March 4, 2013 Hessam Sadatsafavi, MA and John Walewski, PhD
August 31, 2011 Jane Carthey, BArch, MPM, Vivien Chow, BArch, MPD, Yong-Moon Jung, BSW, MSW, and Susan Mills, BA, GradDipInfStud
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January 1, 2010 George Middleton, AIA, CSI, LEED® AP
PVC: Reaching for Sustainability (2008), Mark Everard, PhD, IOM Communications Ltd, London, United Kingdom. Available through the British Plastics Federation, London. 269 pages, 30.00, ISBN 978-1-86125-170-1
October 31, 2009 Janet Brown
The challenge of environmental sustainability in healthcare is moving past the tendency to focus exclusively on cost-saving improvement strategies while avoiding those with a price tag. How does the healthcare sector shift its focus beyond cost-saving greening activity to strike a balance with the...
July 31, 2009 Jaynelle F. Stichler, DNSc, RN, FACHE, FAAN
July 31, 2009 Ray Pradinuk, BA, BArch, MScArch, MAIBC
Acknowledgments: The author wishes to thank colleagues on the Green Guide for Health Care Steering Committee, particularly Robin Guenther; the many architects, engineers, clinicians, and planners who gave and facilitated the tours of hospitals in Europe referenced in the text; and those not...
July 31, 2009 Robin Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP
The healthcare industry is in a pivotal position to lead the 21st-century reintegration of environment, health, and economic prosperity. By critically reinventing the hospital as a regenerative place of healing, marshalling purchasing power, and modeling health and wellness within a society in...
July 31, 2009 Adele Houghton, AIA, LEED AP, Gail Vittori, LEED AP, and Robin Guenther, FAIA, LEED AP
Acknowledgments: The authors would like to acknowledge the assistance of Breeze Glazer, Perkins + Will, New York, and Rachel Dewane, CMPBS, Austin, TX, in the development of the graphics and interviews. Portions of survey data (Figures 6, 7, and 11) are reprinted here with permission of Greg Kats...
July 31, 2009 Kirk Hamilton, FAIA, FACHA
April 30, 2009 Mardelle McCuskey Shepley, MArch, MA, DArch, Mara Baum, MArch, MCP, Rachel Ginsberg, and Bill Rostenberg, FAIA, FACHA
Acknowledgments: Funds for this project were provided by AIA Upjohn Initiative and the Boston Society of Architects Research Grants in Architecture program.
April 30, 2009 Janet Brown
It is my understanding that one of the goals of HERD is to focus on sustainability, and I could not be more pleased with the recognition of this aspect of creating a healing environment for patients, families, and healthcare staff. The goals of healing environments are often described as reducing...
January 1, 2008 Greg Roberts, AIA, FCSI, CCS, CCCA, ACHA, LEED™ AP
Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, by Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori, Hoboken, NJ: John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 2007, 448 pages, $75.00.
As healthcare institutions rush to contain building costs while “fast-tracking” the process, many times they lose sight of the core mission—...
