Pavel Likhonin is a project manager and senior mechanical engineer in the Raleigh, NC, office of Dewberry. He is active in ASHRAE and a member of the national ASHRAE Technical Committee 9.6 Health Care HVAC and the S-170 Committee on Ventilation in Health Care. He is currently leading the effort to rewrite a chapter on Health Care HVAC for the ASHRAE Handbook — Applications as a TC9.6 Handbook Subcommittee vice chair. He holds a bachelor’s degree and a master’s degree in architectural engineering from Penn State University.
HVAC systems provide comfort and quality air for patients, staff, and visitors in hospitals. Comfort is generally determined by temperature, humidity, and air speed.
