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Small wooden houses following ANSI/ASHRAE 55-2023 for thermal environmental conditions.

ANSI/ASHRAE 55-2023: Thermal Environmental Conditions for Human Occupancy

ByBrad Kelechava February 22, 2024May 21, 2025

An American National Standard, ANSI/ASHRAE 55-2023: Thermal Environmental Conditions For Human Occupancy, specifies indoor thermal environmental factors and personal factors that will produce thermal environmental…

Door handles with a chain link around them and a lock on connecting the ends

ANSI | Fire Safety

Locked Doors: Security Barricade or Life Safety Hazard?

ByNational Fire Protection Association (NFPA) April 3, 2017May 29, 2025

The same situation has unfolded countless times: locked egress doors trapping occupants in a building. A core component of the NFPA 101: Life Safety Code…

Health care facility on sunny day that has occupancy classified to NFPA 101

ANSI | Fire Safety

When it Comes to Health Care Facilities, It Is Important to Classify Occupancy for the Benefit of Patients and Building Owners

ByNational Fire Protection Association (NFPA) February 2, 2017May 28, 2025

Last year, the 2012 edition of NFPA 101 the Life Safety Code was adopted by the U.S. Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), mandating…