Our Services
Each trade in the HVAC/R industry requires specific training and experience. Our name, Specialty Services, explains that we provide specialized services to all of the HVAC/R (Heating, Ventilating, Air Conditioning and Refrigeration) trades.
See our projects listed below and you will understand why we call ourselves Specialty Services. We have been providing installation and service to all of the HVAC/R trades for three decades.
Air Conditioning
The demand for air conditioning has accelerated as our standard of living has increased over the past several decades.
Increased air conditioning loads are driven by a larger work force spending days inside, and an expanded rise in technology, such as IT with computers at every desk, increases the need for air conditioning.
Specialty Services will help you select the proper A/C system, from small split systems for spot cooling to large ducted systems with multiple stage compressors. We cover all aspects of air conditioning including package units, VAV (variable air volume) systems, VRF (variable refrigerant flow), chillers, or custom applications to meet ASHRAE standards for air quality and CO2 monitoring to ensure proper air exchange and ventilation is integrated into your air distribution systems to ensure proper IAQ (Indoor Air Quality).
See our building automation section for further explanation.
Building Automation / Energy Management
Custom applications using our building automation controls measure air samples to meet ASHRAE (American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers) standards, ensuring proper indoor air quality (IAQ).
Monitoring CO2 (carbon dioxide) using demand ventilation not only ensures that proper air exchange is integrated into your air distribution systems, but reduces energy by only providing the air exchange rates that are needed depending on the occupancy levels of the facility at any given time.
Updating an old Landis & Gyr/Siemens system to Specialty Services building automation 
Heating
When it comes to heating, Specialty Services covers every aspect of the heating industry, from small systems for spot heating or on-demand domestic hot water systems to large boiler rooms with equipment running in the hundreds of millions of BTUs.
We pride ourselves on being progressive in keeping pace with industry changes that provide the most efficient type of equipment for a specific application, e.g. modulating condensing boilers, heat pumps, and VRF (variable refrigerant flow) used as primary heating as required by Efficiency Maine retrofit projects.
Specialty Services will help you analyze system performance for budget forecasting to determine a timeline for payback if an equipment upgrade is warranted.
With the many options of equipment and fuel selection, Specialty Services will work with you to make the best possible choice for your heating requirements.
Refrigeration
Specialty Services technicians hold EPA certified licensing for proper handling of refrigerants used in refrigeration systems. We keep pace with EPA guidelines and use of proper refrigerants in refrigeration systems.
Like air conditioning, there are a host of efficient applications to best use refrigeration equipment, such as heat recovery, staging, and alarm systems that flag a quick response from our service techs to avoid or reduce product loss.
Our other services
Maintenance Agreements
The very core of our business is contractual maintenance agreements. We pride ourselves on our very high renewal rate with our service and maintenance agreements.
Specialty Services maintains HVAC equipment that serves in excess of three million square feet of commercial space from Southern Maine to Central and Northern Maine.
Our maintenance contracts range from full coverage, covering all maintenance parts and labor, to general maintenance excluding parts and labor for breakdowns, to custom maintenance contracts that fit your facility's requirements, including critical environments that must be operational 24/7/365 and need additional attention to keep downtime to little or none.
Servicing a Cleaver Brooks boiler
at Mt. Valley High School
Filters not maintained properly
(not by Specialty Services)
Poorly maintained pump suction filter
(not by Specialty Services)
Cover off on rooftop unit
(not by Specialty Services)
Dirty refrigeration coil
(before)
Clean refrigeration coil
(after)
Emergency Boiler
Specialty Services has an emergency boiler, which can also be used while reconstructing a section of a building where heat is required.
This allows for flexibility as well as providing heat in an emergency situation.
Our installations all have taps with valves to quickly connect to the building, with the ability to run on a self-contained fuel tank and portable generator.
Mobile emergency heating unit 
Emergency boiler