Hospital HVAC Design

By admin | Published: September 9, 2010

Hospital HVAC DesignWhen it Comes to HVAC, Miami Hospitals Have Unique Design Considerations

The complexities and diverse nature of the Florida hospital system has made expert HVAC installation design a high priority for hospital facility managers. Providing appropriate ventilation and indoor air quality control goes beyond maintaining one Miami, Florida hospital area. A myriad of areas must be considered:

• Bed-related patient rooms
• Outpatient areas
• Laboratory areas performing diagnostic treatment functions
• Administrative areas
• Food service preparation and delivery
• Surgical rooms

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Green Data Centers

By admin | Published: September 7, 2010

GREEN DATA CENTERSThe Advantage of Installing a Liebert Computer Room Air Conditioning System in Your Florida Data Center

Proper air conditioning installation in Florida is vital to keeping your business data center running at top capacity. Thanks to the sweltering heat in Florida, business owners often see a serious energy bill hike every summer and fall due to their computer room A/C unit having to work overtime. Florida companies actually lose money trying to cool their computer room using a traditional cooling solution !

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Data Center Cooling Design

By admin | Published: September 3, 2010

Data Center Cooling Design Best Practices

If you are considering retrofitting your data center air conditioning system it’s important to understand some of the best practices regarding data center cooling design. Efficient server room design can both reduce your energy use and extend the life of your computer systems. Data center cooling design best practices are becoming more and more important as data centers expand. Less than half of energy used in data centers goes toward powering the actual equipment. The rest goes toward support systems like data center air conditioning. According to the Environmental Protection Agency, by 2020 the carbon footprint of data centers will pass that of the airline industry. The good news is that by employing some of today’s data center cooling design best practices you can cut your energy use in half.

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Server Room Environmental Monitoring

By admin | Published: August 31, 2010

Server Room Environmental Monitoring

Server room environmental monitoring is an often overlooked but important part of facilities management. If your building hosts a data center, installing a proper server room temperature monitoring system can dramatically increase your energy efficiency. There are now high tech IT sensors available that can accurately monitor server room temperature. The data from the server room environmental monitoring system can be integrated with the data center’s air handler controls through the building’s IT network. Maintaining proper temperature and humidity control is essential to the functioning of any computer room or data center. High temperatures or humidity levels can shorten the life cycle of expensive equipment and can cause downtime or even failure of critical network systems. A server room temperature monitoring system can help you to reduce your energy costs as well as avoid emergency repairs.

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Server Room Temperature Sensors

By admin | Published: August 26, 2010

The Importance of Server Room Temperature Sensors

Maintaining the appropriate server room temperature is critical to the proper functioning of a data center. However, most data centers are still using antiquated sever room cooling techniques or have not put enough effort into sever room design. This is despite the fact that sever rooms often house critical systems that can fail from overheating heating and humidity. Sever rooms in areas like Miami and West Palm Beach can be especially vulnerable. Server room cooling system specialists like Liebert have developed temperature and humidity sensors that can output data to a remote monitor. By installing server room temperature sensors that are integrated with other building systems you can drastically minimize the risk of a catastrophic incident.

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Hospital AC Units

By admin | Published: August 23, 2010

Hospital AC UnitsMaintaining Your Hospital HVAC System

Initial building costs like those associated with installing hospital air conditioning units and hospital ventilation systems can make up about 10% of total building expenses over the first 40 years. You may be surprised to learn that operational costs, like running your hospital HVAC system can account for half of total building expenses over that same period. That’s one of the reasons facilities management is so important. Poor facilities management and the lack of a comprehensive maintenance program is a major culprit for high-energy costs in hospitals. More importantly a poorly maintained hospital HVAC system can break down and threaten the health and safety of patients.

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Hospital Air Conditioning

By admin | Published: August 20, 2010

Retrofitting a Hospital Air Conditioning System

Hospital HVAC design is a complex matter to begin with. When you attempt to retrofit a hospital air conditioning system while a hospital continues to operate it becomes increasingly complicated. Special attention needs to be paid to areas where construction and renovation are taking place to ensure the health and safety of patients is not put at risk.

The new hospital design should account for potential disruptions to power and water during construction. It should also account for the presence of dust and air born contaminants that are invariably part of any renovation. Efforts need to be taken to minimize the presence of infectious contaminants that could threaten the health of patients.

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Hospital HVAC

By admin | Published: August 18, 2010

HVAC System The Importance of a Hospital HVAC System

Hospital air conditioning and hospital ventilation systems are required to meet higher standards of performance and serve a greater function than those in standard buildings. A hospital HVAC system is probably the most vital application of HVAC technology in terms of human health, comfort and safety. Hospital HVAC system design presents unique challenges due to the level of demands placed on the it, the heating and cooling loads and the requirements for dependability and hygiene. A hospital air conditioning system also has the added challenge of integrating with a number of other complex systems not present in conventional buildings. In an emergency situation having an HVAC team who understands the unique requirements of a hospital HVAC system can literally be the difference between life and death for some patients.

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Data Center Cooling

By admin | Published: August 13, 2010

Increasing the Energy Efficiency of Your Data Center Cooling System

Proper data center cooling is essential to the operation of many companies. Without the right server cooling system or data center monitoring in place you risk degradation or even failure of critical systems. The failure of your data center cooling system can represent an existential threat to a business. Sever cooling can also make up a large part of the energy expenses of your building. Using current best practices it’s possible to save 20-50% in energy costs while extending the life of your equipment. That’s why so many building owners and mangers are choosing to retrofit more energy efficient data center cooling systems with advanced data center monitoring.

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HVAC Duct Cleaning

By admin | Published: August 12, 2010

The Importance of a HVAC Duct Cleaning

Cleaning air conditioning ducts regularly can save you money by increasing the efficiency of your HVAC system. Air ducts can easily get clogged with dirt and dust or even contaminated by toxins if moisture is allowed to build up. This cannot only reduce the efficiency of your system and cost you money but put occupants at risk from poor indoor air quality (IAQ). Poor IAQ can also shorten the life of sensitive equipment like computer systems. A professional HVAC company can provide a preventative maintenance program that includes regularly scheduled air duct cleaning.

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