Wall Street's credit crunch is putting a damper on a New Jersey health care company's hospital project in the Philadelphia suburbs. Virtua Health is touting the hospital as a "state-of-the-art, digital" facility, with flat-screen entertainment monitors and a serene atmosphere to enhance healing. But executives acknowledge that construction could be delayed because of trouble getting financing.
As economic experts call for a recovery plan focused on green jobs and infrastructure, as consumers look to live in more economically sustainable homes, as businesses strive to cut operating costs, and as our national security needs depend on an end to reliance on foreign energy sources, green buildings
Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas has become the first hospital in the world to receive the LEED (Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design) Platinum designation, given by the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Health Care Improvement Foundation (HCIF) is an independent, not-for-profit corporation dedicated to building partnerships for better health care in Southeastern Pennsylvania. With a multi-dimensional focus on health care safety -– in patient care...
Green is the new black for Boston’s hospitals. The city's next wave of medical buildings will feature earth-friendly construction materials. Sunlight will bathe patient rooms, and some roofs will sprout grass or "healing gardens" that use recycled water and provide insulation.