Please join us for the ASHRAE Houston May meeting hosted at the downtown AIA office.  ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer Dave Schurk will be presenting "Keeping Doc's Cool, Dry, & Happy... Can I do it with what I've got?"

Many times, healthcare facility professionals have “inherited” older HVAC systems which were installed in their hospital at the time of its original construction. These systems may be incapable of delivering the critical level of environmental control necessary in today’s ever demanding patient care model. This technical session will give these professionals a fundamental understanding of the basic principles that must be considered in order to properly control their hospital operating room (OR). It will establish how temperature and humidity interact to create a satisfying and productive healthcare environment and provide information to assist the healthcare facility professional in analyzing a hospital OR when troubleshooting the space due to problems. Various HVAC retrofit scenarios to remedy ailing OR’s will also be discussed.

During this technical presentation you can expect...

• Exploration of the fundamentals of various HVAC system types serving hospital OR’s, including traditional chilled water, DX split systems, low temp glycol chillers, and both solid and
  liquid desiccant dehumidification units.
• Learn how minimum code and compliance requirements for temperature and relative humidly align within the real-world operational capabilities of legacy HVAC systems installed in many existing hospital facilities.
• Recognize the limitation of traditional HVAC systems delivering 42°F CWT, and why they may “miss the mark” when trying to produce the desired OR environment.
• Understand what surgeons really mean when they insist that the OR be made colder and what issues may arise when attempting to satisfy their demands.
• Identify various HVAC system retrofit scenarios to remedy ailing ORs.

About the speaker...

David Schurk DES., CEM., LEED-AP., CDSM., CWEP., SFP., CIAQM., HCCC., and ASHRAE Distinguished Lecturer is Director-Healthcare and Applied Engineering Markets for Global Plasma Solution in Charlotte, NC. He has over 38-years of experience in the design and analysis of heating, ventilating, and air-conditioning systems for a variety of market sectors, with a special focus on healthcare and aerospace environmental control and air quality.