In healthcare, every choice you make impacts lives. And for university hospitals—the teaching and research institutions that define the future of care, every decision carries the added weight of innovation.
That’s why more university hospitals are stepping into a new kind of collaboration, pairing world-class medical research with facilities expertise to improve indoor air quality (IAQ). Because when the air is clean, you’ll see better health, fewer absences, and improved patient outcomes.
These partnerships are turning academic insight into practical action, helping hospitals like yours create healthier, more reliable environments that support both patient outcomes and operational excellence.
You already know the challenge. Patients with respiratory conditions or compromised immunity rely on your building systems to protect them. Every airflow, every filtration cycle, every mechanical decision has a direct impact on their well-being.
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, people spend 90% of their time indoors, where pollutant concentrations can be 2–5× higher than outdoors. In healthcare environments, that translates to elevated risk: more airborne pathogens, more moisture-driven contaminants, and greater potential for hospital-acquired infections (HAIs).
University hospitals are leading the charge to change that, translating research into real-world improvements in IAQ. Studies from institutions like Harvard’s Healthy Buildings Program, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and Cleveland Clinic are proving what you already feel in your day-to-day work: clean air saves lives and protects operations.
As a facility or operations leader, you don’t just manage equipment—you manage outcomes. You balance patient safety, compliance, and efficiency, often within the constraints of aging infrastructure and competing capital priorities.
That’s where Limbach partners with you to bridge the gap between academic research and operational reliability:
When your facilities strategy is guided by data and supported by reliable systems, you’re not just maintaining air quality; you’re leading the industry in performance-based care.
The path to better IAQ is not one-size-fits-all. Leading hospitals are using layered strategies built on proven fundamentals:
Each layer strengthens your ability to protect patients, optimize energy use, and extend asset life, creating an environment that’s as advanced as the research conducted inside it.
University hospitals don’t wait for change; they create it. By making IAQ part of your facility’s core strategy, you’re setting a new benchmark for safety, sustainability, and reliability.
Because when a facility breathes better, everyone inside does too.