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The Hackensack Meridian Jersey Shore University Medical Center is a non-profit tertiary, research, and academic hospital founded in 1904.

It also serves as a designated level II trauma and stroke center to handle medevac patients in the region and is home to the K. Hovanian Children’s hospital - the first children’s hospital in Monmouth and Ocean Counties.

cardiac surgery center

Jersey Shore University Medical Center is the regional provider of cardiac surgery, a program that has been ranked among the best in the Northeast With over 1,000 physicians and dental staff in 60 specialty areas, interns and residents, and patients of all ages, the facility must provide a clean, safe, and healthy environment for all its occupants.

Indoor air quality

Indoor air quality is crucial to a hospital environment, and the cost to heat and cool a facility operating 24/7 is substantial

The hospital has expanded over the years to support its continuous growth, but their aging energy recovery ventilation system in the main medical building was underperforming and not providing optimum space conditions.

The original energy recovery equipment was installed in 1977. Due to the inaccessibility of the existing energy recovery wheel and the inability to effectively clean the wheel, the desired amount of outdoor air was not being delivered to ensure proper ventilation.

Indoor air quality is crucial to a hospital environment, and the cost to heat and cool a facility operating 24/7 is substantial.

Replacing Underperforming ventilation system

When it was determined the underperforming ventilation system at the Jersey Shore University Medical Center would need to be replaced over time, the medical center reached out to Airxchange for a solution for their four failed 136” wheels.

Airxchange provided a fully segmented energy transfer media that can be easily removed and cleaned. The unique design allows the entire wheel and cassette frame to be carried into the mechanical room in manageable pieces for reassembly inside of an AHU cabinet.

Energy Saving Benefit to the Air Handling

With rising energy costs and climate concerns, energy recovery wheels are an ideal way to reduce HVAC costs

Airxchange replaced the original energy recovery wheels with a fully serviceable Energy Recovery Wheel design over the course of three years. Unlike the previous monolithic wheels, the new energy transfer surfaces of the segmented wheels can be effectively cleaned outside of the cabinet to ensure high performance and a long-life expectancy.

With rising energy costs and climate concerns, energy recovery wheels are an ideal way to reduce HVAC costs while complying with code-mandated outside air requirements in a hospital setting. This reduction in load translates into significant ongoing cost savings.

With the system operating as designed with fully serviceable wheels, the staff and patients at the Jersey Shore Medical Center can once again enjoy a healthy and comfortable indoor environment.

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