Food Prep Plant Improves IAQ And Gets Free Hot Water, Too
Summer months in the food preparation area at Hospital Food Services (HFS) of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, once resembled a steam bath more than a work area. With ovens still warm from baking, relative humidity (rh) levels typically surpassed 90% during daily washdowns.
HFS provides 16,000 lbs of finished food product daily for 140 local hospitals within the province of Ontario from its 48,000-sq-ft food processing plant. In its quest to improve employee comfort levels and reduce maintenance costs associated with high humidity, HFS enlisted the help of Ottawa-based consulting engineering firm, Clemann, Large, & Patterson (CLP), mechanical contractor, Carmichael Engineering Ltd., and indoor air quality manufacturer, Dectron Internationale (Roswell, GA).