Facility Engineering
2024 SUSTAINABILITY CHAMPIONS
The ASHE Energy to Care Program bestowed the designation of Sustainability Champion to a record number of hospitals in 2024 .
ENGINEERING
Houston Methodist Hospital continues to save millions of dollars per year after making a key investment in 2011.
CODES & STANDARDS
Committees make progress on 2027 code and standard editions while others post tentative interim amendments and standards council decisions. .
CODES & STANDARDS
The NFPA 59 committee released a report responding to public inputs on the code's next edition.
CODES & STANDARDS
The committee for NFPA 99, Health Care Facilities Code, published meeting minutes from its most recent first draft review. .
ADVOCACY ADVISER
ASHE makes progress in bringing a new guideline to the field .
MEMBER TO MEMBER
Examining the major differences between the 2012 and 2024 versions of the Life Safety Code.
MEMBER TO MEMBER
Implementing ANSI/ASHRAE Standard 514 to manage building water systems in compliance with CMS requirements .
SUSTAINABILITY
The growing focus on sustainability is moving organizations to strongly consider all-electric central utility plants over more traditional approaches.
CODES & STANDARDS
Committees for NFPA 99 and NFPA 101 post minutes from their most recent first draft meetings .