Hospitals and healthcare facilities use a variety of heating, ventilation, and air-conditioning (HVAC) equipment for a wide range of applications. Here, in our latest technical guidance article, presented in a ‘Question and Answer’-type format, Adam Spolnik, director, and Richard Metcalfe, sales director, of temperature control specialist, ICS Cool Energy, focus on some of the key priorities, maintenance-wise, to get the optimum performance from chillers and HVAC components, and identify the units that perform best for particular healthcare applications.
They also consider how careful stewardship and proper maintenance of such equipment can help cut carbon footprint, and highlight some of the key regulations that estates teams operating such plant need to ensure they are familiar with.
Where are the particular ‘niche’ areas for HVAC equipment and chillers used in hospitals and other healthcare applications?
Adam Spolnik: “HVAC equipment and chillers are used in healthcare for a multitude of applications to fit various design criteria – apart from the obvious need for human comfort. Operating theatres and ‘spaces’ incorporating laboratory equipment are probably the two principal areas where healthcare facilities have niche requirements for cooling equipment. Each application requires a different machine; for example, MRI and CT scanners tend to use individually processed chillers that support the machines, whereas heating, ventilating, and cooling equipment ensure comfort, and maintain stipulated temperatures, in operating theatres.”
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