NICU Noise Control Research for Hospitals

The medical community and design community journals contain many papers discussing noise levels in neonatal intensive care units (NICU's), how loud they should be and how to achieve those levels. Unfortunately, the recommended noise levels vary and the design...

LEED for Healthcare to be Adopted in 2009

The LEED Green Building Rating SystemTM is a voluntary, consensus-based national standard for developing high-performance, sustainable buildings. LEED was created by the U.S. Green Building Council to define "green building" through a common standard, and to promote...