Energy Efficiency - June 2016
Academic medical centers rethinking traditional design
To remain competitive, academic medical centers are updating their physical environments and addressing operational efficiencies, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/30/2016
Biomedical engineers can be trained on virtual system
New training method to help engineers learn how to fix and maintain equipment systems
6/29/2016
Why aren’t healthcare waiting rooms more accommodating?
Waiting rooms are among the most highly trafficked areas in a healthcare facility
6/24/2016
Darkness as important as light for health
Light at night disrupts the body's normal cycles, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/24/2016
New treatment room designed with user-oriented model
Design model for future intensive and intermediate care facilities was developed at Finnish hospital
6/21/2016
Retail invites interaction with community
The design of Chicago's Northwestern Memorial Hospital has helped the building become a good neighbor and receive the 2016 ACHA Legacy Project Award, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/21/2016
Construction in a working healthcare facility can be delicate
Issues include safety requirements, the phasing-in order and maintaining hospital operations
6/16/2016
White paper on energy savings available
'Energy savings — Realistic Expectations' downloadable from Medical Construction & Design website
6/16/2016
Ontario healthcare facility making the hospital safer for psychiatric patients
Safe rooms will have smooth walls and heavy furniture to prevent self-harm
6/15/2016
Hospitals adopting a variety of shades of green
Greenhealth Exchange partnership will make it easier for healthcare organizations to buy green
6/14/2016
Are ICUs too loud?
The World Health Organization recommends hospitals keep the noise level in ICUs below 35 decibels on average
6/13/2016
Traditional exam rooms do not support modern healthcare
Exam rooms can disrupt partnership with patients
6/13/2016
Architectural decisions can impact dementia patients
Getting lost can be especially dangerous for people who live with advanced forms of dementia
6/10/2016
A toxin-free healthcare facility for the future
Hospitals are beginning to evaluate products' potential health risks
6/8/2016
Electrical, power, lighting in stand-alone healthcare buildings
Stand-alone medical buildings and specialized treatment facilities are engineering challenges
6/6/2016
Design strategies for med/surg rooms
The Center for Health Design looked at med/surg rooms and found 19 evidence-based features to consider incorporating, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
6/6/2016
Healthy energy: Creating outage-resilient hospital facilities
An important step in increasing the resiliency of a healthcare facility is to connect its behind-the-meter energy assets, in order to monitor them around the clock and ensure they will perform as required in an outage
6/6/2016
San Francisco in healthcare construction boom
City hospitals expanding as facilities close elsewhere
6/2/2016
UF Health retrocommission, automation cut energy costs
Performance data helps healthcare facility save millions
6/2/2016