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April 27, 2012 Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
The conclusion of an interview with Mara Baum, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, HOK's Sustainable Design Leader for Healthcare. The first in an ongoing series looking at new and emerging roles in healthcare design.
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April 19, 2012 Chris Naughton, AIA
It doesn’t seem that long ago that a then-new generation of healthcare facilities was taking root, and now the next wave of changes for healthcare planners is well upon us.
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April 18, 2012 Healthcare Design
Janet Brown, Director – Sustainable Operations, Practice Green Health, discusses healing environments and sustainability – at the 2011 Healthcare Design Conference in Nashville Tennessee.
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April 18, 2012 Healthcare Design
Kim Shinn of TLC Engineering, Brentwood, TN, talks about the healthcare industry and sustainability: the perfect marriage – at the 2011 Healthcare Design Conference in Nashville Tennessee.
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April 16, 2012 Janet Brown, Contributing Editor
Covenant Health System, a Catholic not-for-profit, began its system-wide mission to green its nursing homes, hospitals, and assisted-living facilities in 2003, with many programs to share from over the years.
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April 13, 2012 Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
An interview with Mara Baum, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, HOK's Sustainable Design Leader for Healthcare. The first in an ongoing series looking at new and emerging roles in healthcare design.
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April 10, 2012 Janet Brown, Contributing Editor
Ten of the largest U.S. health systems have partnered with Health Care Without Harm, The Center for Health Design, and Practice Greenhealth to form the Healther Hospitals Initiative (HHI).
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April 5, 2012 Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
A blogger ignites controversy of misinterpretation, but it turns out that the U.S. Army's green certification plans are still fairly intriguing.
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April 2, 2012 Stacy Parcell
In response to the popularity of healing gardens in healthcare, landscape architects are pushing these spaces forward with the introduction of an edible concept, providing more textures, colors, smells, and, of course, taste.
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March 27, 2012 Todd Hutlock, Editor-in-Chief
As the U.S. Green Building Council's LEED program celebrates another significant achievement, the LEED for Healthcare program falls that much further behind. Will it ever catch up?