The Small Business Legislative Council (SBLC) is hosting two free webinars on the implementation of health care reform and its impact on small business on April 29.
National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH), a national nonprofit dedicated to creating safe and healthy homes for children and their families, and Wells Fargo & Co. announced that the Wells Fargo Housing Foundation has committed up to $850,000 over three years to help launch the “Healthy Housing Challenge.”
Health care HVAC systems serve facilities in which the population is highly vulnerable and exposed to elevated risks of health, fire, and safety hazards, notes ASHRAE. A new manual from ASHRAE provides guidance in addressing these issues.
As the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act is implemented in phases over several years, some HVACR business owners are fearful of the program’s potentially detrimental effect on the cost of employee health care coverage.
Several federal agencies have unveiled Advancing Healthy Housing – A Strategy for Action. The initiative’s goal is to address preventable hazards associated with the home. It encourages federal agencies to take preemptive actions that will help reduce the number of American homes with health and safety hazards.
Operating rooms, critical-care facilities, data centers, imaging centers — plus worker productivity — are, to some extent, dependent on the reliable operation of the HVAC system, particularly in warm weather.
Scotsman Ice Systems has announced plans to donate a percentage of each healthcare unit sold to the Global Water Challenge’s newly launched Women for Water campaign. The campaign is a global grassroots initiative that is dedicated to launching women-led water ventures, to provide clean water.
The National Association for State Community Services Programs (NASCSP), in partnership with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), launched a new website, WxPlusHealth.org, to connect low-income families with services and funding to reduce their homes’ health hazards and energy costs.
The ACE Group has announced the release of an advisory entitled, “Legionella and Mold: Construction and Renovation Risks at Healthcare Facilities,” which explores the potential risks of pollutants, such as mold and legionella, that hospitals and healthcare facilities can experience during renovation or construction projects.
ASHRAE announced a call for abstracts for IAQ 2013, “Environmental Health in Low-Energy Buildings.” The conference will occur Oct. 15-18, 2013, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
