NEHES Monthly Digest
September 30, 2020
NEHES News
COVID-19 Response - Share Your Best Practices
Dear NEHES members,

We hope that each one of you are staying safe and well during this time. We would like to thank you for all you are doing at your facilities in keeping up with the demand, as we try to get through the COVID-19 pandemic.
The 2020 NEHES Virtual Fall Conference was a great success!
Thank you to all who joined us for our first-ever virtual conference. With over 250 facility managers, business partners and esteemed speakers in attendance, we hope you made connections, increased your knowledge and had some fun while you were at it!
 
The virtual conference featured presentations that supported this year’s theme: “Sustaining Healthcare Now and Into the Future: Continuous Improvement without Exhausting Resources.” The Fall Conference committee did an excellent job selecting topics relevant in today’s environment. Thank you to the committee from the Rhode Island Healthcare Engineers’ Society, led by CJ Brown, NEHES Education Chair, for their work on this year’s event.
2021 Officers elected and voted upon during the Virtual Fall Conference
Thank you to all of our NEHES Members who approved the Officer slate presented during the Business Meeting at the 2020 Virtual Fall Conference. It is our honor to announce the NEHES Officers for 2021:
 
Cole Teague – President
Dann Boyer – President-Elect
David Fowler – Treasurer
CJ Brown – Secretary
 
At this time, we would also like to take this opportunity to thank our outgoing Board of Directors for their service, dedication and support of NEHES over the last year. Thanks to the 2020 Board of Directors!
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Membership
Member in the Spotlight - James Lehneman

Name
James Lehneman
 
Year Joined NEHES
2015
 
Why did you join NEHES?
I joined NEHES because I was new to the healthcare engineering field and I felt the best way to quickly gain knowledge and start building professional relationships with fellow healthcare engineers was to become an active NEHES member.
 
What would you say to encourage someone to join?
I believe that being a NEHES member is one of the best ways to stay informed of industry trends and creative ideas and solutions to everyday issues experienced in the day to day life of a healthcare engineer.
 
Benefits of NEHES
As a NEHES member I have been able to learn from very experienced and talented healthcare engineers from across New England and use that knowledge to improve the operations of my organization. The Spring and Fall conferences have also proved to be very valuable. The conferences not only helped me expand my professional network, they allowed me to connect with vendors and engineering design teams that have had a positive impact on the continued improvement of this facility.

NEHES Presents Chapter Leadership Award, Presidents Award, Engineer of the Year Award and Chapter Excellence Awards at 2020 Virtual Fall Conference
NEHES was pleased to present several awards during the 2020 Virtual Fall Conference including the Chapter Leadership Award, Engineer of the Year Award, Chapter Excellence Awards and the President’s Award.
NEHES Welcomes New Members

Reaghan Schicker            
Manager of PD&C, Facilities        
Connecticut Children's Medical Center
 
Jeremy Reid      
Regional Sales Director 
AQUIS Solutions
 
Tucker Adams  
Project Coordinator       
Maine Medical Center
 
Brendan Thrasher           
Maintenance Working Foreman
Massachusetts Department of Mental Health
 
Karl Gebhardt   
Project Manager             
Avid Engineers
 
Heather Leary   
Facilities Project Planner and Manager  
UMass Memorial Medical Center
 
David Farmer    
Sr. Dir, facilities, Design & Construction 
Cambridge Health Alliance
 
Doak Marasco  
Sr. Business Development Manager        
The Davey Tree Expert Company
 
Joe Williams       
Senior Consultant           
Vantage Technology Consulting Group
 
Glenn Casey      
Dir. Engineering & Maintenance
Anna Jaques Hospital
 
Hernando Rodriguez      
Facilities Director            
Chelse Jewish LifeCare
 
Michael Foulds 
President           
Albo Agency
 
Rahul Tikekar    
SVP       
Loring Consulting Engineers, Inc.
 
Rob O'Donnell  
CEO       
Aquanomix
 
Chad Tully          
Director of Marketing   
Z-Band Technologies
 
Eric Brigante      
Director, Facilities Management
Nashoba Valley Medical Center
 
Benjamin Fowler             
Principal, Commissioning Engineer          
Ben Fowler Consulting PLLC

ASHE Update
ASHE Region 1 Liaison Update
By Edward M. Browne, CHFM, CHC, FASHE 
 
The fall is finally upon us, and the days are getting much shorter. Although socially we have had to keep ourselves safe, and we seem to learn new ways to adapt to this new world order every day, I can affirm that ASHE business is going on as usual, just in a virtual format. Let me offer our NEHES membership the following updates.
Final week to register for ASHE Annual Virtual Conference
This is the final week to register for the 2020 ASHE Annual Virtual Conference. Join your peers October 5-7 as ASHE transitions its previously planned 2020 Annual Conference & Technical Exhibition into a dynamic online experience. This reimagined platform provides attendees with opportunities to learn, connect and grow with peers and vendors as the field works together to transform the health care physical environment. Sessions will address timely issues such as pandemic recovery and updates from The Joint Commission. Attendees can also earn up to 25.5 continuing education credits. Can't attend during the planned conference dates? Sessions will be available on demand until Dec. 31.
ASHE
RPF Associates, Inc.
REOS Sales & Service
Sustainability
Building a Team of Energy Champions
Health Facilities Management
Facility management professions are a key part of the energy management team in health care facilities.
Goal Tracking with Energy to Care
Health Facilities Management
The Energy To Care Sustainability Guidebook and Checklist and other tools can help health care facility managers in their sustainability efforts.
Seaman DiCarlo General Contractors, Inc.
Pall Medical
Facility Management News
Developing a Water Management Plan of Action
Health Facilities Management
To ward off risks such as Legionella, it's important to have an effective water management plan.
Room to Grow: Designing Pediatric Spaces for Children of All Ages
Medical Construction & Design
Designing health care spaces for children involves addressing a number of different considerations.
COVID-19's Impact on Healthcare Design and Construction
Healthcare Construction + Operations
The current pandemic has already had an effect on healthcare design and construction considerations.