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St. Elizabeth Hospital Develops Third Rooftop Garden

September 3, 2015 2059 Views Connecticut Department of Corrections, CSU, Eastern U.S., federal forests, Fort Collins, Mount Royal University, Regional Medical Center, Taylor Centre for the Performing Arts

APPLETON, Wis. — St. Elizabeth’s Hospital recently installed a green rooftop garden on top of the new Fremont Tower. Installation of the garden began in mid-July. The 235,000-square-foot, five-story tower will be an inpatient facility, which also has a new radiology unit and a restaurant-style cafeteria named The Market. The new, modern facility will replace a 90-year-old hospital wing and will provide a more comfortable place for patients to recover.

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More Hospitals Strive for Sustainability, Report Shows

September 3, 2014 1906 Views Bill Donatelli, Connecticut Department of Corrections, Eastern U.S., Green Building Initiative, Ken Harman, Meeker Family Health Center, QHR, Quorum Health Resources, Seesmart Technologies Inc., William DeJong

RESTON, Va. — The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) has released its 2013 Milestone Report, which shows more hospitals are adopting sustainability practices. According to the report, hospitals are taking such measures to reduce their environmental footprint, lower costs and improve the health of patients and staff.

Q&A: A Look Inside Interior Health Care Design

May 21, 2014May 21, 2014 1574 Views Arkansas Board of Corrections, Connecticut Department of Corrections, Henry Ford Hospital, Hospital, Landing Page Panel Ad, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, Roger Ulrich, Sky Ridge Medical Center

The rapidly evolving ways health care providers are caring for their patients and the new information on the built environment’s effect on the healing process is transforming health care design from the inside out.

DIRTT Provides Clean, Custom Interiors for Health Care

May 7, 2014May 14, 2014 2472 Views Bridges of America, Capital Improvement Project, Connecticut Department of Corrections, Craig Cordola, Hospital, Landing Page Panel Ad, Sky Tower, The Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education, The Refinishing Touch

CALGARY, Alberta — DIRTT Environmental Solutions continues to create groundbreaking interior solutions for a wide variety of health care applications.

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Lankenau Medical Center Earns LEED Silver

April 23, 2014 1842 Views Connecticut Department of Corrections, Eastern U.S., Green Building Codes, Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical Center, Mesa College, UT System Board of Regents

WYNNEWOOD, Pa. — The Lankenau Medical Center is celebrating the recent achievement of LEED Silver certification for the sustainable design and construction of the center’s Master Facility Project. The $446 million, 600,000-square-foot project is the first health project in the region to receive LEED Silver and is the largest health care project on the East Coast to earn the green distinction, according to hospital officials.

Q&A: A Look Inside Interior Health Care Design

March 6, 2014March 19, 2014 2931 Views Arkansas Board of Corrections, Connecticut Department of Corrections, Henry Ford Hospital, Hospital, Landing Page Panel Ad, Pulaski County Circuit Judge Wendell Griffen, Roger Ulrich, Sky Ridge Medical Center

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Childbirth Procedures Studied for Improved Sustainability

May 9, 2012May 9, 2012 1704 Views Certification, Connecticut Department of Corrections, EPD, Ken Wertz

PITTSBURGH, Pa. — In a study that is the first of its kind, a team of researchers is studying ways to make childbirth procedures more sustainable by examining the environmental impacts of childbirth.

With funding from the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Health, researchers from the University of Pittsburgh and Magee-Womens Hospital in Pittsburgh have teamed up to improve sustainable childbirth procedures through vaginal delivery and birth by cesarean section.