Reducing Energy Use Without Compromising Care: Rethinking Hospital Air Filtration
Hospitals spend more on air filtration energy costs than most facility managers realize.
Learn how to cut those costs without putting patients at risk.
Clean improves patient outcomes. In hospitals, air quality affects recovery times, infection rates, operating room safety, and staff health. Air quality experts from global air filter manufacturer Camfil have put together an educational guide for facilities managers who want to improve hospital air quality while also cutting energy costs.
A recent blog published by Camfil, “Life Cycle Cost & Sustainability of Air Filtration in Hospitals: Reducing Environmental Impact While Protecting People,” breaks down the real cost of hospital air filtration. The sticker price on a filter tells you almost nothing. Energy use, maintenance labor, waste disposal, and the strain on your HVAC system over months and years are where the real money goes. When facility managers look at the full lifecycle cost, better filtration choices follow, ones where patients are protected today, and the building’s environmental footprint shrinks over time.
“In large healthcare campuses with multiple buildings, surgical suites, isolation rooms, and diagnostic areas, the cumulative energy impact of air filtration adds up fast,” said Cade Blackwell, Healthcare Manager at Camfil. “A small increase in pressure drop at the filter level...
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