COVID Proved the Importance of Airflow in Buildings

In order to manage the oncoming crisis and uncertainty associated with admissions, quarantine procedures, and hospital capacities, I worked with Shelly Miller and a group of colleagues at the University of Colorado to convert a rehabilitation hallway into a negative pressure space. According to Rachel McCarthy, vice president of plant operations at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, the hospital's newest design has the ability to convert 2 floors, 3 wards, and over 150 rooms to airborne infection isolation rooms. According to Clements, "the challenges of a smart building require the whole organization to innovate."