Helping to lead a global sustainability movement
Kara Brooks, MS, LEED AP BD+C, was recently promoted from sustainability program manager to senior associate director of sustainability at the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE). This month, she talks with HFM about how the organization is helping to push the needle in environmental equity.
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