Standards/Guidelines
American Hospital Association content on health care standards and guidelines for members and the health care field.
The standard number changed to 189.3 and first issuance in 2017 to the parent document 189.1 integrating into the International Green Construction Code® (IgCC).
ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170 offers guidance, regulation and mandates to designers and operators of health care facilities. The revised 2021 edition incorporates 17 addenda to the 2017 standard.
The purpose of this standard is to prescribe the procedures, methods, and documentation requirements for the design, construction, and operation of high-performance, sustainable health care facilities.