SW Test

Register for free today - complete access to ESmagazine.com!
Full access to your favorite ESmagazine.com content including premium features, exclusives and more.

Most Popular Stories

CABA completes "Smart Grid Impact on Intelligent Buildings" study

Vaisala announces Humidity 201 seminar series for U.S. and Canada

Uponor’s Devin Abellon named ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer

JCI joins city for Milwaukee Energy Efficiency launch

Tridium honors inaugural Spirit Award winners at Niagara Summit

Most Emailed Stories

Pumping and Flow Controls in Geothermal Heat Pump Systems

Exhausting The Possibilities (July 2000)

Enhanced Laboratory HVAC Systems

Behind The Change In ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170

Commissioning: Equipment Startup And Commissioning

Let's Get Rid Of The One-Year Warranty Phase

Failed BAS: Unexpected and Unknown Results

Fan terminals elevate raised-floor office project

Recent Discussion

- IAQ: Florida's Teachable Moment

Response to Peter - Innovation in Renovation: A Hunt for Gold

Field Specialist - Innovation in Renovation: A Hunt for Gold

- Yazaki Energy Systems, Inc.

Senior Commissioning Specialist - VAV Box Flow Settings

Print & Digital Edition Subscriptions

E-Newsletters

Online Registration

Subscription Customer Service

Home » Health Care

Health Care
Health Care RSS FeedSubscribe

motor

Consultant Appreciation Day

March 26, 2012
Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E.
0 Comments
How about some learning, lunch, and leisure at the client’s place?
Read More
health care icon

The Green Pages

October 31, 2011
Compiled by ES Staff
0 Comments
Where do health care facilities looking to up their sustainability profile start? Here, we shine a light on expected sites and some lesser-known resources. Archived video from conferences, toolkits for benchmarking, assessing a facility for CHP, general design guides, and even primers for executives looking to get the ball rolling … ideas and tips for good design and operations run a lot deeper than LEED®.
Read More
Healthcare

Better Project Delivery: Health Care Infrastructure Projects

July 01, 2011
Howard McKew, P.E., C.P.E.
0 Comments
Here, our long-time forward-thinking columnist uses a common hospital scenario to walk you through the shift from Design-Bid-Build to an Integrated Project Delivery approach. See how the job can get done with similar personnel on a considerably shorter schedule, resulting in a greater team investment in the project’s success and yet more time to get on to other work.
Read More
IAQ

Guest Column: Perforated Materials In High-Purity IAQ Applications

July 01, 2011
Shawn Windley
0 Comments
Nowhere is the quality of indoor IAQ more important than in the operating room (OR) of a hospital.
Read More
Life Safety

Plenum Requirements For Egress Corridors In Health Care Environments

July 01, 2011
Robert Trotter CBO, CFM
0 Comments
Incorporating a plenum can have its design advantages, but corridors serving adjoining areas of health care occupancies are prohibited from being used for a portion of an air supply, air return, or exhaust air plenum. This article and its illustrations can strengthen your grasp of the related NFPA code details and exceptions so you can design and ventilate properly for this special population.
Read More
Case In Point

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

July 01, 2011
0 Comments
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
Read More

MIURA - Rebuilding After The Flood

April 05, 2011
0 Comments
Low emissions, footprint help hospital make strides
Read More

Commissioning Of Mission Critical Installation

April 01, 2011
Michael Feyler and Jason Peterson
0 Comments
Most of us think of data centers when we think “mission critical,” but the category goes into financial and health sectors as well. These five phases of commissioning can provide some additional peace of mind about performance, no matter which type of critical mission is at stake.
Read More

Behind The Change In ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170

February 01, 2011
Judene Bartley MS, MPH, C and Russ Olmsted MPH, CIC
0 Comments
Review the work that engineers and clinicians put into creating an amendment to the standard for relative humidity in the operating room and other spaces. The goal was to see whether it was possible to adjust rh thresholds without affecting patient health, but the associated potential equipment savings may make facility budget directors feel the best of all.
Read More

Hospital heeds second opinion on boilers for central energy plant

January 01, 2011
0 Comments
New dual-fuel boilers help save this Alabama hospital 35% to 50% in fuel costs annually.The recently completed Shelby Baptist Medical Center (SBMC) $94 million South Tower Project in Alabaster, AL,
Read More

Multimedia

Videos

Image Galleries

Manhattan's Cooper Union

ES Gallery: Snapshots & Systems

Check out highlights from projects featured in our magazine this year!
10/18/11 2:00 PM EDT

Econet - Where Renewable and Recoverable Energy Unite

Engineered SystemsON-DEMAND: We will be discussing a new, innovative system, which is more reliable and efficient than current AHU systems. Heating, cooling and heat recovery are integrated into a common circuit. The result is a shorter and more compact ventilation unit, with less pressure loss.

THE MAGAZINE

Engineered Systems Magazine

Engineered Systems May 2012 Cover

2012 May

Check out the May 2012 edition of Engineered Systems
TABLE OF CONTENTS SUBSCRIBE

Opinions

More ES online-exclusive options could include more podcasts from Howard McKew, short new-product videos, and guest bloggers. Which do you think you would use regularly?
See Poll Results Poll Archive

THE ENGINEERED SYSTEMS STORE

The_Green_Energy_Management
The Green Energy Management Book

Learn from our experts how to evaluate job opportunities, market your services, sell a Walk-through Survey, target areas for an Energy Audit, calculate energy savings, do retrofit work, and win continuing contracts for retrofit work.

More Products

Clear Seas Research

Clear Seas Research ImageWith access to over one million professionals and more than 60 industry-specific publications,Clear Seas Research offers relevant insights from those who know your industry best. Let us customize a market research solution that exceeds your marketing goals.

Tomorrow's Environment Podcast

This series from longtime columnist and chronic forward-thinker Howard McKew covers a lot of ground -- from retrocommissioning to systems training, on toward checklists for drawings and tips for meeting minutes. Click HERE to be taken to the podcast page!

STAY CONNECTED

Facebook Twitter