NYC Adopts ASHRAE Legionella Standards

NYC Adopts ASHRAE Legionella Standards

New York City wasted no time adopting portions of the recently published Standard 188-2015, Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems.  This is following the recent outbreak of... 

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ASHRAE Passes Standard 188-2015, Legionellosis: Risk Management for Building Water Systems

Why has ASHRAE decided to address balancing in a standard that is written for the purpose of Legionella prevention? The reason has to do with domestic hot water recirculation systems – particularly large systems with multiple returns coming back to the boiler. If these return lines are not balanced it is possible that...  

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