When Charter Springs Hospital in Ocala, Fla., experienced a compressor failure in the 30-ton A/C unit cooling one wing of the hospital, a decision was made to postpone replacing the compressor since that part of the building was empty. That was a big mistake.
According to Gil Lopez, building supervisor, “Being in Florida and the high humidity, it only took a couple of weeks for the mold and mildew to take over. It was all over the walls, the ceiling, and the space above the dropped ceiling.”