All Posts Tagged With: "green healthcare"

New Space for Women’s Health Seeks LEED Gold in Midtown

Designed by Perkins+Will and Lilker Associates Consulting Engineers, the New Space for Women’s Health will be New York City’s first stand-alone birthing center, offering women and their families prenatal and postpartum care, childbirth education, social work, and psychological services. The three-story project is pursuing a LEED Gold rating from USGBC; green features will include efficient HVAC, water, and lighting systems, among other LEED standards. Lilker’s healthcare division sought to design a “relaxed and warm setting” for patients that simultaneously conserves energy. The team is also considering installing wind turbines and solar hot water panels. The 8000-square-foot project involves the conversion of a former parking garage on West 30th Street in Midtown and should open sometime in 2010.

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26Aug2008 | Stephen Del Percio | 0 comments | Continued

Feeling Greener Already: The Healing Industry Takes on Sustainability*

Hospitals and clinics are among the most conspicuous energy consumers on the planet. The need for infection control introduces a fog of harsh chemicals that are rough on lungs as well as the wastewater stream. Air quality has to be monitored and changed frequently. And because hospitals never sleep, neither do expensive, sensitive respirators and scanning machines. Add to that an interminable flow of disposable needles, gloves and blood bags, and you can understand why so many hospitals have a Godzilla-sized carbon footprint. At the same time, as healing spaces, hospitals are striving to gain ground within the green movement. Healthcare administrators recognize that green buildings are healthy buildings, promoting speedier recovery rates and improving staff performance, while simultaneously saving energy and reducing operations costs.

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20May2008 | Daniel Fenyn | 0 comments | Continued