With lockdown orders put in place across the U.S., 2020 put a greater emphasis on building codes and thrust them into the spotlight. 

I’m feeling pretty somber as I sit here writing this month’s column. Latest reports indicate 152 people remain unaccounted for following the partial collapse of a 12-story residential building in Surfside, Florida, on June 24. 

Bringing a child into the world is forever a special experience. However, giving birth is not without stress for many expectant mothers. 

When crowds begin to return to commercial spaces, customers will want to enter a restroom where they feel safe. 

The ASHRAE Epidemic Task Force has been developing and disseminating guidance for the control of airborne transmission of SARS-CoV-2 since its formation in March 2020.

Hundreds of scientific studies over the past century have proven the disinfectant efficacy of Ultraviolet Germicidal Irradiation (UVGI or UV-C) energy, having first inactivated viruses and other microbes on surfaces in 1877, in water in 1910 and in air in 1935.

ASHRAE and DHS S&T intend to explore how best to mitigate the movement of airborne pathogens through building systems.

When the ink was dry on the market forecasts for 2020, nobody could have predicted a global pandemic disrupting every facet of the U.S. economy. 

The annual Healthy Handwashing Survey from Bradley Corp. queried 1,050 American adults Jan. 11-13, about their handwashing habits, concerns about the coronavirus and flu and their use of public restrooms.