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In New York City, outbreaks of Legionnaires’ disease have become an all too common occurrence.

Examining the similarities between evaporative cooling equipment and human skin.

Tear down the walls that stop you from asking questions and gaining knowledge.

Among its buildings, Miami Valley Hospital South in Centerville, Ohio, includes a 60,000-square-foot medical office building, a state-of-the-art cancer center, and a main hospital unit.

Retrofitting a commercial HVAC system to accommodate an existing building can be challenging.

Where is the profit in ditching a ubiquitous part of good design procedure?

This expert roundtable delivers an update on the battle against hospital-acquired infections — with fronts ranging from a fundamental reporting conundrum to facility staff deployment to HVAC engineers underestimating their power to shift the course of patient outcomes.

Redundancy is a vital aspect to consider when evaluating system infrastructure on a medical campus with critical care facilities.

Proper air filtration is the primary means of reducing concentrations of the airborne bacteria that cause HAIs.

This month’s Facility File is based on a 1,000-kW cogeneration unit with hot water energy recovery to an existing health care campus process heating system and the domestic hot water heating system that serves this health care campus.