Case Study: Sustainability: Safer Water Directly Impacts the Health of the Building Envelope
Overview of Case Study
Nurses, staff and patients need to stay hydrated. How do we do it in a sustainable way? Do hospitals care about sustainability? The answer is an astounding yes! Sustainability in hospitals is now a mainstay goal and operational objective. Many, if not all, hospitals now include sustainability as a primary organization-wide goal and initiative. Many have formal sustainability and green teams and there are sustainability champions throughout hospitals.
Key Resources
Related Resources
Monograph
This monograph presents strategies facility professionals can use to develop relationships with hospital leaders and show the value of their work.…
Compliance Tools
This downloadable Word document is a sample pressure relationship policy you can customize to fit the needs of your facility.
Monograph
Ensure the safety of your patients with a proper risk assessment of medical equipment. ASHE's monograph provides insights and best practices.
Compliance Tools
This document provides a checklist for hospitals to document the inspection, testing, and maintenance of fire safety equipment and fire safety buil
Monograph
ASHE: Managing Hospital Emergency Power Systems: Testing, Operation, Maintenance, Vulnerability Miti
This monograph describes an EPS management program that will equip health care facilities to meet the requirements and challenges they face today.
Guides and Reports
This 2013 ASHE Advocacy Report features articles on the unique hospital environment, improving codes and standards, and ways to get involved.