If you have a relative or friend who has a terminal illness and has exhausted all treatment options but nothing changed, suggesting hospice care would be a good idea.

Hospice care is a type of supportive care for people who are nearing the end of life. IT can be offered in two places—at home, also known as in-home hospice, or in a facility like a hospital, nursing home, hospital, or dedicated hospice center.

But unlike other medical care, hospice care doesn’t focus on curing the underlying disease. Instead, it focuses on improving the patient’s quality of life for whatever time they remain by providing spiritual, physical, and emotional support. Given this, it’s crucial to have Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems in hospice care facilities to ensure comfort and safety. Luckily for you, this blog will give better solutions—making them more sustainable. So, let’s get started.

Why Do Hospice Care Facilities Need HVAC Solutions?

The health and well-being of hospice care patients can be affected by temperatures. And it can be detrimental to their health if temperatures are either too high or too low. Thus, it’s essential to have a reliable HVAC system to improve air quality and maintain a temperature that’s comfortable and safe for patients and staff. That way, you can lower health risks that might further reduce the time your patient has on Earth.

Now that we’ve mentioned Earth, how does the HVAC industry accommodate the demand of sustainability? Well, the answer is below.

Sustainable HVAC Solutions

Solar Power

The use of solar power is not news to us. However, while we think of solar roof panels when we hear them, there’s another technology that changes how we perceive the collection and use of solar power. It is called passive solar technology.

Passive solar technology uses the roofs, walls, windows, and floors of a building to capture and collect the sun’s energy. It then converts those to thermal energy, which the building stores as heat energy. So, whenever the temperature of the hospice care facility drops, you can use the stored energy to warm the room. On the other hand, use a solar air conditioning system when the climate is too warm.

Geothermal Energy

Another sustainable solution is the use of geothermal energy. You’ll use an above-ground heat pump with a series of buried pipes or ground loops to either warm or cool the hospice care facility. It works in two ways: heating and cooling.

In the heating mode, the fluid absorbs the heat from the Earth and then carries it to your HVAC system to warm the building. Once the fluid transfers its heat, it gets recirculated back to the ground loops to be heated again.

Meanwhile, it works the other way around in the cooling mode. The heat pump uses its heat exchanger to absorb the heat from the air inside the facility. Then, pump the heated fluid through a series of ground loops and discharge the heat to the surrounding soil or groundwater. Once the water cools, it then returns to the building to absorb heat again.

Wind Energy

If the facility is built in a windy area that makes about an annual wind speed of at least 9 miles per hour or 4 meters per second, it would be best to utilize wind energy. Of course, we’re not talking about giant wind farms or turbines. Instead, a small wind energy system, also known as a grid-connected system, that you can connect to an electricity distribution system.

While it doesn’t produce as much power as the large ones, this sustainable technology can still power your HVAC system. And this can reduce the emissions from burning fossil fuels for electricity.

Smart Thermostats

Smart thermostats have many features that can help you make your hospice care facility sustainable. First is the automatic mode. Smart thermostats have smart sensors that monitor the temperature and humidity of a building and adjust them to an optimum level, depending on the climate. This helps reduce your energy consumption whenever you forget to adjust the temperature on your own.

Besides the auto features, smart thermostats will also let you know your energy consumption, so you can find more ways to lower it. And the best part is you can look it up on your gadget by connecting it to the thermostat through an app or website. Beyond the reports, you can also control your HVAC system remotely once connected.

DeVap

The Desiccant Enhanced Evaporative Air-Conditioning (DEVap) system is making a name as the future of air conditioning. And there’s no doubt about that due to its unique way of functioning.

DEVap combines an evaporative cooler with liquid desiccant to cool a room. If you’re not familiar, a desiccant is the drying chemical found in packets marked “DO NOT EAT.” But what DEVap uses is the syrupy liquid of its kind with a high affinity to water vapor.

DEVap works by desiccant material absorbing moisture from the air. The air is then cooled using an evaporative cooling system, which works by passing the air over a wet pad. And as the air passes over the wet material, the moisture evaporates, cooling the air in the room.

The Bottom Line

With the climate crisis getting more intense every day, it’s crucial to find ways to contribute to our fight against it. If you’re using the traditional HVAC systems in your hospice care facilities, it’s time for a change. Look for contractors who leverage technology to design amazing HVAC solutions to ensure that you’re not only providing the highest quality of life to hospice care patients but also the future generation.

by Austin Page

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