Helpful Links

ASHRAE
International technical society organized to advance the arts and sciences of heating, ventilation, air-conditioning and refrigeration.
-www.ashrae.org

ASHE: American Society for Healthcare Engineering
American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) … ASHE: Dedicated to optimizing the healthcare physical environment …
-www.ashe.org

AIA
National professional association of architects.
-www.aia.org

Texas Society of Architects homepage
-www.texasarchitect.org

The U.S. Green Building Council is a 501(c)(3) non-profit community of leaders working to make green buildings available to everyone within a generation
-www.usgbc.org

BIMable.com is dedicated to providing information and resources related to Building Information Modeling in order to increase the awareness of the benefits and capabilities of BIM.
-www.bimable.com

AIA Houston’s BIM Committee link
www.aiahouston.org/BIM

Medline Plus includes Health topics, Drug information, Medical Encyclopedia, Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary, News, Directories, and other resources:
-www.medlineplus.gov/

Direct link to Merriam-Webster’s Medical Dictionary:
-http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/mplusdictionary.html

National home page for the Joint Commission. The Joint Commission guidelines sometimes exceed TDH guidelines. All Healthcare Organizations receive payments from Medicare / Medicaid must be certified by Joint Commission:
-www.jointcommission.org/

Centers for Disease Control
Published guidelines for Infection Control in Health Care Facilities. This is a good reference for design of spaces for the treatment of Tuberculosis Patients
-http://www.cdc.gov/

Texas Department of State Health Services chapter 133, Section I contains Texas Department of State Health Services MEP design guidelines:
-http://info.sos.state.tx.us/pls/pub/readtac$ext.ViewTAC?tac_view=4&ti= 25&pt=1&ch=133

Texas Department of State Health Services Home Page,
-www.dshs.state.tx.us/

National Institute of Health, Use this  resource when accreditation by NIH is required for funding a project:
-http://www.nih.gov/