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ASHE’s Sustainability Program Manager Kara Brooks will provide a brief overview of the Energy to Care Program and new updates to the program offerings. In addition, Kara will provide a brief overview on sustainability before, during and after COVID-19.

Jonathan Willard, PMP, LEED-AP, Acute Medical Gas Services. This presentation will review the new requirements for identifying the responsible facility authority and the qualifications necessary for this position, as well as an overview of the Permit-to-Work system.

Jason Beers, Bob Loohauis, Steve Stuebe, Gary Dennis. This session will provide you with a better understanding of the CMS requirements for emergency preparedness for electrical power.

Roy Hirchak, CHFM, Defense Health Agency (DHA). This session will address the DOD's approach to enterprise health care delivery with the enactment of the 2017 National Defense Authorization Act.

Brent Rutherford, CHFM, Texas Health Resources. This presentation will walk you through the development of the Texas Health Resources commissioning process, the details of the implementation plan on the Frisco campus, and how we achieved the desired long-term results.

Jerry Folsom, Siemens Smart Infrastructure. In this session, we will discuss several approaches to enabling visionary patient experiences, reducing clinical workloads, improving patient outcomes, and streamlining cost structures in both renovated and new facilities.

Greg Swafford CPD, GPD. In this presentation, we review the impact of common building water issues, the principles of effective water management, and how emerging technology can consistently deliver hot water throughout the facility, minimize stagnation, optimize system performance, and support ASHRAE 188 compliance.

Patrick Barrett, Frank Kreidemaker, Jack McKenna. In this session you will learn why hospitals around the world are installing cogeneration! Using cogeneration, or combined heat and power (CHP) in a hospital is an ideal way to improve energy efficiency and reduce carbon emissions.

Jonathan Flannery, Fiona Nemetz, MS, CHESP, T-CHEST, T-CSCT, EMHP. Subject matter experts will explain best practices and recommendations on how to keep patient care areas clean and to avoid the spread of the SARs CoV-2 virus through contact; how ventilation systems can help reduce the spread via airborne transmission and how to properly disinfect and clean systems impacted by the virus.

Kevin Scarlett, Jacob McCall, Benjamin Leutze. This presentation will address the reasons behind these standards, common compliance questions and the action steps for a successful outcome.

Jonathan Flannery, Spencer Moore, Mark Mochel. ASHE’s Healthcare Executive Leadership Council conducted an assessment of best practices associated with capital renewal programs, revealing 12 elements that are key to an effective program. This presentation will present these elements and how they can be used to compose a capital renewal program.

Timothy Adams, Benjamin Leutze, Joanna Lynch. Medical telemetry is used in most hospitals and many outpatient facilities. This session explores the usage of medical telemetry, including the need for it to be able to operate interference-free from other radio frequency sources.

Renee Bryce, Melanie Petherick, Rick Burns. Virginia Mason’s main electrical room (MER) upgrade project team leads (electrical contractor, hospital design/construction and emergency management) will discuss the MER project, methodologies for shutdown risk assessment and planning, improvement strategies, real-time redline as-built document updates and collaboration, communications, tools and templates developed, and lessons learned along the way.

Academic Research to Support Facility Guidelines Institute & ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2013 by Roger Lautz Dr. Fred Betz Dr. Ehsan Mousavi