Health is the greatest good

BUILDINGS AND TECHNOLOGY

The qualitative and technical requirements for medical devices are continuously on the rise. This relates in equal measure to legal regulations and ordinances as well as the rising technical requirements for buildings and building technology. With a broad spectrum of services, we keep your company on top of day-to-day requirements – and open up solid business prospects for the future.

Technology and safety from a single source

The real estate service of TÜV NORD provides hospitals and clinics with a well-versed contact for widely varying requirements in the area of building technology and safety. Just a few examples of the services offered: technical assessments and certificates or recurring tests that comply with legal requirements (building regulations, Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health (BetrSichV), accident prevention regulations (and others) or requirements of property insurers

This applies, of course, particularly to the traditional service areas of TÜV NORD such as:

• Explosion protection
  Systems in areas susceptible to explosions are often only inadequately secured. This
  is especially true for pharmacies, laboratories and workshops in hospitals. We create
  the TÜV NORD protection document as an exclusive service.

• Functional safety
  Hazardous zones such as laboratories have to satisfy the functional safety requirements set forth in the Ordinance on Industrial Safety and Health. Do all protection systems still work reliably? Our specialists assess the "safety integrity level" in line with the specifications and standards.

• Tests of systems with respect to operational reliability and functional safety
  such as, e.g.: Safety power supply systems, fire alarm systems, hazard warning systems, elevator systems, escalators, ventilation systems.

And, of course, other specific features unique to clinics that relate, for example, to HF cabins or the air-conditioning systems for the ventilation of operating areas.

We make energy more efficient

One of our newest building technology services is assessing the energy efficiency of properties. Following an analysis of a building's current energy status, potential savings are identified. Calculating energy efficiency based on need makes energy flows transparent and makes it possible to quickly test different variants and possibilities for optimization.

At TÜV NORD, you will find an experienced partner who reaches far beyond these tasks to advise and support you, for example, in remediation or optimization strategies or, if you want, who will take on responsibility for total building management for new construction, expansion or renovation starting from planning through to construction all the way to initial operation.