk Grove Technology Park, one of the largest industrial business parks in North America, and it sits right on the western edge of O’Hare. Manufacturing, logistics, food processing and a growing cluster of data centers share the same streets.
Industrial buildings ask different things of HVAC-R than offices do. Warehouses run on gas-fired unit heaters and make-up air, manufacturers need process cooling and ventilation, food operations depend on refrigeration, and data halls care about one thing above all: the cooling never stops.
LOC-02Elk Grove Village · Cook County
What we see in Elk Grove Village buildings
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Make-up air and unit heaters
Big open warehouse volumes, dock doors opening all day, and heaters that have to keep up in sub-zero weather.
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Process and equipment cooling
Production areas where heat from machines, not people, drives the cooling load.
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Industrial refrigeration
Coolers, freezers and refrigerated docks where a fault is measured in product lost.
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Older rooftop equipment on newer tenants
Buildings that have changed tenants several times, with equipment and ductwork that no longer match the use inside.
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Good to know in Elk Grove Village.
Utilities
ComEd provides electricity across the village. Gas service in the northwest suburbs is largely Nicor Gas; your bill shows your provider.
Permits
The Village of Elk Grove Village issues building permits. Mechanical changes, new equipment and roof penetrations generally need one.
Next to O’Hare
Crane lifts and rooftop work near the airport can face height and scheduling limits. We plan lifts with that in mind.
Q&AQuestions
Elk Grove Village commercial HVAC questions.
Answers specific to Elk Grove Village. For more, see all 36 commercial HVAC questions.
Gas smell? Leave the building, don’t touch switches, and call the gas utility or 911 from outside. CO alarm? Get everyone out and call 911. No heat in freezing weather? Call us, and never use ovens or grills indoors for heat.
Do you work on industrial buildings in the Elk Grove Technology Park?
Yes. Elk Grove Village is in Velocity HVAC-R’s service area, and industrial HVAC-R is the core of what we do: rooftop units, make-up air, unit heaters, air handlers, refrigeration and the controls that run them.
Call 630-439-5958 with the building address and the equipment involved.
Why can’t my warehouse stay warm when the dock doors are open?
Because every open dock door dumps heated air and pulls in cold air, and the building is usually short on make-up air or heater capacity to replace it. Negative pressure makes it worse by pulling cold air in through every gap.
The answer is often a combination: heaters that work at full output, make-up air that actually runs, and controls that react to door activity. We start by measuring what the equipment is doing now.
Can you help with cooling for production areas or equipment rooms?
Yes. Process and equipment areas are cooled to protect machines and products, and the load comes from equipment heat more than from people or sun. That changes how the system is sized and controlled.
We look at the load, the existing equipment and how critical uptime is before recommending a repair, added capacity or redundancy.
