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Product Application University of Pittsburgh Medical Center turns to Zurn for new highperformance hospital Z urn Industries, LLC provided a total building solution of water-efficient plumbing products for the new University of Pittsburgh Medical Center East, a Zurn Industries, LLC provided water-efficient plumbing products for the new 156-bed University of Pittsburgh $134-million high-performance hospital Medical Center East in Monroeville, Pa. in Monroeville, Pa. The largest healthcare provider in savings potential of Zurn engineered VOC materials and water-efficient the Pittsburgh region, UPMC designed water solutions, the Zurn Pint Urinal is landscaping, among others. its newest hospital to achieve LEED a low-consumption series that uses a UPMC East has 16 ICU beds, 126 Silver certification in order to contribute pint of water (1/8 of a gallon) per flush, medical and surgical beds and 14 to creating a healthful and sustainable while a traditional product uses 1.6 gpf. airborne infection isolation rooms. The space. Now open, the six-story, The Zurn dual-sensor urinals provide up hospital also has 12 emergency treat293,000-square-foot, 156-bed facility to a 30 percent savings in water closet ment spaces, surgery and cardiac care was built to meet specific efficiency applications. areas with seven operating rooms, four goals, including water conservation "We are excited to partner with endoscopy procedure rooms, a cancer through reduced water consumption and UPMC on this high-performance medical center, rooms for MRI, CT and general stormwater management. facility," said Sean Martin, Zurn vice radiology. The package of Zurn products president of sales, North America. "The The facility also includes innovations installed throughout the building inproducts utilized on this project will such as smart-glass doors to patient clude flush valves featuring dual flush deliver the performance and durability rooms that are clear for the staff to see technology, Zurn Pint Urinals, fixtures, expected in a healthcare installation, in, but with the flip of a switch become lavatory carriers, roof and floor drains, combined with the water conservation opaque for privacy, thus eliminating the linear drainage systems, wall hydrants, and sustainability benefits." need for infection-causing door curtains. backflow preventers and Zurn was the specification of choice The ICU rooms feature a boom that can a reduced pressure because nearly every component move oxygen, gas lines and electrical principle assembly. contributed to increased building outlets anywhere in the room via a ceilAntimicrobial coating performance and sustainability. The ing track system. was applied to all flush entire project implemented a large UPMC East sits on a 15-acre site valve handles to prevent chipnumber of sustainable strategies located 15 miles east of downtown Pittsping and wear, which beginning with the façade, which was burgh. The project recycled 99 percent translates to a designed to optimize sunlight exposure of the old Palace Inn building that previlonger lifecycle. and collection, reducing energy ously was on the site. An example consumption by approximately 17 Zurn Industries manufactures the of the water percent. largest breadth of engineered water soOther strategies employed for LEED lutions in the industry, including sustaincertification included maximizing open able plumbing products. Zurn delivers The Zurn Pint Urinal space, public transportation access, total building solutions for new conis a low-consumpstormwater quality and quantity control, struction and retrofit applications that tion series that uses a pint of water (1/8 of reduction of the heat island effect, enhance any building's environment. a gallon) per flush. A construction waste management and traditional product For more info, visit www.zurn.com. use of local/regional materials, lowuses 1.6 gpf. www.mcdmag.com November/December 2013 | Medical Construction & Design 43