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Updated Air Balance Standards Manual Includes New Chapter on Testing, Balancing Healthcare Facilities

The Associated Air Balance Council has released the AABC National Standards for Total System Balance, 7th Edition. The manual, last updated in 2002, details the minimum standards for total system balance, assists design professionals in achieving design intent Read More …

OSHA, NIOSH Release New Toolkit to Better Protect Hospital Workers from Transmissible Diseases

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The Occupational Safety and Health Administration and the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health recently released the Hospital Respiratory Protection Toolkit, a resource for healthcare employers to use to protect hospital staff from respiratory hazards. Read More …

Healthcare Leaders, Administration to Strengthen the Climate Resilience of Healthcare

As part of President Obama’s Climate Action Plan, the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services created the Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Initiative to develop tools and information to help healthcare facilities prepare for the impacts of climate change and increase their resilience.
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ASHRAE, IAQA to Join Forces to Grow Resources for IAQ Professionals

ATLANTA, Ga. — ASHRAE and the Indoor Air Quality Association have agreed in principle to join forces, combining resources to improve indoor air quality in the built environment.
Pending a three- to six-month period of due diligence, IAQA will become a part of the ASHRAE organization while maintaining its own brand and Board of Directors. Read More …

MaineGeneral Hospital Receives USGBC Certification for First LEED HC Gold Hospital in Northeast

The Integrated Project Delivery Team, consisting of owner, MaineGeneral Medical Center, joint-venture architectural firms SMRT and TRO/Jung Brannen, Inc. and joint-venture construction team of HP Cummings Construction Company/Robins & Morton recently completed MaineGeneral Alfond Center for Health in Augusta, Maine—a project that blazed a trail for future environmentally friendly structures. Read More …

InsideIQ Building Automation Alliance Firms Complete Hospital BAS Upgrades

ROCKFORD, Ill. — InsideIQ Building Automation Alliance member firms have installed or upgraded the building automation systems at hospitals in Colorado, Maine and Texas. Read More …

ASHRAE Publishes 2013 Version of IAQ Standard

ATLANTA, Ga. — The 2013 version of ASHRAE’s indoor air quality standard contains several revisions to help users better meet its requirements. Read More …

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