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Kindred
Hospital/Melbourne,
Florida
Design-Build Team
Architect
Array Healthcare/Boca Raton, Florida
Constructor
McCarthy/St. Louis, Missouri
Owner
Kindred Healthcare/Louisville, Kentucky
Size/Cost
60,000 sf/$17 million
TLC Services
MEP/FP/S
Flexibility,
ease of maintenance and energy efficiency were the design
goals for the new 60-bed hospital. Individual controls
in the resident rooms allow the patients to adjust the
temperature to their comfort level. The air handling units
throughout the building are equipped with high-efficiency
filters to maintain air quality. Electronic building controls
allow the maintenance staff to monitor the functioning
and efficiency of the systems. The hospital’s two
operating rooms are served by an air handling unit equipped
with a heat wheel that dries the air. This energy-efficient
design allows the temperature in the OR’s to achieve
60 degrees Fahrenheit without the need for a booster chiller.
Occupancy sensors in the rooms feature an unoccupied mode
whereby the air flow is reduced to code minimum, pressure
is maintained by a pressure monitor, and the temperature
is reset to improve energy savings.The hospital is designed
to remain operational for at least four days in the event
of an electrical blackout. |
