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Welcome to the Targeted ED+C eNews:
Healthcare Design
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Healthcare Design
Numerous studies have linked such building attributes as daylighting, plant life and comfort to  increased worker productivity within office buildings. Similar studies have shown these same aspects can also have a positive influence on the recovery rate and attitudes of patients within a hospital setting.
The push to include these features in modern healthcare facilities is a far cry from the previous push some decades ago. This push included box-like structures with milquetoast colors, lots of fluorescent lighting and artificiality in the name of sterility.
Fortunately, the benefits of more natural elements from a health perspective are obvious. This eNews highlights some of those facilities and initiatives that are promoting green construction for the sake of their patients in addition to the good they're doing for the environment as a whole.
Cheers,
Derrick Teal
ED+C Managing Editor |
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 Downlad a FREE White Paper on Green Roof Monitoring
A new white paper from Onset provides guidance and tips on how data logging weather stations can be effectively used to monitor green roof performance. It discusses a range of monitoring applications that can help satisfy requirements for LEED Certification credits, such as stormwater management performance documentation.
Click here to download the FREE white paper today!
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System installed in Lake to Save Hospital $1 Million a Year
Elgin, Ill. - Sherman Hospital's $310 million replacement hospital in Elgin, Ill., scheduled to open in late 2009, will be mainly heated and cooled by geothermal energy from a 15-acre artificial lake next to the facility...
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New Ventilation Design Requirements for Healthcare Facilities Available from ASHRAE
Atlanta
- Requirements to ensure high-quality ventilation can be found in a new standard written by ASHRAE and the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE). ANSI/ASHRAE/ASHE Standard 170-2008, Ventilation of Health Care Facilities, defines ventilation system design requirements that provide environmental control for comfort, as well as infection and odor control...
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First LEED-certified Healthcare Project in Massachusetts
Barre, Mass. - Barre Family Health Center has recently been LEED Certified by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC). The facility is one of a few healthcare projects to become LEED certified in the U.S. and the only healthcare project to do so in Massachusetts...
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Environmentally Friendly Hospital Opens
Modesto, Calif. - Kaiser Permanente opened its most environmentally friendly hospital to date, bringing more jobs to the San Joaquin Valley, and expanding Kaiser Permanente's convenient healthcare offerings and sustainable building design...
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For more Healthcare news, visit
www.EDCmag.com. |
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The December 2008 print issue of ED+C will feature a Product Focus section highlighting ED+C's most requested products of 2008. ED+C's Editorial Calendar is available online - send your case studies, projects, stories, products and comments to Derrick Teal, managing editor, ED+C, at
teald@bnpmedia.com.
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