Empowered To Make a Positive Difference: Lauren Seydewitz Talks Earth Day 2022
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Tag Archive: Environmental Stewardship
Data Driven Design: A Case Study on Building Energy Modeling
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Reflecting on CleanMed 2019 & Strategies for More Sustainable Healthcare Solutions
I recently attended and presented at the CleanMed conference, which gathers leaders in healthcare sustainability with the aim of collaborating to advance sustainability and health. The conference provides a platform to exchange best practices and tips for enabling innovation and …
Data Driven Design: The Benefits of Building Energy Modeling
As technology advances, Building Energy Modeling (BEM) is becoming an even more powerful tool for making informed design decisions. This is the first post in our series examining the benefits of BEM in balancing occupant comfort and design features with …
Addressing the Utility Triangle: Sustainable Stormwater Management and Resiliency
Many older cities across the United States still convey wastewater and stormwater in the same pipes or systems. The older gray infrastructure transports the wastewater it collects to a treatment plant where it’s treated and ultimately discharged into waterways. During …
Celebrating Technical Excellence, Service and Sustainability: A Roundtable Interview
Each year GS&P hosts Celebration, which honors the achievements of our employees, projects and practice over the past year. There are three featured awards each year:
The Edgar Powers, Jr., Memorial Award is given to one or more employees who …
Designing Healthier Buildings – Fitwel Certification System
According to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, the average American spends 93 percent of their life indoors. Given this statistic, the health of our built environment—especially the workplace—is one of the hottest topics in our industry today, and we are …
Zooming In: Sustainability at Methodist Olive Branch Hospital
Looking at the numbers and accolades surrounding Methodist Olive Branch Hospital (MOBH), you might assume that the project’s costs and construction schedule far exceeded that of an average small hospital. The 100-bed hospital in Olive Branch, MS is projected to …
Proving (and Improving) Sustainability ROI in Healthcare Design
As healthcare designers, we love to talk and dream about sustainable “hospitals of the future”. Talk is cheap, however, and such conversations mean little if we cannot balance those eco-friendly dreams with the fiscal stresses our clients face and prove …