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Charging Up

February 16, 2012     Jennifer Kovacs Silvis, Editor-in-Chief
With 2.9 million electric and plug-in cars expected to be on the roads by 2017, Buffalo Niagara Medical Campus is getting out ahead of the trend by offering employees and community members charging stations right at its campus. So how did the project come together? Find out here.
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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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Shut Pests Out This Winter

December 14, 2011     Ron Harrison, PhD
How to put the freeze on pests by protecting your healthcare facility’s entrances
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Healthcare Construction Projects Require Thorough Risk Assessment

June 9, 2011     Ricky Touchstone
Case study: Wake Forest Baptist Medical Center’s operating room instrumental processing units replacement project
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Eleven Things Every Administrator Should Know to Protect Patients During Construction

April 30, 2011     Tom Petersen
When a hospital contemplates renovation, administrators must consider several things, including budget, timeline, and employee logistics; but the
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Cabling and wiring systems

April 30, 2011     Richard L. Peck, Contributing Editor and Barbara Horwitz-Bennett, Contributing Editor
If this truly is the Age of Communications, no institution knows it better than the modern healthcare facility. On top of the traditional intense
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Eleven Things Every Administrator Should Know to Protect Patients During Construction-Part 1

April 11, 2011     Tom Petersen
When a hospital contemplates renovation, administrators must consider several things, including budget, timeline, and employee logistics; but the
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Who Says an Office Building Can't Go Medical? Part 1

March 15, 2011     Ketan Sanghvi
The Center Pointe project in Atlanta’s Pill Hill area proves that it is possible to convert a mainstream office building for use by medical users
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Energy conservation comparisons

March 1, 2011     Michael Vanden Berg, PE
The replacement of a 60-year-old central plant and aging infrastructure on the campus of a healthcare facility in St. Louis gave the owners the
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Healthcare survey: Hospitals dependent on availability of technology

March 1, 2011     Dan Draper
With an increasing dependency on technology amidst cautious budgets, it's no surprise that Emerson Network Power's recent survey of hospital IT
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