Chris OHiggins, the director of facilities at Jefferson Healthcare, stands next to the new air handling unit that heats, cools, monitors humidity and kills germs in the air in the hospitals surgical units. (Cydney McFarland/Peninsula Daily News)

PORT TOWNSEND The surgical units at Jefferson Healthcare hospital have received an upgrade from a new air-handling unit that kills viruses and bacteria using ultraviolet light.

We have things on this unit that arent even required yet, said Chris OHiggins, director of facilities at the hospital. Its the Tesla of air handlers.

The new system replaces one installed in 1995 that didnt meet new standards and was nearing the end of its 20-year life span.

The new unit controls the air quality for the surgical units, including operating rooms.

This one has a new ultraviolet light system that kills bacteria and viruses, said Laura Showers, the infection preventionist at Jefferson Healthcare. Its also really good at keeping humidity and temperature more consistent.

The new unit has three banks of filters, and all air passes through the UV light system before being released into the vents. Information on the cost of the unit was not available Wednesday.

The new unit was hauled in by truck last Friday morning and moved up to the roof using an 80-foot crane. Due to strict air quality and temperature standards for the operating rooms, they had to be shut down while the new unit was installed later in the day.

It took a lot of coordination, OHiggins said.

The surgical units were shut down at 4 p.m. last Friday. With operating rooms out of commission, the hospital had to make special arrangements in case of emergencies.

With no operating rooms and work being performed on the roof to install the air unit, all helicopter services had to be sent to other hospitals. East Jefferson Fire-Rescue, the Jefferson County Sheriffs Office and Port Townsend police were notified to send anyone who could potentially need surgery to other area hospitals.

The hospital also accounted for six area women who were currently 32 weeks or more along in their pregnancies.

We had plans in place in case they went into labor to send them to other hospitals, OHiggins said. Obviously the hospital wouldve covered those costs since it was our problem, not theirs.

OHiggins said the process went smoothly, and the operating rooms reopened at 3 p.m. Sunday.

The air-handling unit was installed by PSF Mechanical out of Seattle and Precision Electric out of Redmond.

They worked really well together and with us, said Showers.

According to OHiggins, the hospital plans to install next year a similar unit to replace the 1995 equipment currently heating, cooling and filtering the air for the family and birth units.

The new systems are expected to last another 20 years and are more energy-efficient.

I cant wait to see what a month of that one does compared to the 95 unit, OHiggins said.

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Jefferson County Editor/Reporter Cydney McFarland can be reached at 360-385-2335, ext. 55052, or at cmcfarland@peninsuladailynews.com.

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GLASGOW Installation work has begun on a new air-conditioning system at the South Central Kentucky Cultural Center, with a target date of July 15 to have it functional on at least the two bottom floors.

The air conditioning on those floors went out right at a year ago, and the center, including the Museum of the Barrens, was closed to the public for several weeks, beginning in early August. The air conditioning for the third floor was still working, so staff members kept their activities mostly up there.

Mayor Dick Doty told the Glasgow Daily Times in mid-August that every time the city would get the system charged with Freon, it was costing $3,000 to $4,000, and it was lasting less time with each fill. Some repairs were also made along the way, but new leaks kept springing up, the mayor said then.

Jason Tyner maneuvers a pipe that had been mechanically lifted into a ceiling area at the South Central Kentucky Cultural Center through a metal eye.

During that same time, he had had preliminary discussions with a performance contractor to evaluate potential energy savings that could be realized with repairs or replacements, and he had hoped the city would be closer than it was then to an agreement with such a company. The idea behind an energy-savings performance contract is the city gets a guarantee that money spent up front on changes and upgrades to things ranging from the types of light bulbs to the heating and cooling systems can be restored through energy and maintenance savings. If the costs are not recouped within the expected time frame, the contract company pays the city any difference.

Because the city was no further along than it was on that process, specifications for a bid invitation were prepared and advertised, with a deadline of Sept. 9 for submission of bids, and two were received.

The bid from Johnson Controls was for $360,697. Lyons Service bid $297,500, but did not include a boiler, while the other did.

Ultimately, though, the mayor sold enough council members on the idea of waiting for a performance contract so the cost of the replacement and/or repairs would be covered by the guarantee, and the work was postponed until requests for proposals could be received for a performance contract. Two proposals were received in December that provided suggested work in each city-owned building, including the cultural center, as well as the vehicle fleet in at least one proposal. Doty established a temporary review committee to make a recommendation, and Perfection Group was the clear choice of that group, Doty said. In January, representatives of the company spoke to several city council members who gathered for a presentation on what they had in mind. The council approved in February a contract with that company, with Doty authorized to determine exactly which projects out of nearly $6 million worth should be pursued, based on anticipated return on the investment.

