Currently on track to become the nation’s first certified Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver hospital, the new $754-million Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital and Eskenazi Health campus in Indianapolis places a considerable emphasis on green design. One of the project team’s foremost sustainable design goals was for the facility’s mechanical system to meet ASHRAE 90.1 requirements, while providing the highest indoor environmental quality for patients.
An integral component of this strategy was properly sealing the ductwork of the HVAC system and covering all of it with fiberglass duct wrap. Alloyd Insulation Co. Inc., Dayton, Ohio, was contracted to install the pipe insulation and duct insulation for the 1.3 million-square-foot, 11-story hospital, and the galvanized steel ductwork was fabricated by Bright Sheet Metal Co. Inc., Indianapolis.