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Consider Water Quality When Reopening Closed Buildings
As states and municipalities begin to ease COVID-related business restrictions, or at least to contemplate plans for "reopening," owners of all types of facilities that have been vacant should take measures for preventing bacterial issues related to water stagnation,...
Hospital COVID Response: Planning Your Next Steps
During the past few months, many hospitals have scrambled to make urgent facility changes to accommodate a surge, or anticipated surge, in patients seeking treatment for the COVID-19 virus. The changes have been hastily made in response to an emergency, and they have...
COVID-19 Strategies for Healthcare Facilities
As health systems scramble to cope with current or anticipated surges of patients infected with COVID-19, engineering strategies are emerging. Some involve renovations in existing healthcare buildings (both operating and previously shuttered) to create more beds for...
Keeping Non-Healthcare Buildings Healthy Under Reduced Occupancy
Healthcare buildings are under extreme operational demands due to the COVID-19 virus. At the same time, non-healthcare buildings may see the reverse conditions, with limited occupancy and sharply reduced operational hours. G/BA offers this guidance to help facilities...
GBA Publishes 2019 Edition of Hospital Energy+Water Survey
Grumman/Butkus Associates has released the latest edition of its annual Hospital Energy and Water Benchmarking Survey, focusing on usage and costs for fossil fuels, electricity, and water/sewer.The survey also tracks hospitals' carbon footprint and energy costs per...
ASHRAE Recognizes Seitz Lab Project With International Technology Award
G/BA's renovation of a materials science lab building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been honored with the ASHRAE Technology Award.The firm's project at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory received First Place in the Educational...