A budget amendment for the current fiscal year appropriating nearly $1.77 million was made to cover some of the initial work across city facilities, and more is expected to be allocated for the 2017-18 fiscal year, which begins July 1.

Billy Carrier, job superintendent with Perfection Group, said the water piping network for the completely brand new heating and cooling systems is being installed now, but some of the heavier equipment for the air conditioning has not arrived.

July 15 is when the cultural center is hosting a reunion for all former employees of the Kentucky Pants Factory, which occupied the same building from 1929 through 1996, but Carrier said that if, for some reason, the system for those two floors is not ready by that date, some form of temporary cooling will be provided for the event.

Sherry Wesley, director of the cultural center, said the Perfection Group has already provided a portable air conditioner for the areas where photos, manuscripts and other documents are stored to help ensure their longevity, and she wanted the community to be assured those items are in cooled areas now.

The air conditioning on the third floor, where bound volumes of older newspapers are stored, has continued to work. It will be replaced, too, but the current system will be left running until the latest possible time to bring the new one online for the top floor.

The old steam-boiler equipment for the heating system has already been disassembled and moved out of the mechanical room at the cultural center, and two new high-efficiency hot-water boilers along with a third unit that will later go to the Plaza Theatre are there awaiting the other work to get them connected. All three units together take up less room than the old system.

Carrier said those are lower priority than the air conditioning there and at other facilities. It will probably be fall before the new heating system is placed into service, he said.

I'm feeling hopeful, Wesley said. This is far more than we ever hoped for.

She gave kudos to the mayor and council for working together to make a forward-thinking decision that will have such a lasting impact for the community.

I really do appreciate that, she said.

Responding to a question about whether it was worth the extra time it took, Wesley said, another month, I can live with it.

Last summer seemed extraordinarily long, she said, noting that the Harvest of History event that usually takes place in September was postponed until November, and they still needed fans to keep visitors to the center cooler that evening.

Besides the cultural center and Plaza, heating and cooling work is also planned for City Hall, the Department of Public Works, Parks and Recreation Department and Lera B. Mitchell Clubhouse, he said.

The heating, ventilation and air conditioning at Glasgow City Hall is already in the process of being upgraded, but will not require as much new equipment. Carrier said the system there had some dampers that allowed for better temperature control in different zones within the same floor, but they have become nonfunctional over time. As a result, some people would have space heaters on because they were cold, while others would be too warm, the company had observed in its contract proposal.

Those dampers are being replaced, Carrier said.

When we're done, they'll be able to control the temperature a whole lot better, he said.

Work in the Glasgow Water Co. area on one side of the main floor of City Hall was expected to be completed this week, with the crew then moving to the other side of the main floor, where city administrative offices are, he said.

The HVAC work altogether is expected to be the costliest and most time-consuming in the contract, with the next-largest commitments being the replacement of light fixtures at most facilities with LED fixtures and bulbs, and some roofing work. General weatherization work will also be done to prevent air leaks, for example, as well as other types of improvements. The city is also working with a fleet-management company recommended by Perfection Group to get open-ended leases that will allow the city to update more of its vehicles sooner, according to information provided to the council's finance committee recently.

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Because the summer temperatures in the Middle East, the central market of Rubber World Industries (RWI), reach as high as 50C, HVAC systems are not as much luxury as necessity in the region. There are widespread efforts to incorporate elements of natural cooling into the architecture of buildings; however, HVAC systems prevail to be the most effective cooling mechanism around.

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With this in mind, the governments in the Middle East, especially in countries of the Arabian Gulf region, have pushed the sustainability aspect in HVAC systems by introducing new regulations and enforcing the standard codes.

RWI, a major provider of rubber insulation products not only in the Arabian Gulf countries but also in the Southeast Asia region, takes part in promoting sustainability through its HVAC products. We remain to be committed in promoting a greener world, by integrating net zero energy and high-performance systems in our projects.

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One of the ways to achieve this is to minimize the load of the building envelope which affects what is called as space conditioning.

Space conditioning, which consists of heating, cooling, and introduction of outdoor air, is considered to be the largest energy consumption in a building. It is a system responsible for the heat loss and gain through the building envelope, the unwanted infiltration of outside air, and the buildup of contaminants within the building.

To minimize the energy consumption, it requires an evaluation of the insulating capabilities as well as controlled flows of fresh air across the building envelope. Along the process, building loads are reduced.

