A broad range of allied trade professionals are invited to join a leading panel of experts — beginning Tuesday, Nov. 3 at 10 a.m. EST — during six weekly panel discussions as they address healthcare design and water safety for Watts Healthcare LIVE.

As schools across the country work to reopen, Intellihot implores K-12 school administrators to take preventative health and safety measures.

ASHRAE’s Building Readiness guidance provides practical information and checklists to help minimize the chance of spreading SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19.

Plumbing systems have at minimum been underutilized or at worst-case idle, allowing dangerous levels of potentially harmful bacteria like Legionella to proliferate.

SPL President Janet Stout, Ph.D., a clinical and environmental biologist with more than 30 years of pioneering research in Legionella, will teach the three-day course.

The guideline is intended for use by owners of human-occupied buildings and those involved in the design, construction, installation, commissioning, management, operation, maintenance, and service of centralized building water systems and components.

Following these procedures should prevent thousands of workers from getting sick and dying from Legionnaire’s disease and other types of waterborne illnesses associated with stagnant water.

The company's customized assessment and action plans aim to deliver the health, safety and assurance needed for building occupants to return with confidence.

The online offerings run through June.

The report identifies nearly 60 specific research needs that address system design, operation and maintenance, and provides a useful reference for the development of a detailed roadmap for addressing those needs through applied research and codes and standards activities.