HVAC
Upgrading IAQ Systems Without Compromising Energy Efficiency
Improving air quality should not interfere with sustainability goals.
11/1/2022

Air-Balancing Compliance for Critical Spaces
Healthcare facilities that have the most trouble-free compliance inspections are those that retain a testing, adjusting and balancing agency to measure and audit systems annually.
10/21/2022

Legionella Prevention in Cooling Tower Systems
With the support of a team of experts, managers can effectively prevent, detect and respond to positive Legionella tests.
9/28/2022

How to Improve Indoor Air Quality on a Budget
There is a way that managers can improve indoor air quality while reducing energy use.
9/14/2022

Green Measures Benefit Students' Air Quality
Air purifiers in classrooms reduced indoor pollution concentrations by up to 57 percent.
9/9/2022

Demand for HVAC Controls Drives Building Automation Market
The global building automation and controls market is expected to grow 11.3 percent by 2030.
8/22/2022

Healthcare Facilities Revisit Indoor Air Quality as COVID Cases Rise
Faced with limited options, managers are investigating ultraviolet systems to help prevent the spread of COVID-19.
6/29/2022

Hospitals Face Major Environmental Services Challenges
Survey provides overview of the strengths and challenges associated with healthcare environmental hygiene practices in healthcare facilities.
6/3/2022

How HVAC Codes Must Adapt to Ever-Changing Science
Many hospitals are over-ventilating indoor spaces, resulting in wasted energy and dollars
4/5/2022

White House Cites Role of Ventilation in COVID-19 Fight
International experts have advocated respirator use and enhanced ventilation systems in stopping the spread of the coronavirus.
4/4/2022

The Crucial Role of Hospital Filtration and Ventilation Systems
Systems are critical in providing safe and comfortable environment for patients and staff throughout facility.
3/29/2022

Overhead Ventilation Is IAQ Culprit: Study
When overhead vents supply heated air, occupants might be exposed to respiratory aerosols more than if same room were well-mixed
9/27/2021

ASHRAE Updates Ventilation Standard for Healthcare Facilities
Changes include expanded requirements to allow airborne infectious isolation room exhaust discharge to general exhaust under certain conditions
9/13/2021

Nursing Homes Wrestle with Climate Change, HVAC Demands
For Washington’s long-term care facilities, recent heatwave underscored growing need for air conditioning
7/13/2021

Wanted: A 21st Century IAQ Strategy
Managers need to consider holistic integrated IAQ solution that uses complementary technologies
6/23/2021

HEPA Purifiers Can Reduce Airborne COVID-19: Researcher
Air purifiers could benefit hospitals where aerosol-generating procedures occur
6/15/2021

Ranking Risks: Ventilation and Infection Control
Risk-ranking each space in facilities with required temperature, pressure and humidity will guide testing procedures
6/2/2021

ASHRAE, UV Group Partner on Research, Standards
ASHRAE, IUVA will cooperate to promote advancement of emerging research and technologies
5/14/2021

ASHRAE Updates Healthcare Facilities Ventilation Standard
Standard offers guidance, regulation, and mandates to designers of healthcare facilities
5/13/2021

Mold Case Against Seattle Hospital Advances
Public health documents relate to Aspergillus mold infections at Seattle Children’s hospital
5/7/2021

Flexibility Key for Future HVAC System Design
COVID-19 can spread via aerosol transmission, so controlling airflows is critical
5/3/2021

Managing Ventilation To Prevent Airborne Illnesses
Management plan can help managers maintain compliance with applicable accreditation, licensure and regulatory standards
4/8/2021

ASHRAE Clarifies Buildings’ Role in COVID-19
Statement offers updated, unequivocal statement on airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 in buildings
4/7/2021

Hospital Ventilation in the COVID-19 Era
ASHRAE Standard 170 survived pandemic and is ready for next edition
4/6/2021

Case Study: Using Germicidal UV-C to Mitigate COVID-19
Chicago’s Loyola University Medical Center installed UV-C lamps in HVAC systems
4/1/2021

Guidance Targets HVAC Controls in Healthcare
Resource fills a knowledge gap in a field with no definitive recommendations for environmental controls
3/22/2021

More Patients Join Lawsuit Over Mold in Hospital
Since 2001, at least 14 young patients claim to have been infected by Aspergillus mold
3/10/2021

Scrutiny Mounts on HVAC-COVID-19 Connection
Former OSHA head says employers not taking adequate measures to address real COVID-19 risks in workplaces
3/3/2021

Resource Targets HVAC Controls and COVID-19
No definitive recommendations exist for environmental controls when handling COVID-19 patients
2/23/2021

Refrigeration Breakdown Prompts Vaccine Scramble
Freezer storing 1,650 doses of the clinics’ COVID-19 vaccines stopped working
2/5/2021
