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Owners and executives can lean on proactive, resilience-driven design to help their facilities weather the storm. Severe weather events have become increasingly common and destructive nationwide. These storms can rip and tear through building infrastructure within minutes, often leaving them devastated. Facility owners and executives can take measures beforehand to make their buildings more resilient…

Encompass Health Corp. announced plans to build a freestanding, 50–bed inpatient rehabilitation hospital in Post Falls, Idaho. The hospital will serve patients recovering from debilitating illnesses and injuries, including stroke and other neurological conditions, brain and spinal cord injuries, amputations and complex orthopedic issues. In addition to 24–hour nursing care, the hospital will provide physical,…

The patient’s bed and 36 inches around it is the most contaminated space in a hospital room. That is why the space is called the hot zone. A proven two-step strategy for disrupting dry-surface biofilm (DSB) in the hot zone begins with a simple premise: You cannot disinfect what you cannot reach. In the patient’s…

The new UK NZCBS Performance Evaluation designation will enable buildings to verify performance against the Standard’s requirements, even if they are not meeting all of them. The UK Net Zero Carbon Buildings Standard Version 1 (the Standard), published 10 March, robustly defines what a building needs to do to be Net Zero Carbon Aligned in the UK. The…

Facilities management has always played a critical – if often understated – role in shaping how people experience the built environment. In healthcare especially, FM professionals are central to safety, wellbeing, productivity and dignity, both for patients and for the staff who care for them. When Lorraine Thomas, Business Director at Sodexo Health & Care,…

The Kansas City Chiefs announced GEHA Field at Arrowhead Stadium has received Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED) v4.1 Gold certification for existing buildings from the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC), further cementing the NFL team’s commitment to sustainability. The LEED v4.1 for existing buildings tracks data over a 12-month period, measuring metrics related…