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How to Prepare for a Decarbonization Study outlines the steps a hospital team can take to initiate a decarbonization study at their facility.

This guide focuses on the design, construction, and operation of decarbonized new hospital buildings and major renovations.

ASHE is teaming up with the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a pro bono volunteer opportunity.

Climate change significantly impacts health and health care delivery. This webinar will feature panelists who will advocate for utilizing IRA incentives.

Gain an understanding of the EPA’s Technology Transitions Program and how it will impact walk-in chamber design.

Unlocking Project Funding through Decarbonization Efforts | Lunch & Learn

ASHE’s Health Care Facilities Core Competency Framework charts out key skills of health care facilities management, and offers education, resources and tools to help professionals fill knowledge gaps in each area.

This guide focuses on the design, construction, and operation of decarbonized new hospital buildings and major renovations.

The sustainability competency calls on health care facilities managers to act as good stewards of resources and actively reduce the field’s impact on the environment.

CHICAGO — The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) of the American Hospital Association has announced the winners of its 2024 Energy to Care Awards.

The presentation will explore how a hospital can establish water-related sustainability opportunities, and how to balance those opportunities with safety.

This eBook features a collection of articles describing extreme weather events that have affected health care facilities across the country.

ASHE has developed 52 actionable ECMs in eight categories to help facilities management teams better manage energy use and advance your health care facility’s sustainability journey.

Learn more about how to end the use of fossil fuels at your health care facility.

This category of emissions includes fossil fuel-powered equipment performed by health care organization staff.

Carbon emissions associated with energy use are often a mix of on-site usage and off-site emissions from regional utilities can be complicated to account for.

Embodied carbon consists of all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building construction. Learn how to efficiently manage them.

Water usage in health care organizations is a less obvious source of carbon emissions. Learn more about its impact.

HVAC equipment using refrigerants can include packaged rooftop units, direct expansion split systems, chillers, variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems and several others. Different equipment systems can contain different refrigerant types with varying emissions potential.

Anesthetic gases have a high global warming potential (GWP), learn how to mitigate its impact.