Articles Tagged with ''Hospital HVAC''

It’s important for HVAC contracting companies to recognize the people side of the business when entering into agreements with such institutions. Understanding and coveting the value of relationships is an essential element of a lasting and successful partnership with hospital clients.

From building automation systems, chillers, compressors, temperature control valves, and more, here’s a look at some of the equipment commercial contractors working in this sector may want to consider.

They say everything is bigger in Texas, and that phrase certainly applies to the Texas Medical Center (TMC) in Houston. All of the TMC institutions share a critical need for reliable cooling, and many of them are supported by the Thermal Energy Corp. (TECO).

CES’s charitable tournaments have raised $109,000 benefiting the Florida Hospital Cancer Institute, the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation, the Golden Rule Foundation, Kid’s House of Seminole, and the American Red Cross.

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. 

Contractors who work in this market must be especially careful to keep up to date on changing requirements if they are to successfully navigate the complex system of regulatory compliance.

ASHRAE's newly published manual is based on the guidelines in Standard 170 and provides design recommendations for health care facilities with an emphasis on proven, cost-effective solutions that result in reduced infections, lower maintenance, and higher reliability.

Johns Hopkins Hospital has completed a massive $1.1 billion expansion project that included the construction of two 12-story towers. SMACNA contractor United Sheet Metal Inc. (USM), Capitol Heights, Md., used four million pounds of galvanized and stainless steel sheet metal for the HVAC systems.