Healthy and Safe
Green Healthcare Moves From Myth to Reality
By Bill Gregory
Sustainability requires more than recycling. Sustainable principles encourage a balance of concern for people, the environment and financial stability. For those involved with healthcare facilities, there is a growing awareness that designing and managing green buildings includes the needs of many people—patients, physicians, staff, visitors and community. Providing safe and healing surroundings serves everyone.
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Navigating the Path to Sustainable Design
By Michael Meteyer, P.E.
It’s no surprise that healthcare administrators are asking their building project leaders to tell them more about sustainable or green building practices. It’s the hottest topic in the building industry, and healthcare construction is one of the largest building sectors.
The Path to Health
How Wayfinding Is Improving the Healing Process— And Hospitals’ Bottom Lines
By Colin Mosher, AIA & John Bosio, SEGD
The glass pyramid at The Louvre; the spiral atrium at the Guggenheim; the neon signs at Times Square— each of these iconic symbols gives visitors a sense of place and helps them come to terms with disarmingly large, complex spaces. Could the same idea also be applied to hospital design?
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