Engineering Ideas

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Building a First

January 27, 2012     By Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
Boston’s Brigham and Women’s Hospital opens what's been called the world's most comprehensive imaging suite.
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AV in the Operating Room

January 24, 2012     Corey Salvatore
In order to have an effective and reliable space, the OR equipment, data network, and AV technology need to be thought of as inter-related parts of the larger whole, and designed as such.
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The How-To's of Energy Audits: Part 1

January 12, 2012     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
Why does your facility need an energy audit? Who should be doing it? And how do you prepare? These and some other common questions associated with the energy auditing process are answered by Jim Kelsey, P.E., principal at kW Engineering and author of ASHRAE's recent update to its energy audit guide.
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A 'Healthier' Building

November 23, 2011     Jeff Yarbrough
Healthcare facilities built through permanent modular construction deliver sustainable and practical benefits.
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HCD.11 Session Review: Merging Architecture, Engineering, and Medicine into Healthy Hospital Soundscapes

November 14, 2011     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
Members of the Healthcare Acoustics Research Team share their findings on how design plays a role in controlling noise levels in healthcare environments as part of their session at HEALTHCARE DESIGN.11 in Nashville.
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Overhead Support

November 2, 2011     John E. McShain, PE, Phillip Pierce, PE, and Randall Baker, PE
Bringing productivity and flexibility to the surgical suite.
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Double Deal

September 1, 2011     Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
A new patient care tower at the John Muir Medical Center in the San Francisco Bay Area doubles the size of Contra Costa County’s only designated trauma center
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Sound Masking: Electronic Technology for the Acoustical Environment

August 15, 2011     Richard L. Peck and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editors
Acoustics are concerned not only with the quality of sound, but speech privacy, patient healing, and staff comfort.
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Making Room for Collaboration

August 3, 2011     Steve Valenta, AIA; Photography by HKS/Daryl Shields
The HKS Virtual Theater offers a place where 3-D coordination, 4-D planning, photorealistic visualization, dynamic simulation, and accurate analysis of project design can happen in real time.
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Web-Based Energy Monitoring Stretches Healthcare Dollars

July 26, 2011     Timothy Angerame
In today’s difficult economic climate, when financial savings are critical to every institution, healthcare facility managers demand even more from their energy systems.
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