Old systems, renewed on a plan.
Brighton renews aging heating and cooling in Athens offices, churches, schools and apartment buildings — in phases you can budget, instead of one emergency at a time. Homes too.
- AssessWalk-through, unit list: year 1, first quarter
- ControlsThermostats, schedules, economizers: year 1 second quarter to year 1 fourth quarter
- Replace — wave 1The two worst units: year 1 fourth quarter to year 2 first quarter
- MaintainSpring and fall service, throughout: year 1 first quarter to year 3 fourth quarter
Illustrative — every building's roadmap is its own.
Four phases, in a sensible order.
Assess
Walk the building, list every unit with its age and condition, and find what's unsafe.
Stabilise
Fix the safety issues and the units failing now, so nothing else is urgent.
Controls
Thermostats, schedules and economizers set right — so new equipment runs properly.
Replace in waves
The worst units first, spread across budget years and shoulder seasons.
Athens buildings that have seen a few decades.
Brick downtown blocks, churches with big sanctuaries, schools, and apartment complexes built for students — many running on equipment that's been patched for years.
- Offices and downtown commercial buildings.
- Churches and community buildings.
- Schools and training spaces.
- Apartment buildings with a condenser per unit.
Emergencies are the most expensive way to replace anything.
A unit that fails in August gets replaced with whatever is available, at overtime rates, before anyone has thought about controls or ductwork. A unit replaced in April, in a planned wave, gets the right equipment and the right install.
Older houses deserve a plan too.
In-town houses in Five Points and Normaltown, ranches out towards Watkinsville — plenty of them on systems that have been repaired more times than anyone remembers. We repair, maintain and replace heat pumps, air conditioners and furnaces, and we'll tell you honestly when it's time.
Athens and the counties around it.
Based on South Barnett Shoals Road, working across Clarke, Oconee and neighbouring counties.
- Athens
- Watkinsville
- Bogart
- Winterville
- Bishop
- Arnoldsville
- Jefferson
- Statham
What building owners ask.
What is facility renewal?
Replacing and upgrading a building's aging heating and cooling in planned phases over several years, instead of one unit at a time as each fails. It starts with a walk-through and a list of every unit, then stabilises the worst, fixes the controls, and schedules replacements in waves.
Why not replace everything at once?
Sometimes that is right, but most buildings do better spreading replacements over several budget years, in the order that risk and condition suggest, with controls fixed first so the new equipment runs properly.
Can work be done around services, classes or tenants?
Yes. Replacements are scheduled in the spring and fall shoulder seasons where possible, and around worship services, school terms and tenant hours.
Do you work on homes?
Yes. Commercial work leads, but we repair, maintain and replace heat pumps, air conditioners and furnaces in houses across Athens and Oconee County.
Is this the same company as other businesses called Brighton?
No. Brighton HVAC Facility Renewal is an independent heating and cooling contractor based in Athens, Georgia, not connected with any other business of a similar name.
Let's put your building on a plan.
We'll list every unit, tell you what's urgent and what isn't, and sketch the waves.