Ventilation and IAQ

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At Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, the mission was an air handling overhaul without interrupting the usual delivery of care. The project team delivered a safer, upgraded environment via a new desiccant system, air handlers, increased flexibility in the surgical suites, and more.

Air changes in some but not all spaces, duct liner here but not necessarily there, rooftop unit requirements … do the rounds and get a feel for the current condition of ASHRAE Standard 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities.

Personnel, common practices, and pathogen behavior all complicate the battle against hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).

On all projects, the need to provide reliability, accuracy, and safety need to be carefully considered as part of the overall design, but when we start looking at critical environments, these requirements become paramount in the design process.

When the school board and town government of Bourne, MA, saw the unusually high utility bills for Bournedale Elementary School, they knew something had to be done.

Airside economizers are simple, effective systems that significantly reduce cooling energy use and improve indoor air quality.

Since opening in November 1929, Northrop Auditorium has served the University of Minnesota as a venue for music, dance, traveling roadshows, and convocations in its auditorium.

VAV terminal units have been widely used for space comfort conditioning over the last 30 plus years.

Hospital infections and the toll they can take have been on our radar for a while now, thanks largely to Howie McKew championing the issue.

In this digital age, open outcry trading floors have all but been replaced with electronic trading platforms