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Sustainability cost/benefit analysis

James Moler of Turner Healthcare reviews how his discussion group at the HEALTHCARE DESIGN.07 conference tackled the difficult, sometimes controversial topic of identifying cost/benefit for sustainable design. Moler discusses concepts of “cost” that put the analysis of green design in a new light.

http://www.hcdesignmagazine.com/CostBenefit

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Web Inars

Produced by Vendome Group, LLC, in conjunction with The Center for Health Design, the 2008 HEALTHCARE DESIGN Webinar Series features top experts in the field of healthcare design discussing topics that can be put directly to use in design projects.

The Bariatric Population (September 18)

NICU Design: Evaluating Options to Support Changing Care Models (October 2)

Transforming Care in a New Hospital: Process Redesign Teams and the Role They Play in Cultural Shifts (October 16)

For more information, visit Vendome Group's newly designed Webinar site at http://healthcaredesi.wpengine.com/HCDWebinars.

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Green Health Design Online

Green Health Design Online is a new online section featuring monthly articles on sustainability, green design, and eco-strategies in the built healthcare environment.

Waste: It's not just trash anymore

Don't throw away that construction and demolition waste! Along with the changing worldview that there is no “away” in “throwaway,” routing waste to the landfill is also expensive. Treating waste as an asset, the Institution Recycling Network helps projects divert waste to end markets that pay for the material. By dividing waste streams such as aggregate, steel, wood, and gypsum wallboard, IRN achieved a 96% recycling rate in the new construction of a three-floor, 30,000-square-foot outpatient cancer treatment facility.

http://healthcaredesi.wpengine.com/WasteAsAsset