LEED for Healthcare Rating Unveiled
PHOENIX — The U.S. Green Building Council announced its latest green building rating system geared specifically for the healthcare industry.
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Electronic Faucets Can Cause Infection, Study Finds
BALTIMORE, Md.
Read More KLMK Group Wins Md. Hospital Contracts
SILVER SPRING, Md. — KLMK Group Inc., a provider of healthcare planning and facility-related advisory services, was awarded the contract for program management of a bed tower expansion at Holy Cross Hospital in Silver Spring and its new hospital to be built in Germantown, Md.
Holy Cross Hospital – Silver Spring is planning a six-story tower approximately 175,000 to 200,000 square feet, to be linked to the existing hospital structure.
Read More Seacrest Foundation Donates Media Center
PHILADELPHIA — The Ryan Seacrest Foundation has selected The Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia as the latest site for construction of The Voice, an interactive closed-circuit broadcast multimedia center.
Fla. Breaks Ground On Psychiatric Hospital
FORT MYERS, Fla.
Read More Fans Help Prevent Disease at Rwanda Clinic
In the northern mountainous region of Rwanda, a new health clinic faces a health concern common among African clinics: the spread of disease within the facility.
Office Depot Earns Energy Star Leader Status
BOCA RATON, Fla. — Office Depot, a provider of office supplies and services, was named an Energy Star Leader for reducing its energy consumption by 27.5 percent across its building portfolio.
The Energy Star Leaders program, administered by the U.S.
Read More $195.5 Million Hospital Set to Open in NY
WALLKILL, N.Y. — Orange Regional Medical Center will open its new replacement hospital in Wallkill to the public in April, according to hospital officials.
The new $195.5 million, 621,000-square-foot hospital, located 65 miles outside Manhattan, was designed and constructed by St. Louis-based HBE 
Corp.
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BlueCross Tennessee Headquarters Earns LEED Gold
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BlueCross BlueShield’s headquarters in Tennessee, which includes 950,000 square feet of office space, recently received LEED Gold certification.
Bob Worthington, chief strategy officer for BlueCross, said the company always had the desire to incorporate certain sustainable design attributes into the new corporate campus.
“Our master planning goals always included sustainability, innovation and
wellness,” Worthington said.
Read More BlueCross Headquarters Earns LEED Gold
CHATTANOOGA, Tenn. — BlueCross BlueShield’s headquarters in Tennessee, which includes 950,000 square feet of office space, recently received LEED Gold certification.
Bob Worthington, chief strategy officer for BlueCross, said the company always had the desire to incorporate certain sustainable design attributes into the new corporate campus.
“Our master planning goals always included sustainability, innovation and wellness,” Worthington said.
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