Gives a uniform approach and an integrated format for the preparation of project-specific status reports on health care projects. The main objectives of the assessment guidelines include assessing the performance of the building's technical systems, identifying possible improvements in performance and highlighting priority concerns that need more detailed information and in-depth investigations.

Preface 1.1 General The assessment guidelines set out in Clauses 2 and 3 are intended to (a) provide professional assessment teams with a uniform approach and an integrated format to prepare project-specific status reports on health care projects; (b) expand the scope of a hospital\'s accreditation to evaluate the effects of the condition and the performance of the buildings\' technical systems, and of the facility management, on a health care project\'s functional programs; and (c) initiate feedback on present or emerging concerns and solutions that are common to health care projects, and to contribute to an easily accessible, universal data bank.