Medical Center’s HVAC Design Boasts 18 Percent Energy Savings
Design Uses Air Curtains on Entrances as well as High-Efficiency Chillers, Boilers, and Rooftop Units
MONROEVILLE, Pa. — The University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC) set out to make the new $252 million Monroeville, Pennsylvania, facility the most sustainable of its 30-hospital network. Its design team delivered a building that’s saving an estimated $350,000 to $500,000 in annual energy savings.
“Our HVAC system design exceeds ASHRAE 90.1-2004 requirements, and when combined with reduced electrical and lighting loads, it’s saving an estimated 18 percent in energy versus the standard minimum construction requirements of a standard HVAC system,” said Matthew J. Stevens, EIT, LEED AP, senior project manager, CJL Engineering, Moon Township, Pennsylvania, the project’s mechanical, electrical, and plumbing (MEP) engineering firm. Stevens and CJL’s Matthew J. Sotosky, P.E., managing partner, were members of a design team consisting of Joseph T. Badalich, corporate construction project director, UPMC; and architect Timothy Spence, AIA, LEED AP, BD+C, principal, BBH Design, Raleigh, North Carolina.