Facilities of Downey Medical Center in Los Angeles

Presents the architectural design concept and facilities systems in the medical center, which followed California Mechanical Code, differing from mainstream values and practices of the American hospital construction, adopting the measures of total fresh air, variable air volume, non-centralized air-conditioning system, as well as the evaporative cooling system suitable to its local climate of the West Coast. The hospital building design，practices and energy-saving measures won ASHRAE’s Best 2011 Technology Awards, being worthy of a salutary lesson.