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Pacificad promotes sustainability design
through software / training


PacifiCAD strongly encourages and sells software/training for the sustainability design initiative.  Sustainability design is best defined on wikipedia as "the art of designing physical objects and the built environment to comply with the principles of economic, social, and ecological sustainability."  Read the rest of wikipedia's "sustainability design" definition here.

Evidence Based Design, is a process used by architects, interior designers, facility managers, and others in the planning, design, and construction of commercial buildings. An evidence-based designer, together with an informed client, makes decisions based on the best information available from research and project evaluations. (rest of wikipedia definition can be read here)

 

See Kirk Hamilton talk about evidence based design here:

Kirk Hamilton is a Fellow of the Center for Health Systems & Design and Associate Professor of Architecture at Texas A&M University in College Station, TX, where his research area is the relationship of evidence-based design of health facilities and measurable organizational performance. (rest of bio here)


Evidence Based Design is a rapidly being adopted.  Success stories make news outlets every day, stay up to date here.


The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, "LEED" From the LEED home page: What is LEED? The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) Green Building Rating System™ is the nationally accepted benchmark for the design, construction, and operation of high performance green buildings. (click here to visit LEED's home page.)

Autodesk Sustainability Design Related Links:


IES/IES International: (from IES) Imagine you could design a building knowing exactly how it would perform and operate once it was built. Then think of the benefits you would achieve if you could do this quickly and easily from the earliest stages of the design process. How would your design evolve if you could compare different scenarios and test the design consequences at the touch of a button? You could exceed client and occupant expectations every time – maximizing quality and innovation whilst minimizing impact on the environment.  (read more from IES' website)


Post Carbon Institute: (from Post Carbon Institute) Post Carbon Institute is a think, action and education tank offering research, project tools, education and information to implement proactive strategies to adapt to an energy constrained world. The development of Post Carbon Institute came out of concern for the environmental, social, political and economic ramifications of global over-reliance on cheap energy. (read more on Post Carbon Institute's website.)


 

How BIM helped a hospital go green
Become one of the first hospitals in Washington to achieve a LEED silver rating.

This was a primary goal when MultiCare Health System’s Good Samaritan Hospital planned major expansions at its Puyallup facility...

Healthcare May Take LEED in New Directions

What is Leed Certification?
Click her to find out

USGBC Invites the Public to Comment on the Draft LEED for Healthcare Rating System

Sustainable Healthcare Architecture

Sustainable Healthcare Architecture by Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori. The book was just published last November.

LEED for Healthcare Coming
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) and the Green Guide for Health Care (GGHC) have agreed to help ensure that the health care industry has the tools and resources to build green hospitals that are healthier for the patients and staff...

GREENROOFS
Guide for building green roofs in Chicago

Project Chicago: Green Research - Autodesk understands the importance of enabling customers to compete on analytics in order to reach outcomes which have a positive impact on people, planet, and profit.

"LEEDING with Revit" Webcast

EPA GREEN BUILDINGS
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

Green Guide For Health Care Newsletter
November 2007.

Climate Crisis Coalition
The U.N. Conference Bali and the December 8th International Day of Climate Action

Green Building SmartMarket Report
2007 Health Care Green Building Issue