Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Hospital Design
1-Complex .
2-Unique.
3-Hospital = City
Planning:
• High Design cooling Load demand 10 to 18 m2 / Ton vs 25 to 35 m2 / Ton for similar institutional
buildings.
• High Energy Usage estimated > 450 kwh / year / m2 as compared to 309 kwh / year / m2 in USA .
• High capital cost of A/C system running at US$ 7,000 to US$ 9,000 / Ton of cooling.
• Large and long extensive air side duct work with extensive air purification and treatment.
• Sensible heat recovery only for fresh air and exhaust air stream in the most humid area in the
world leading to high internal humidity and high energy consumption (75 to 80 BTU/Hr / CFM).
• Extensive use of VAV boxes and electric re-heat with high capital and operating cost with possible
cold and noisy air draft and may requires maintenance in the inpatient room area.
• Extensive use of Filtration MERV 7 & 14 as well as HEPA filter, UV light, etc. requiring extensive
capital and replacement cost as well as fan energy.
Typical GCC Hospital Real Energy Consumption
0
Apr-2014 May-2014 Jun-2014 Jul-2014 Aug-2014 Sep-2014 Oct-2014 Nov-2014 Dec-2014 Jan-2015 Feb-2015 Mar-2015
25,006
Design cooling load: 25,006 Ton 30,000 20,502
Capacity (Ton)
Actual Peak cooling Load: 20,502 Ton
Average Annual Load: 8,696 Ton 20,000
Estimated Peak Load
Estimated FLH: 3,716 (Ton-Hr / Peak Load Ton) (Ton)
10,000
The Estimated Peak Load is 82% of the total Design
capacity.
0
Hospital Facilities HVAC Requirements
ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170 & FGI Guideline for Hospital Ventilation
•Underfloor and wall Radiant Cooling for all spaces including patient rooms
allowing major reduction in Chilled water plant (14OC LCHW temp.) No Air
Movement, Filtration and Zero Fan power.
•Increased fresh air (4 ACH) and Elimination of all recirculating air improving
indoor air quality and substantially reducing duct work and fan power.
•Introducing the zero cross contamination and zero air contact liquid desiccant
heat recovery between Fresh air and exhaust air streams with total heat
recovery reducing input energy to < 40 BTU / HR / CFM.
•Eliminating all Energy wasting Reheat need for VAV boxes.
•Reducing Capital and operating Energy cost.
•Simplifying Maintenance and reducing parts and labor replacement cost.
Ventilation Requirements
Group D Group E
Filtration Requirements
• Filtration:
All of the air provided to a space shall be filtered
in accordance with Table 6.4 except for spaces
that allow recirculating HVAC room units. MERV 7 MERV 14
Inpatient Care:
Upstream filter Bank
No.1 MERV 7, Filter Bank No. 2 MERV 14
Optional Downstream filter Bank (Used)
ULPA, HEPA Filter & UV Light
UV Light
HEPA
Filter ULPA
Filter
HVAC Requirements
• Space Ventilation:
This Standard shows minimum ventilation requirements for control of environmental comfort,
asepsis and odor in health care facilities.
Spaces shall be ventilated according to Table 7.1
Double Heat Recovery Fresh Air with ULPA / HEPA Filters
Exceptionally approved by Dubai Municipality
HEPA Filter
Capture 0.3 Microns
most bacterias
The New Approach Benefits
Heat Recovery where & How?
Advantages
Better indoor air quality, control and < 5% of the fan energy that would otherwise be
zoning of the system while keeping necessary for the same amount of thermal energy
comfort conditions
30-35 W/𝑚𝑚2
3D Model of Typical Patient Room
Typical current HVAC System with VAV box Proposed Radiant cooling with dedicated
& 6 ACH as min FA & 11.4 ACH as design Fresh Air & 4 ACH as FA
Capex & Opex Comparison
Annual Operating Cost: US $ 1,871 / Room Annual Operating Cost: US $ 659 / Room
Use of Fan Coil units (FCU) in Hospitals
Inpatient rooms should be prohibited
- ASHRAE Standard 170-2017 requires MERV 7 (50mm thick as min.) upstream and Merv
14 (Bag filter) downstream for all inpatient rooms and although Dubai Health Care
authority (DHA Part E) discourage the use of fan coil units.
