How Advanced Ventilation Can Improve Hospital Care Almost nowhere is indoor environmental quality (IEQ) more critical than in hospitals and health care

1. Advanced Ventilation Strategies for
Tampa Hospitals
Almost nowhere is indoor environmental quality (IEQ) more critical
than in hospitals and health care facilities. And, in the Tampa Bay area,
hospitals must be air conditioned. Unfortunately, the high energy cost
of air conditioning can sometimes lead to inadequate and improperly
designed systems that don’t provide enough ventilation. Since many of
the visitors to a hospital are patients who are ill, and more susceptible
than the general public to developing adverse reaction from poor IEQ,
the quality of the indoor air is paramount. Additionally, a hospital’s air
conditioning and ventilation systems can be exposed to a variety of
microbes and airborne contaminants. In the absence of the right
ventilation strategies, these illness and disease bearing pollutants can
negatively impact the health and comfort off all the hospital’s
occupants – visitors and employees – and not just the patients.
Hospitals also use materials that, if broken or improperly disposed of,
can result in the release of harmful airborne contaminants such as
mercury and dioxin. Mercury can be found in thermometers, blood
pressure cuffs, older thermostats and fluorescent lamps, and dioxin can

2. be emitted when products containing PVC, such as some IV bags and
surgical tubing, are burned.
In addition to these harmful environmental toxins, hospitals must
consider how airborne particles influence overall IEQ, since these
particles can form fine particle aerosols that transport disease-causing
microbes. Without efficient ventilation and filtration systems, a hospital
could be seriously limiting its operational safety.
Tampa Air Conditioning Service and Multiparameter Demand-
Controlled Ventilation
When investigating green – that is, sustainable and energy efficiency —
air conditioning and ventilation solutions, hospital administrators
should consider the advantages of implementing a multiparameter
demand-controlled ventilation system. This dynamic method of
ventilation senses a variety of airborne contaminants and increases the
ventilation rate to dilute and purge the affected spaces. The system
utilizes multiple sample points or sensors that are placed in various
areas of the hospital to measure contaminants in real time. Air samples
are collected from each area every few minutes and analyzed locally or
transported to a centralized sensor array for analysis.
Several hospitals have already implemented safer and more energy
efficient ventilation strategies through local air conditioning services in
Tampa. In addition to new construction, older Tampa hospitals have
retrofitted their air conditioning and ventilation systems to
accommodate a safer, more efficient approach to ventilation and
cooling.

3. What to Look for in Florida Air Conditioning Contractors
When the safety and well being of patients, visitors and staff is on the
line, Florida hospital administrators should look for air conditioning
contractors with a strong track record of working with healthcare
facilities. Specific hospital HVAC technology implementation is vital to
maintaining a secure and efficient building and only a handful of Florida
air conditioning contractors qualify to perform these services.
In addition to having experience designing, installing and maintaining
multiparameter demand-controlled ventilation systems, hospital
administrators should look for a Florida air conditioning contractor that
is:
• MSCA Green Star certified
• An Energy Star partner provider
• Has LEED accredited professionals on staff
• Has a demonstrated understanding of the relationship between
ventilation/filtration and healthcare acquired infections.
Ask your Florida air conditioning contractors for a list of both new
construction and retrofit hospital projects in their portfolio. Find out
more about how implementing a more efficient, multiparameter
demand-controlled ventilation system can improve the IEQ and overall
safety of the hospital facility.
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Hill York is the only MSCA Green Star Certified mechanical contractor
recognized by USGBC in Florida Provides Green Air Conditioning

4. Systems. We offers full-service air conditioning and energy solutions
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Facility Management. 100% of metropolitan areas, south of the I-4
corridor are serviced by a local Hill York branch office. Branches are in
the cities of Fort Lauderdale, Miami, West Palm Beach, Melbourne,
Sarasota and Tampa, and between them, cover the following counties
in South Florida: For more details visit http://www.hillyork.com
Contact Us:
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Email – Skaye@hillyork.com
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