Air Conditioning Civic
Civic is Canberra's commercial heart — high-rise offices, retail, and hospitality all rely on properly designed HVAC.
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What we know about Civic homes
- Commercial VRF systems
- Retail after-hours install
Air conditioning in Civic — what actually matters
Civic is Canberra's CBD — high-rise offices, hotels, retail and a growing apartment tower stack. This is almost entirely commercial HVAC territory, with a small but growing residential apartment segment.
The bulk of what we do in Civic is commercial: retail fitouts, office refurbishments, warehouse make-up air, and preventative maintenance contracts on packaged rooftop units. Residential work exists but is a small share — mostly units above shops or the handful of older houses at the edges of the precinct.
Rooftop packaged units from the early 2000s are the biggest replacement category here — most were sized on peak-load assumptions and now run inefficiently at part-load. We commonly swap them for high-efficiency VRF or multi-split cassette systems, cutting energy use by 30–45% while giving tenants zone-level control.
Around Canberra Centre and the surrounding trade streets we run scheduled maintenance contracts — quarterly filter changes, annual coil cleans, refrigerant charge checks and compliance reporting — for landlords and owner-occupiers who need HVAC uptime to keep tenants.
Typical pricing in Civic
Indicative supply-and-install ranges for standard Civic homes. Every quote is fixed after an onsite check.
| System | Range (installed) | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| Small retail cassette (5–7 kW) | $3,500–$5,500 | Ceiling cassette + install, single tenancy |
| Warehouse spot-cooling split (10–14 kW) | $5,500–$8,500 | Cassette or high-wall, staff-area cooling |
| Rooftop packaged unit replacement (20–30 kW) | $18,000–$32,000 | Like-for-like swap, crane hire included |
| VRF office fitout (per floor, ~200 m²) | $35,000–$70,000 | Zoned VRF with BMS integration |
| Preventative maintenance (annual) | $450–$2,400 | Depends on unit count and service frequency |
Case example — Civic 800 m² warehouse office fitout
Client had two failing 20 kW packaged rooftop units on a 1990s warehouse office. We replaced them with a single Daikin VRV IV heat-recovery system serving 8 indoor cassettes across two levels, plus a make-up air unit for the warehouse floor. Metered energy use dropped ~38% year-on-year, and tenants now have per-office setpoint control via touchscreen. Staged install over two weekends to keep the business running.
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