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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.

Ensure compliance with associated regulatory requirements in a way that ensures patient care and safety is the foremost priority.

Use ASHE's Core Competency Framework to help maintain your critical systems and increase efficiency in your facility operations.

Use ASHE's Core Competency Framework to develop your understanding of operational and capital financial management.

Avoid miscommunications and unforeseen project hurdles, while also saving your organization time and resources during projects.

Ensure that the people in your health care facilities are not exposed to unnecessary harm.

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.

Lead your team to maintain a safe, comfortable environment for the patients, staff and visitors at your health care facilities.

Competency in energy management means using the right amount of energy to maintain the delivery of care while working to reduce energy use.

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.

Two essential resources for ASHE Chapter Leaders.

Get involved with programs that will help you reduce energy use and get the most out of the Energy to Care program.

Whether you are working in a clinic or a hospital, technology plays a key role in 21st century health care.