Ask Ovia: What is the CCT recommended for health care environments?
The column you get asking your lighting questions at the top of OVIA, Mike Collins, and his team of technical experts. Q: What is the CCT recommended for health care environments specifically? CCT (associated color temperature) in lighting refers to the appearance of the color of the light source, size in Kelvin (K). It describes […]
NEC Definitions of “Patient Care Spaces”
The simple definition of a patient care facility is: “any place in a health care facility where patients are intended to be examined or treated” (Article 100). But understanding this correctly means being clear about what is meant by a health care facility. We might say that a gym is a health care facility because […]
Exploring alternatives to health care micronetworks
At its Ontario Medical Center in Southern California, Kaiser Permanente is installing a microgrid that includes a 2.2-megawatt solar array, a 9.5-megawatt-hour zinc hybrid battery, and a state-of-the-art controller. This follows an earlier microgrid installation at Kaiser’s Richmond Medical Center, a smaller project that combined 1 megawatt of battery storage with the installation of on-site […]