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.
Prior versions of LEED focused on commissioning the dynamic energy-consuming building systems for confirmation of successful implementation of LEED’s sustainability objectives for each project.
This month’s Facility File is based on a 1,000-kW cogeneration unit with hot water energy recovery to an existing health care campus process heating system and the domestic hot water heating system that serves this health care campus.
There was a time when HVAC consulting engineering firms had a stand-alone HVAC department with a registered professional engineer as the department head.
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.
This month’s B2B will focus on a 1,000-kW cogeneration unit with hot water energy recovery to a domestic hot water and process heating system on an existing health care campus. The pre-packaged cogeneration unit shall be located directly outside the central plant electrical room and connected to the existing electrical system.
The Distillery North Apartments in South Boston is a 28-unit complex that follows the passive house model, a building standard aimed at true energy efficiency, comfort, and affordability.