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Fremtidens hospital efter Cradle to Cradle principper?

– international debatkonference om fremtidens patientforløb og drift af superhospitaler 10.-12. maj 2011.

 

Konferencen sætter fokus på, hvad der egentlig skal til for at bygge fremtidens hospitaler.

Førende danske og internationale eksperter vil give deres bud på fremtidens patientforløb og på hensigtsmæssig drift af de nye store hospitaler. Søren Lyngsgaard fra Vugge til Vugge/EPEA Kopenhagen bidrager i den forbindelse med et indlæg om energirigtige løsninger med cradle to cradle-tankegangen som udgangspunkt.


Konferencen afholdes af Nohr-Con og forløber d. 10.-12. maj i København. Programmet findes på deres hjemmeside, hvor man også kan tilmelde sig.
 
 

Se også UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, designet og under opførelse efter Cradle to Cradle principper

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The most extraordinary opportunity in its history now stands before UCSF Medical Center: to build a children’s, women’s specialty and cancer hospital complex at UCSF Mission Bay that will define the future of human health care.


An integral part of this endeavor will be to fulfill UCSF Medical Center’s vision for the sustainability and green design of the new hospitals – a vision that entails the creation of a healthful environment both within these buildings for the healing of patients and the well-being of visitors and staff, as well as outside of the buildings for the health of our local and global communities. The project targets LEED gold certification.

In developing a new hospital complex at Mission Bay, UCSF seeks to innovate and maximize sustainable and eco-effective design and operations within the project funding available and in accordance with the University of California Policy on Sustainable Practices. We hope to attract philanthropic support and grant funding to help implement creative, eco-effective features.

Healthy Materials

Today’s best intelligence regarding sustainable interior design will be applied in all patient rooms, including incorporation of “cradle-to-cradle” materials screening and selection to promote human and ecological health. (“Cradle-to-cradle” refers to the practice of using materials that can be perpetually circulated and reused, rather than disposed of.)
The medical center design team is leading the way in healthy materials research by completing an intelligent materials assessment. This assessment, based on specialized research that focuses on the chemical toxicity of certain materials, has never before been done in a hospital or in any project of this scale. The resulting selection criteria for patient-area interior finishes, for example, should result in the elimination of known toxins.

The Cost of going Green
At its best, the process of designing sustainable, healthy buildings involves the integration and optimization of many aspects of building design: creative programming, careful clustering of uses, appropriate site selection, orientation for solar and wind access, quality envelope design, intelligent systems selection, attention to detail, and selection of materials. Many of these aspects have been incorporated into the hospital design with no additional cost premium because of early planning and the establishment of performance goals at the beginning of the design process.

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