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Packard Children’s Hospital, in Palo Alto California, will be one of the most sustainable large hospitals in the country. It will be the first US hospital to use Displacement Ventilation in all patient areas, reducing first costs and energy consumption/costs.

NOTE: This content is primarily intended for AEC professionals doing business in California in Healthcare.

It’s that time of year again--Spring Training, March Madness, and PDC Summit! We're serving up a a great line-up of sessions featuring timely info on energy procurement, hybrid OR's, and even LEAN techniques to reduce energy consumption. See more details...

The APHA challenge, that is going on right now, is the Billion step challenge. APHA is trying to make us the healthiest nation in one generation. This challenge gets us all up and walking and brilliantly combines competition with alignment around something special--to take one billion steps.

Micro-grids "trending," and our fuel cell knowledge base growing: How will this fit in with regulations?

How do we design for the future of healthcare? Thinking deeply about trends and their possible expression, the FGI concluded that the future (with respect to the FGI) was going to look something like this...

ASHRAE issued this Addendum for what is called “Advisory Public Review”. (i.e. ASHRAE will not necessarily take any particular actions in response to comments received.) They are using this opportunity to collect thinking on the basic soundness of the concepts and identify any big gaps they can fill prior to issuing it for actual public comment.

We were invited by Project HOPE to support them in assessing the needs for the state of Nippes in Haiti, especially as it relates to Cholera, and the possibility of a surge in cases following the recent Hurricane Matthew.