The hard fact of running any facility is that no equipment lasts forever. No matter the make, model, degree of use, or quality of maintenance, every thing eventually reaches the end of its useful lifecycle. This can end in costly repairs or full-out replacements. How a facility manages this transition differs from industry to industry, but for those in the financially constrained healthcare industry, an extra effort must be made to find solutions with financial, environmental and energy efficiency benefits. This was the challenge for British Columbia’s Kootenay Lake Hospital, when its management was faced with deciding the fate of…