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Improving Community Health Through Sustainable Healthcare

May 7, 2013     Roy Gunsolus
A look inside three healthcare systems that are making sustainability work, both for themselves and the community, and how design plays a role in the process.
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What Green Steps Have You Taken Lately?

April 15, 2013     Anne DiNardo, Senior Editor
In honor of the 43rd Earth Day, we look at the some stats on the greening of our industry and a few projects that are leading the way.
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Q&A: Jean Hansen On Healthier Interiors

April 10, 2013     Anne DiNardo, Senior Editor
As a preview to her IIDA Education Day webinar, HDR’s sustainable interiors designer discusses the Healthier Hospital Initiative’s Safer Chemical Challenge, green furniture choices, and where she finds strength in numbers.
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Healthcare Design Pulse: Coolest Facility Roofs

March 11, 2013     Kristin D. Zeit, Editor-in-Chief
A roundup of the best, most interesting, and/or most innovative designs and trends we're seeing right now.
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A Prescription For Energy Efficiency

March 1, 2013     Gloria Cascarino
Architects and healthcare administrators need to make sustainable equipment a priority from the start of any project.
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PHOTO TOUR: Max Planck Florida Institute

February 19, 2013     Posted by Kristin D. Zeit, Editor-in-Chief
Take a virtual walk through the Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience, opened in December 2012.
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What's Old Design Is New Again

February 15, 2013     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Tried and true healthcare design tactics may be common sense standards for the industry today, but there are still elements the world at large is just starting to take notice of, and celebrate.
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Modular Building Institute Q&A: Putting The Pieces Together

February 6, 2013     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
Tom Hardiman, executive vice president of the Modular Building Institute, sets the scene for the use of modular construction today and identifies what opportunities are available to healthcare projects across the country.
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The HCD 10: Jean Hansen, Interior Designer

January 17, 2013     Kristin D. Zeit, Editor-in-Chief
HDR Architecture's Jean Hansen is named The HCD 10 Interior Designer for 2013.
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The Cost of Going (or Not Going) Green

January 3, 2013     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Managing Editor
A popular reason for many health systems to put sustainability efforts on the back burner is the belief that the costs involved won't be recouped. But what if evidence not only proves that wrong, but shows how to shave off billions of dollars more?
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