Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill, NC (1888PressRelease)
March 22, 2008 - Ned Jennings, principal at FreemanWhite (www.freemanwhite.com), an architectural, engineering, interior design and consulting services firm for healthcare organizations in the United States, has announced that the firm completed design of mechanical improvements for Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, N.C.
The project entails replacing an aging chiller and pumps with a new, larger capacity, high efficiency machine that will provide additional cooling for the facility with reduced energy costs. Other improvements include replacing an aging air handling unit with a new, larger capacity unit to more reliably serve the hospital’s surgery suite, radiology department, and other support areas.
Roanoke-Chowan Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital providing a wide range of health services. As part of University Health Systems, the hospital offers its facilities to patients in Ahoskie and in other Hertford County locations.
News Facts:
• FreemanWhite (www.freemanwhite.com), an architectural, engineering, interior design and consulting services firm for healthcare organizations in the United States, has announced that the firm recently completed design of mechanical improvements for Roanoke-Chowan Hospital in Ahoskie, N.C.
• The project entails replacing an aging chiller and pumps with a new, larger capacity, high efficiency machine that will provide additional cooling for the facility with reduced energy costs.
• Other improvements include replacing an aging air handling unit with a new, larger capacity unit to more reliably serve the hospital’s surgery suite, radiology department, and other support areas.
• Roanoke-Chowan Hospital is a not-for-profit hospital providing a wide range of health services.
• As part of University Health Systems, the hospital offers its facilities to patients in Ahoskie and in other Hertford County locations.
Quotes:
“FreemanWhite is excited to have the opportunity to implement new technology that is energy efficient at Roanoke-Chowan Hospital,” said Jennings. “This design benefits the hospital and has the added bonus of being environmentally-conscious.”
About FreemanWhite:
FreemanWhite provides architectural, engineering, interior design and consulting services for healthcare organizations in the United States. Founded in 1892, the firm has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Raleigh, N.C. and San Diego, Calif. and employs more than 200 professionals. The firm has received numerous awards and recognitions, including being named the 2005 North Carolina AIA Firm of the Year, the fifteenth largest healthcare firm in the United States in 2006 by Modern Healthcare magazine and the 13th best architecture firm to work for nationally in 2007 by ZweigWhite. In 2008 they were ranked number one in the Triangle Business Journal’s annual Book of Lists for largest North Carolina architects and received the Citation of Merit Award from Healthcare Design magazine for Pitt County Memorial Hospital’s Pediatric Pallative Care Unit in Greenville, N.C. For more information, please visit www.freemanwhite.com or call (919) 782-0699.
Patty Briguglio
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