HVAC Solutions for Schools
Individualized comfort solution systems for room-by-room control
Classroom Preferred™ for School HVAC Systems
Interior and Exterior HVAC Systems Designed to Support Students and Staff
Creating comfortable, healthy learning environments requires HVAC systems designed specifically for the unique demands of educational facilities. With Bard Manufacturing, students and staff can breathe easily.
Bard pioneered the concept of single, separate comfort systems serving individual classrooms by providing each space with the independent climate control it requires. Our non-invasive indoor or outdoor comfort systems offer significant energy savings with patented ventilation packages and quiet operation, making the classroom a safe and comfortable space for learning.
HVAC Systems Designed to Address the Challenges Facing Today's Schools
School facilities face a variety of HVAC challenges that make it difficult to provide classrooms with conditions conducive to learning. Aging buildings, evolving indoor air quality expectations, varying classroom occupancy, and ongoing maintenance demands all place pressure on facility teams and administrators.
Whether upgrading existing classrooms, renovating aging buildings, or planning new construction projects, Bard offers HVAC solutions designed specifically for educational environments, giving schools multiple approaches to create comfortable conditions and meet their facility goals.
Invisible Climate Control
The Bard I-TEC units blend into classroom settings with several high-quality color options or graphic covers and increases usable school square footage by eliminating equipment rooms. The exterior mounted units provide the same quality, dependability, and quiet operation from outside the classroom.
We work with architects to fit the design within budget constraints by eliminating piping, duct-work, and fire dampers while significantly reducing installation time.
Precision Comfort
Bard's precision systems can be designed for the needs of each classroom while eliminating costly and complicated central systems. Bard comfort systems provide ventilation, temperature, and humidity control with high efficiency and quiet operation.
Bard systems include highly efficient ECM indoor blower motors, and most applications can accept MERV 13 filters, recommended for added filtration of virus sized particles. A stand-alone, DDC-compatible commercial controls platform is available with customized operation within pre-set parameters established by the school’s maintenance director.
Keep Budgets in Line
Schools operate on lean budgets. To stay within your HVAC funding parameters, you need high performance, affordable installation, and low operating costs.
With Bard, you get all three. Our systems blend seamlessly into classroom environments and lower your maintenance costs, up-front investment, and long-term costs while adding durability and reliability. Plus, Bard equipment allows you to add air conditioning and heating without modifying the existing building, making installation even more cost-effective.
Designed for Easy Installation and Maintenance
Bard designs equipment with easily accessible components for service and control. Compared with typical roof-mounted equipment, our vertical package units eliminate risks associated with roof penetrations and significantly simplify accessibility and maintenance.
Bard systems control temperature, ventilation and humidity with smart options such as air-source air conditioners and heat pumps, water-source heat pumps and gas-electric equipment.
Bard Comfort Flex™ for Schools: Variable Speed Wall-Mounts with Inverter Technology
Schools deserve innovative HVAC technologies that provide flexibility while supporting long-term facility objectives. The Bard Comfort Flex™ product line expands the options available to educational facilities by providing an inverter-based solution designed for school applications.
Bard Comfort Flex delivers maximum energy efficiency, precise comfort control, and high filtration capabilities for schools. By leveraging inverter technology, schools can invest in units that make small, smooth system adjustments based on capacity to support quiet, comfortable rooms while consuming less energy.
Interior and Exterior HVAC Units Fit for Schools
Bard Classroom Preferred HVAC systems provides four HVAC product families purpose-built for schools: the Comfort Flex, I-TEC, Q-TEC, and Wall-Mount. Each family has its advantages and unique features, while they all provide quiet comfort, smart design features, durable construction, and generous warranties.
Bard Comfort Flex™ Heat Pump
Variable speed with inverter technology. True capacity control is based on cooling and heating demand providing occupants with a comfortable, quiet, and energy-efficient indoor environment.
Bard Comfort Flex™ Interior Heat Pump
A variable speed with inverter technology interior solution exceeding the strictest classroom sound requirements.
I-Tec
The I-TEC series provides superior indoor air quality and the ultimate in quiet operation. Vented above the sill at window level.
Q-Tec
The Q-TEC series is a more budget-friendly system that offers high-end features.
Wall-Mounts
Self-contained energy-efficient heating and cooling systems designed to offer maximum indoor comfort, quiet operation and a variety of factory and field installed accessories to meet specific needs.
Supporting Students and Staff, One School at a Time
Bard delivers innovative climate control solutions for schools across the country, including older buildings with aging, inefficient HVAC systems. When Lee County Public Schools (LCPS) needed to update their systems, Bard replaced outdated coal boiler-powered heating systems with noninvasive wall-mounts.
Faculty and staff immediately felt the difference throughout the district, with more than 3,000 students and faculty enjoying precision comfort in each classroom while administrators noticed a dramatic improvement in morale, ease of maintenance, and energy efficiency.
"It is almost impossible to set one temperature for an entire building and keep everyone happy--but when you can control the temperature room by room, it becomes a lot easier." – Stacey B. Assistant Superintendent, LCPS
"Since installing the Bard system, our chronic absenteeism has been reduced by 50%. I believe the improved air quality has everything to do with that." – Kellie Principal, St. Charles Elementary School, LCPS
"The Bard units fit easily into existing window spaces and you wouldn't know that they weren't a part of the original building--they look wonderful." – Brian D., LCPS Superintendent
"I was amazed by how well-built the Bard units are, they do NOT cut corners--and the bracket design made installation so simple." – Kenny D. HVAC Installer
Frequently Asked Questions About School HVAC Systems
Yes. Bard offers both interior and exterior wall-mount HVAC solutions for schools, allowing education facilities to select equipment that aligns with their facility requirements and project objectives.
Schools often evaluate HVAC systems based on their ability to provide comfortable classroom environments for students, teachers, and staff while supporting broader facility goals. Bard Classroom Preferred units are purpose-built to provide each space with the independent climate control required to support student performance.
Many schools plan HVAC projects around academic schedules and facility operations to reduce disruptions to classrooms and daily activities. Bard factory-packaged, decentralized HVAC systems give schools the flexibility to break up larger retrofits throughout the school year.
Case Studies: Educational Facilities
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Whether you're planning a renovation, evaluating replacement equipment, or exploring HVAC options for a new school project, your local Bard representative can help connect you with the right resources and solutions.