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Curated art is increasingly used as an essential design element in senior care and living facilities. Rather than leaving walls white, thoughtfully selected artwork can transform a facility’s atmosphere and shape how the space is experienced by patients, staff and visitors. “Art can make healthcare environments feel less clinical and more human-centered,” says Meredith Burwell,…

  Hand hygiene may seem simple, but the CDC has a set of guidelines that all healthcare facility managers and staff should be aware of. These are just a few of the notable tips. Hand hygiene is crucial for preventing healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) and the spread of pathogens. While it may seem like a basic…

A recent report from UMIP Inc. suggests that one of the built environment’s most persistent — and least visible — challenges may also be one of its most expensive: fragmented infrastructure data. The analysis, “The $2 Trillion Infrastructure Identity Gap,” estimates that disconnected and inconsistent lifecycle documentation across buildings and infrastructure systems could contribute to…

For many years, breakthroughs have focused on improving life on Earth through better products, more intelligent systems, and faster processes, but as technology accelerates rapidly and ambitions extend beyond our earthly confines, the question is no longer if we can successfully innovate outside of the planet, but how. It is, therefore, critical to consider what…

A decade ago, crews squeezed construction of San Diego County Regional Airport Authority’s $1-billion Green Build program—including a 445,000-sq-ft expansion of Terminal 2, two 17,000-sq-ft curbside ticket lobbies, an elevated departure roadway, six overpasses, and parking lots—into a 661-acre footprint while operations continued at the nation’s busiest single-runway airport. The sequel, its New Terminal 1,…

  Corporate sustainability spent decades building the case that doing good and doing well aren’t in conflict. It largely won the argument and then fumbled the implementation. Now, sustainability is under fire. But with AI, economic volatility and geopolitics rewriting the rules of business all at once, we have a rare mulligan. While sustainability is…