Columbia University Medical Center Facilities provides all the Heating, Ventilation & Air Conditioning (HVAC) and Environmental Controls (EC) services.

There is no charge for basic, common cost services to academic and administrative departments of the Medical Center. These services include:

• Maintain and repair existing temperature control computer systems regulating central building and standard mechanical units.
• Maintain controls network, building automation systems and alarms.
• Repair and maintain building- or loop-dedicated compressed air systems.
• Monitor temperature controls
• Operate, maintain and repair existing mechanical systems:
  • Central heating, ventilating, and air conditioning systems
  • Public drinking fountain refrigeration units
  • Associated piping, filters and duct work

All supplemental HVAC-EC services are chargeable to the requesting department, and are charged based on an hourly rate plus the cost of materials.

• Temperature control systems or environmental chambers ("walk-in boxes")
• Supplemental, special purpose or departmentally dedicated systems, such as humidifiers, dehumidifiers and air compressors
• Systems expanded or modified to accommodate changes in usage or load increases
• Specialty units required to compensate for heat generated by specialty equipment (mainframe computers, etc.)
• Window air- conditioning units and other stand-alone air conditioners not connected to the Central Plant