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Six principles of regenerative design can help move the practice into the mainstream, creating a more sustainable future. With environmental challenges intensifying, conventional building design and construction methods need to be quickly recast and leveled up to address the immediate climate crisis. Enter regenerative design, a practice that actively restores and enhances natural ecosystems. Embracing…

Integrating digital systems can pave the way to improve inventory management and security. To ensure the safety of patients and their families in hospitals and other healthcare facilities, it is crucial to examine patient-safeguarding mechanisms and explore the untapped potential of technology in enhancing patient safety. Moving beyond traditional approaches to raising concerns and detecting…

Academic medical centers (AMCs) are training grounds for physicians and destinations for leading-edge treatment and research. These large, integrated facilities are also incredibly complex—operating almost like cities within cities—and require careful planning and design to be successful. To better understand the challenges of designing these unique project types, HOK hosted a LinkedIn Live with Jim Mladucky,…

In all likelihood, you’ve noticed—and participated in—the shift toward green facility management over the recent years. One overlooked aspect of sustainability is keeping things green even before a facility starts being used. By ensuring new facilities are built with sustainable principles, they are better suited to fit in with existing infrastructure. While it can be…

As working conditions continue evolving, it could take five years for trends to settle Who’s in the office? When? And for what purpose? If it seems like hybrid work — time split between the office and remote work — presents more questions than answers for facility managers and building owners, that’s because it does. After…

Lighting manufacturers discuss the use cases for smart lighting controls. Smart technology enables more efficient and streamlined operations for healthcare facilities, and lighting too can benefit from it. This technology can control various aspects and functions of lighting systems throughout a healthcare facility, meaning its use can be optimized in a simple manner. In this…