As part of the Obama Administration’s effort to double energy productivity by 2030 and reduce carbon emissions in commercial buildings, the Department of Energy announced $9 million to encourage investments in energy-saving technologies that can be tested and deployed in offices, shops, restaurants, hospitals, hotels and other types of commercial buildings. Read More …
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Green Healthcare Construction Project Completed with Help from KBE Building Corp.
SYRACUSE, N.Y. – KBE Building Corporation, partnering with Hayner Hoyt Corporation, served as construction manager at risk for the $95-million, 200,000-square-foot full-service, critical care Christina M. Nappi Surgical Tower, which features 110 spacious private rooms and a 4,000-square-foot surgical waiting room with seating for approximately 135 people. Read More …
PMC Breaks Ground for Construction of New Hospital
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center CEO Warren Browner, M.D., MPH was joined by San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee and several members of the Board of Supervisors to celebrate construction of the new state-of-the-art, seismically safe hospital at the St. Luke’s campus at Cesar Chavez and Valencia Streets. Read More …
FKP Architects Hires James Kendrick as Healthcare Leader
HOUSTON, Texas — FKP Architects continues to expand its Dallas office, adding a key senior leader. James Kendrick, AIA joins the firm as vice president and senior project manager for the healthcare sector. Read More …
Leading Building Industry Groups Agree to Streamline Green Building Tool Coordination, Development
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The International Code Council, ASHRAE, the American Institute of Architects, the Illuminating Engineering Society of North America and the U.S. Green Building Council announce the signing of a memorandum to collaborate on the development of Standard 189.1, the International Green Construction Code and the LEED green building program. Read More …
Brasfield & Gorrie Brings Innovation to Life at Grandview Medical Center
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. — Brasfield & Gorrie is utilizing numerous innovative tools and techniques in construction of Grandview Medical Center in Birmingham, Ala., in a fitting nod to the hospital’s future as a center of innovation. Read More …
AIA Calls for Entries for 2014 COTE Top Ten Green Projects
The COTE Top Ten Green Projects program seeks to identify and recognize the benefits of a high performance, sustainable design approach; to educate the architectural community and the public at large on the increased value that sustainable design provides for developers, building owners and occupants and to acknowledge architects as experts in the creation of energy conscious and environmentally responsible design solutions. Read More …
Study by Perkins+Will Experts Supports Sustainable Hospital Design
NEW YORK, N.Y. — New research conducted by experts at Perkins+Will contests the commonly held belief that LEED certification for hospitals is cost prohibitive. The study, titled “LEED Certified Hospitals: Perspectives on Capital Cost Premiums and Operational Benefits,” reveals that this is incorrect. Read More …
ERDMAN Project Earns LEED Gold Certification
MADISON, Wis. — ERDMAN, a Madison, Wis.-based healthcare consulting, facility planning, development and design-build firm, announced that one of its most recently completed projects – the $32.6-million Facey Medical Group’s Mission Hills Clinic in Mission Hills, Calif. – has been awarded a LEED Gold for New Construction certification by the U.S. Green Building Council. Read More …
