Session Information
ASHE 2011 International Conference and Exhibition on Health Facility Planning Design and Construction
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ASHRAE 189.2: The New Sustainability Code for Health Care
Track
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Fundamentals of PDC for Health Care
Program Code:
226845
Date:
Tuesday, March 15, 2011
Time:
1:45 PM to 2:45 PM
EST
Location:
TCC - Room 22-23
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Michael Sheerin, PE, LEED AP, Principal, Director of Healthcare Engineering, TLC Engineeringfor Architecture
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Description
This new standard cosponsored by ASHE and ASHRAE sets minimum, mandatory requirements for green health care projects. Learn how you can provide high-quality patient care, meet the myriad codes and standards, and achieve financial success while making sustainability an achievable goal. This session will enable you to-
• Explain the mandatory provisions and prescriptive or performance-based compliance options, based on a review of ASHRAE Standard 189.2, that can be instituted in a health care facility to advance its sustainability practices.
• State the main provisions of ASHRAE 189.2, as presented, that can contribute to a health care facility's sustainability goals in terms of stewardship and social responsibility.
• Discuss strategies, based on the information presented, for gaining support from senior staff to apply the requirements of ASHRAE 189.2 to health care facility projects.
• Describe, using information provided, the benefits to the health care organization of incorporating sustainability practices in health care facility design and construction projects.
• Explain the mandatory provisions and prescriptive or performance-based compliance options, based on a review of ASHRAE Standard 189.2, that can be instituted in a health care facility to advance its sustainability practices.
• State the main provisions of ASHRAE 189.2, as presented, that can contribute to a health care facility's sustainability goals in terms of stewardship and social responsibility.
• Discuss strategies, based on the information presented, for gaining support from senior staff to apply the requirements of ASHRAE 189.2 to health care facility projects.
• Describe, using information provided, the benefits to the health care organization of incorporating sustainability practices in health care facility design and construction projects.
- Recognize the differences between the new Standard 189.2 and LEED for Healthcare.
- Recognize the multiple new green building codes, and the challenges that they may present to healthcare facilities due to compliance requirements.
- Understand the seven subject sections of the standard and the flexibility provided by the compliance paths offered.
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