Over the past two-and-a-half years, the COVID-19 pandemic has pointed out the glaring need to modernize health care infrastructure across the country. All throughout the U.S., many of the existing boiler rooms in health care facilities are 50-plus-years old. The sustainability pressures from inside and outside constituents drive the need to reduce carbon and deliver a far greater level of fuel economy. Many health care organizations are looking for innovative ways to become totally energy independent.
This need is especially prevalent in the government health care space. Many of the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) facilities are in desperate shape and require a total overhaul of boiler room operations. The ability to remain a functioning health care operation while going through a total overhaul of their campus infrastructure remains a challenge. This requires considerable planning and insight combined with coordination of outside partners — engineering and specifying firms, building companies, and manufacturers of products vital to the operation of a boiler room. The ability to bring these parties together to operate as one seamless team is paramount to achieving success.