I had a planned overnight stay in the CHU of Nantes last Thursday / Friday. This was the temperature in my room early Thursday. The staff was doing what they could, keeping shutters closed during the day, so yes, it was cooler than outside, but still. I don’t think this is sustainable in the long term. The new CHU that is being built here won’t have AC, either. They will have to rethink their anti-AC stance, because things will, obviously, only get worse going forward.
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That’s just plain daft in my view. Surely they could see the value of AC that incorporates HEPA filters as a bonus towards infection control.
Even if one disregards the health and well being of the patients, surely the comfort of the staff should count for something.
The future CHU at Nantes… WILL be using various means to keep cool… 
(The story stating otherwise and raging in the Press… has not got its facts right!)
Here’s how things are planned…
I see from the article that a temperature in the patients rooms of 26C is considered acceptable. Not in my world it isn’t.
26C is uncomfortably hot. In ‘old money’ that is just a smidgeon under 79F which is uncomfortable when one is in good health and not good for someone trying to recover from some serious illness or injury.
I think they are just trying to justify building the place on the cheap. I do understand that AC isn’t cheap to run, but then one doesn’t have to use it just because it is there. However, if there is no AC system and one finds that one needs it, well that is a considerable problem.
Have these people not heard of forward planning and future proofing ?
I just wish they’d heard of using designing to minimise problems like this first before going high tech.