- Most hospitals in GCC use standard FCU units in patients’ rooms with standard 1”
cleanable filter MERV 6 that gives them a substantial cost advantage as compared to
AHU with proper filtration and VAV unit for each room.
• The filters housing shall be durable and shall provide airtight fit via proper gaskets to
stop any bypass of air.
ASHRAE Standard 170 -2017 Ventilation of health Care Facilities – Filtration Requirement
Standard 52.2-2017, Method of Testing General Ventilation Air-Cleaning
Converting standard Patient Room
into an
Isolation Room
In the event of pandemic
Converting standard Patient Room into an Isolation Room In the event of pandemic
• Most Private hospitals have one or two isolation rooms as per the pre-
pandemic regulations.
• A standard patient room has minimum fresh air of 2 ACH and minimum
total circulating air of 4 ACH. Room pressure is neutral
• An airborne infection isolation room type AII intended for room has
minimum fresh air of 2 ACH and minimum total circulating air of 12 ACH.
AII room require negative pressure of -30 pa and exhaust air extracted
directly to outside via an Hepa filter to stop any virus or bacteria spread
out of the room.
• The Extracted air from the toilet od f standard room need to be modified
and isolated from central exhaust and redirected via a temporary duct
work directly to an HEPA filter & then directly to outside. The portable unit
should be located in the room as close as possible o the patient bed but
not to obstruct the patient or medical staff circulation.
33 m2 Patient Room
FCU Min Air Flow
400 m3/Hr (4 ACH)
Neutral
Pressure
Transfer FRESH AIR Transfer FRESH AIR
From Adjacent FRESH AIR From Adjacent
FRESH AIR
Zones Min Air Flow Min Air Flow
Zones
200 m3/Hr (2 ACH) 200 m3/Hr (2 ACH)
Differential
Pressure Control
Heavy duty plastic
curtain
33 m2 Isolation
Room
FCU Min Air Flow
400 m3/Hr (4 ACH)+
Portable HEPA Air Filter
800 m3/Hr (8 ACH
Negative
Negative
Pressure
Pressure EXHAUST AIR
Directly to outdoor
after filtering via
HEPA
Selected Hospital experience
AL AIN HOSPITAL
28
Al Ain Hospital
Al-Ain Hospital is a 600 Bed Hosp. that consists of the following buildings:
• Main Hospital Building
• Rehabilitation Building
• Administration
• Kinder Garden
• Mosque
• Logistic Center
• Utility Center
• Morgue
Al Ain Hospital
Noncompliance with the local and international codes for health care facilities.
1. Large number of areas are being provided by FCU’s for cooling which is not allowed by the healthcare
standards such as Operation Theaters.
2. Fresh Air quantities provided and the pressurization system is not valid in many areas and not as per the
health care standards.
3. Drainage and water supply pipe sizes are mostly incorrect and don’t follow the design standards.
Solution adopted to solve the problems denoted above, this includes the following:
1. Preparing detailed calculations related to the above mentioned services, as per the latest local and
international health care standards.
2. Markup the drawings highlighting the correct pipes and ducts sizes, and highlighting the missing fixtures
and/or equipment while proposing their connections.
3. Preparing schedules of equipment reflecting the correct parameters as per the design procedures.
30
Al Ain Hospital
31
Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi
32
Cleveland Hospital, Abu Dhabi
Designed and supervised the 80,000 Ton Chiller plant with 20 MW standby power Generation Feeding the Hospital via
25,000 Ton Energy Transfer Stations.
33
Labour village, Mussafah Abu Dhabi
34
NMC Hospital Al Nahda Re-design
35
NMC Hospital Al Ain Re-design
36
Labour village, Mussafah Abu Dhabi
37
Sample Value Engineering Utility Building
Project - 2016
Khalifa Energy Centre
Doha, Qatar
• Hospitals are energy consumption monsters consuming 300 to 400 kWh / m2 / Year
almost double of hotels and quadruple of residences.
kWh / m2 / 2
kWh / m /
2
kWh / m / kWh / m /
2
kWh / Yr kWh kWh
Year Year Year Year
2016 3,249,205 177 227 2,168,825 1,301,295 295 379
2017 3,694,992 201 259 2,515,970 1,509,582 338 435
2018 3,849,436 210 269 2,452,002 1,471,201 343 441
www.dcproeng.com
gberbari@dcproeng.com