Study: Green Offices are More Productive
EAST LANSING, Mich. — A new study released by Michigan State University draws an evidence-based connection between environmentally friendly offices buildings and the productivity of office staff.
Titled “Effects of Green Buildings on Employee Health and Productivity,” the study examined two cases in the Lansing area where workers moved from a conventional office building to an environmentally friendly green facility. Workers claimed they called in sick less often and were more productive in the new sustainable environment.
Read More Princeton HealthCare Studies New Prototype
Veterans’ Hospitals Go Solar
The Jerry L. Pettis Memorial Medical Center in Loma Linda, Calif.
iPad Construction Work
THOMASVILLE, Ga. — At the construction site of a new $113 million, eight-story patient tower on the campus of the Archbold Memorial Hospital in Thomasville. Ga., craftsmen and site supervisors were able to reference a virtual layout of the project from their Apple iPads.
The NoliWhite Group, a healthcare facility developer based in Brentwood, Tenn., launched the Project Information Integration, or PI2, initiative, earlier this year, which features the construction of a new patient tower.
Read More Sustainable Landscape Rating Pilot Program Introduced
WASHINGTON — A new national rating system for sustainable landscape design, construction and maintenance has selected over 150 test sites to participate in a two-year pilot program.
The Sustainable Sites Initiative (SITES), a partnership of the American Society of Landscape Architects, the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center at The University of Texas at Austin, and the United States Botanic Garden, provides voluntary guidelines and performance benchmarks for sustainable landscapes of all kinds, with or without buildings.
Ohio Healthcare Jobs
COLUMBUS, Ohio — Construction crews at Ohio State University have broken ground on a $1 billion medical center expansion, the largest job-generating initiative in Ohio’s history, according to reports.
N.J. Senate Pushes for New VA Hospital
TRENTON, N.J. — The New Jersey State Senate recently approved SR28, a resolution that asks the United States Congress to enact legislation establishing a regional veterans’ medical facility in southern New Jersey.
The is currently is no Department of Veterans Affairs inpatient medical center in the south part of the state. While the VA has established small clinics in Ventnor, Cape May and Vineland, they are only equipped to perform certain types of outpatient medical services.
Read More Seattle Children’s Plan Moves Forward
UCSF Project Given $100 Million
Baltimore Clinic Earns Platinum Certification
BALTIMORE — Featuring rain gardens, a heat recovery wheel, and natural lighting in 75 percent of its offices, the Highlandtown Healthy Living Center medical office building now also proudly displays a LEED Platinum placard.
The newly opened 32,000-square-foot clinic, part of the Baltimore Medical System, one of six such centers operated by BMS, offers patient care and education to approximately 22,000 people in around Highlandtown – an East Baltimore neighborhood.
“We are using the environmentally friendly and
Read More