This month’s Facility File focuses on retrofitting a hospital’s patient floor with the addition of one fan-powered HEPA filter unit per patient room on a 30-patient room floor. The Facility File will focus on the B2B September test to improve the room air-purification environment and to trap particles that are 0.3 microns or larger.

What are engineers making time to read? Here is the five-item punch list of the most popular news articles, features, and columns at ESmagazine.com.

This article describes the remodeling of a hospital kitchen in which workers experienced high temperature and humidity levels as well as turbulent airflows most of the year.

Designing a hospital or outpatient medical facility can be challenging with the need to adhere to multiple codes and guidelines, equipment coordination, and the possibility of problems beyond occupant comfort.

Back in 1997, when Greenwich Hospital in Greenwich, Connecticut, broke ground on a new building, the plan was to build it in two phases, a concept that meant rethinking the installation of two very large steam boilers.

Among its buildings, Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio, includes a 60,000-square-foot medical office building, a state-of-the-art cancer center, and a main hospital unit.

Retrofitting a commercial HVAC system to accommodate an existing building can be challenging.

This expert roundtable delivers an update on the battle against hospital-acquired infections — with fronts ranging from a fundamental reporting conundrum to facility staff deployment to HVAC engineers underestimating their power to shift the course of patient outcomes.

Proper air filtration is the primary means of reducing concentrations of the airborne bacteria that cause HAIs.

Patients shouldn’t get sick when they visit a medical facility. The good news is HAIs are preventable.