EH&E has moved! We are proud to have moved to a new, expanded location in neighboring Needham! We have been in our new and environmentally friendly office space since December 24, 2007. Our new address is:

117 Fourth Avenue, Needham, MA 02494
Phone: 800-825-5343

May 4 through 6, 2008: John McCarthy, Sc.D., C.I.H., President of EH&E, and Max Chang, M.S., Senior Scientist at EH&E will present "Greening of Healthcare Facilities: A Case Study" at the IFMA Research and Development and Healthcare Council: 2008 Joint Conference in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Based on experience with a new 350,000 square foot critical care facility, they will discuss what specific functional, operational, and financial considerations facility managers need to apply when evaluating options for green healthcare facilities. For more information, visit: http://www.ifmaboston.org/calendar.htm.

On April 10, 2008 at 1:00 PM ET, EH&E is sponsoring a Free Webinar entitled: Using Practice Interview Sessions to Strengthen Your Survey Preparedness within the Environment of Care. EH&E has found the use of practice interview sessions with hospital staff to be a great preparation technique for The Joint Commission (JC) surveys in the Environment of Care (EC). This standard area spans a wide range of disciplines and departments in the hospital, and any survey involving the JC’s tracer methodology will require participation by many to succeed. For more information, visit: http://www.eheinc.com/news_workshops.htm 

On April 4, 2008, John A. Martin, M.P.H., C.H.M.M., Staff Scientist, will be presenting a module entitled Chemical and Physical Properties of Hazardous Materials, for this year’s C.H.M.M. examination preparatory course, “Essentials of Hazardous Materials Management,” at the New England Academy of Certified Hazardous Materials Managers (NEACHMM).

Susanne L. Simon, M.S., Senior Scientist, will be attending the Joint Technical Meeting of the American Industrial Hygiene Association (AIHA) New England Section (NEAIHA) and the New England Chapter of The Auditing Roundtable on Wednesday, March 26, 2008 at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Brain and Cognitive Sciences Center in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

March 16 through 20, 2008: Mara Seeley, Ph.D., DABT, Principal Scientist, will be attending the 47th Annual Meeting of the Society of Toxicology; the conference will take place at the Washington State Convention & Trade Center in Seattle, Washington. She is currently serving as Vice President of the Ethical, Legal, and Social Issues (ELSI) Specialty Section, and has organized a Roundtable Session, Reconciling Scientific and Ethical Concerns in the Use of Animals for Toxicological Research. More information can be found here: http://www.toxicology.org/AI/MEET/AM2008/ss.asp

EH&E co-sponsored The Cardiovascular Center of Tomorrow with William A. Berry & Son, Inc. and the International Facilities Management Association (IFMA) at the Carl J. and Ruth Shapiro Cardiovascular Center of Brigham and Women’s Hospital (BWH) on Tuesday, March 11, 2008 from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. EH&E is serving as the sustainability coordinator on the design and construction team for the Shapiro Center, a 350,000 square foot, Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED®) Silver registered project, this facility is dedicated to cardiovascular care. John F. McCarthy, Sc.D., C.I.H., President of EH&E attended, along with
William S. Wade, David M. Shore, Kevin M. Coghlan, M.S., C.I.H., M. Ann Walsh, and Erin L. Higgins. For more information, click here:
http://www.ifmaboston.org/Events2006-07/080311P%20details.htm

February 27 through 29, 2008: James H. Stewart, Ph.D., C.I.H., CSP, Principal Scientist, attended the Defense Research Institute (DRI) seminar in New Orleans, Louisiana, on Toxic Torts and Environmental Law, in order to present “Unique and Innovative Uses of Industrial Hygiene Data and Models.” For further information, click here: http://dri.org/DRI/open/PastSem.aspx

February 25, 2008: Casey M. Lucas of EH&E had an article, “Top 10 Common Compliance Pitfalls in Healthcare & Laboratory Environmental Programs,” published in ADVANCE for Medical Laboratory Professionals.

February 2008: EH&E hosted two webinars. One focused on Joint Commission compliance in healthcare institutions. Steven Bloom, M.S., Senior Scientist at EH&E presented “Meeting Continuous Compliance Requirements in the Environment of Care.” The second webinar involved construction management and
Michael Della Barba, Director of Commissioning Services presented “Getting the Building You Paid For.” For information on future EH&E events, visit our website at: http://www.eheinc.com/news_workshops.htm

January 2008: Jennifer S. Bosselman, M.S., TURP, attended the Toxic Use Reduction Institute Conference and completed two courses entitled "Resource Conservation Planning Basics – Day One: Applying TUR Methods to Resource Conservation Planning" held in Milford, Massachusetts and "Resource Conservation Asset Specific – Day Two: Technical Options and Asset Specific Planning," held in Marlborough, Massachusetts.
A description of the courses can be found here: http://www.turi.org/content/view/full/4810