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The below drafts are open for 30-day public reviews from Oct. 11–Nov. 11

• BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum m to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 189.3-2021, Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable High-Performance Health Care Facilities (full public review). Commenting is open Oct. 11 to Nov. 11.

  This addendum updates the normative and informative references in their respective appendices.

• BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum n to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 189.3-2021, Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable High-Performance Health Care Facilities (full public review). Commenting is open Oct. 11 to Nov. 11.

  This addendum makes two main changes. ASHRAE/USGBC/IES/ICC Standard 189.1, Standard for the Design of High-Performance Green Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings, removed the alternate renewables approach for compliance and is keeping the standard renewables approach. This change updates the Table 7.4.1.1 for Renewable Energy Requirements by removing the alternate approach columns. Standard 189.1 made updates to section 7.5 and tables 7.5.1 and 7.5.2 (in addendum m and ay) and table 7.5.2.2.1 (in addendum az) to provide consistent stringency with prescriptive energy requirements in sections 7.1 through 7.4, which reference ASHRAE/IES Standard 90.1-2022, Energy Standard for Sites and Buildings Except Low-Rise Residential Buildings. This addendum will update tables in Standard 189.3 and convert them to vertical versions for consistency with Standard 189.1. 

• BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum o to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 189.3-2021, Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable High-Performance Health Care Facilities (full public review). Commenting is open Oct. 11 to Nov. 11.

  Addendum o modifies Section 10, Construction and Plans for Operation, which was previously modified by published Addendum ao to Standard 189.1-2020. Standard 189.3 maintains a majority of the content from the Standard 189.1 addendum’s modifications, however it reflects the Construction and Plans for Operation section addressed in ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities. It also excludes counting patients as occupants due to their transitory presence in the building.

• BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum r to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2021, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities (second public review draft). Commenting is open Oct. 18 to Nov. 17.

  Proposed addendum r revises Table 9-1 Design Parameters for Residential Health, Care, and Support-Specific Spaces.

• BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum j to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE 189.3-2021, Design, Construction, and Operation of Sustainable High-Performance Health Care Facilities (full public review). Commenting is open Nov. 1 to Dec. 1. 

  Proposed addendum j requires the materials section with subsequent recommendations to the operations and indoor environmental quality sections. New references are added for the user to comply with specifically rated cleaning products. The third public review of this draft includes proper uses with new definitions and aligns the section headers with the standard's 2023 edition.

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The below draft is open for a 45-day public review from Oct. 11 to Nov. 25

• BSR/ASHRAE/ASHE Addendum s to ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2021, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities (first public review draft). 

  Proposed Addendum s revises portions of Sections 7 and 8 to provide clarity of intent and/or correlate elements (indicated below) of the current standard. Addendum s also follows the continuing maintenance process in further coordination with the Facility Guidelines Institute Infection Preventionist team and ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities, committee to result in a coordinated document for use by all stakeholders in the health care community. 

  This proposed addendum consists of the following general edits:

• Deletions to Table 7-1 and Table 8-1 relating to space designation.
• Deletions to related note that details use of the specific room type.
• Deletion of note that resulted in unnecessary confusion.
• Deletion of note that was not in use.
• Addition of note application to specific room type.

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