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To Understand Health Care Design, Be A Student of Health Care Past

November 1, 2010

By Jeffrey H. Peters, P.E, LEED®, AP, MAC, C

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What if you could see into the future and see how your past health care designs might affect a facility in the future? You can; you just need to take the time to learn from the past. Or even better, learn from the past of others whose designs didn’t go quite as well as they had expected, thanks to this thoughtful interrogation from a forensic engineer.

Comprehensive Ventilation Management For Safety And Sustainability

October 1, 2010

By Larry Clark LEED® AP

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Defending against even a simple airborne attack may require a complex ventilation safety plan - or at the least, a well thought-out strategy. Sensor capabilities, sensor placement, response speed, and the general ventilation system are some of the factors that play into protecting occupants (and even property) in the case of something worse than an accident.

Better filtration, better fertility?

February 1, 2011

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New filters and a monitoring system helped the Carolina Conceptions Fertility Clinic increase its success rate. Since Carolina Conceptions Fertility Clinic opened its doors in August 2006, it has become

Solving Indoor Airborne Disease Transmission Problems

August 1, 2011

By Steven Welty LEED® ap,

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The author describes how toilet flushes aerosolize germs sending them airborne to soar around and infect their next victim(s) because bathrooms are designed backwards. Learn novel ways to control and clean bathroom air to help control airborne disease transmission problems. So feel free to hold your nose as you learn about how you can help protect people’s health within your client’s buildings.

Guest Column: Perforated Materials In High-Purity IAQ Applications

July 1, 2011

By Shawn Windley

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Nowhere is the quality of indoor IAQ more important than in the operating room (OR) of a hospital.

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Low-speed fans team with UV light to improve IAQ at Rwandan hospital

July 1, 2011

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Low-speed fans provide needed ach at this remote mountain hospital. All buildings, regardless of age, are susceptible to IAQ deficiencies. Chemical exposure from new construction, tight building envelopes, and humidity

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Campus unclogs coils, frees up funds

September 6, 2011

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“Too warm.” “Too stuffy.” “Not enough airflow.” These were just a few of the countless complaints that facilities managers of the Basic Medical Science Building at the University of New Mexico were receiving on a regular basis.

Cooling The Classics

November 1, 2011

By Kurt A. Karnatz, P.E., CEM, LEED, AP and Jose L. Orta, M.E.

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University of Chicago has combined an underground library with a domed reading room. Throw in a restoration room for work on rare and sensitive materials, and you have a three-tiered engineering challenge for ventilation, humidification, dehumidification, and filtration.

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