Sharply increasing maintenance costs are part of reality for any aging hospital building. New regulations, mandates, and environmental guidelines, along with unplanned maintenance costs can put a severe strain on an already tight hospital budget. These increased costs make it difficult to provide a comfortable, attractive, and safe healing environment. Updating an aging infrastructure is critical to the long-term success of many hospitals.
Due to tightened budgets, the facility department was unable to properly address recurring comfort complaints from several areas of the hospital. Trane met with the hospital staff and learned of their specific issues.