After the load reduction in the building envelope, the next step towards net zero energy buildings is through the use of efficient equipment which focus on space heating and space cooling.

Factors to be considered in this part are the design and installation of vapor compression heat pump systems for energy-efficient buildings and the effectiveness of low global-warming potential alternatives for hydrofluorocarbon refrigerants.

In the steps mentioned, engineers have a pivotal role in achieving success. They have the responsibility to ensure the effective implementation as well as control maintenance activities.

Engineers are also bound to apply preventive procedures to reduce chances of premature equipment failures, to provide for periodic inspection building systems in order to avoid energy emergency breakdown, and to describe overall responsibility for the operation, maintenance, repair, and replacement at the project level.

But fulfilling the demands of mixed-use facility can be challenging, considering the structures diverse components. RWI has a solution for this, and that is to engage the facilities team in the selection process to ensure that the components are using the system control.

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Geothermal technology picking up steam in Washington state Tri-City Herald Jim Kohl, a retired Gleed fire chief, recalled that a geothermal heating and cooling system was installed when the fire department's new headquarters station was built about 20 years ago. The design team for the building suggested such a system because ...

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Construction of Keokuks 26th Habitat for Humanity house at 704 High St. is going smoothly, according to HFH Board members and volunteers.

Trevor and Jessica Pullinger of Keokuk have been selected as prospective owners of the property. The couple moved from Quincy, Ill., to Keokuk about four years ago for Trevors job at the Church of All Saints.

The family of six which includes Elijah, 7, Emma, 6, Ellanor, 2, and Elizabeth, 5 months learned in early April that its application had been approved. Since then, everything has happened so fast, according to stay-at-home mom Jessica.

When he decided to enter the ministry, Trevor knew financial sacrifices would be necessary.

We never thought we would be able to be homeowners until our kids were out of the house, Jessica said.

Gods been very good to us, Trevor added. Weve always trusted in the Lord, and stuff has always worked out.

Applicants are chosen based on their current housing needs and their ability to make payments on the house, according to HFH Selection Committee Chair Ann Eaton.

We were very, very happy to be able to choose (the Pullingers) as our family for this project, Eaton said.

Community members had been encouraging the couple over the past year and a half to submit an application, according to Jessica. She and Trevor discussed it for a while before they decided it couldnt hurt to toss their hats in the ring.

At the end of their interview with the Selection Committee, the Pullingers said no matter whose application was chosen, Habitat for Humanity was an organization they wanted to support going forward.

I didnt know a whole lot about Habitat before this whole process started, Trevor said.

Place of their own

The Pullingers believe the opportunity allows them to finally put down roots in Keokuk. Theyre looking forward to making the finished house a place of their own something they havent been free to do as renters.

(Itll be nice) to change things with the house, to add a garden, to do things that are permanent, Jessica said. Weve been renting for our whole marriage. Itll be good for us to be able to say its ours.

Habitat for Humanity encourages prospective homeowners to put in sweat equity during construction. Although Trevor admits hes not much of a handyman, hes been doing all he can to assist the construction crew which includes project coordinator Paul Von Kiedrowski, site supervisor Terry Lovell and five offenders from the correctional facility in Mount Pleasant.

Usually what I try to do is work (in the mornings) at the house, and do whatever they need everything from helping them climb into the rafters to putting up the walls, Trevor said.

Jessica also pitches in by bringing Gatorade to the construction site, and has been documenting the project with photographs. Those who want to follow the progress can search on Facebook for Pullingers Habitat Adventure, a public group.

The 1,288-square-foot structure will feature three bedrooms, one bathroom and a finished basement. The foundation for the home was poured in fall 2016, and construction began May 22. Von Kiedrowski anticipates the house will be finished in mid- to late August.

Ive got some very good help, and its coming along real well, Von Kiedrowski said. Were now putting on the roof. Everythings running pretty smoothly right now.

Subcontractors are responsible for plumbing, heating and cooling and electrical installation.

HFH Board President Tim Peevler appreciates the communitys support of each Habitat home project.

We have so many volunteers, he said. We have drivers from all walks of life (who transport the offenders). We have individuals, churches and organizations that provide the meals every day. Its such a great partnership between the community, the family and the prison. If it wasnt for the prison, we wouldnt be able to do the build because they supply all the labor.

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According to its mission statement, Habitat for Humanity of Keokuk is an ecumenical Christian housing ministry working in partnership with the community of Keokuk to eliminate substandard and inadequate housing by building simple, decent, affordable homes in partnership with Gods people in need.

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