Waltham, MA – The Massachusetts Hopsital Association (MHA) recently held its 5th Annual Healthcare Construction Conference Hospitals Going Green: Part II at the Conference Center at Waltham Woods.
Martine Dion, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Director, USGBC Massachusetts Chapter presented a talk entitled LEED for Healthcare: How Can it Benefit Hospitals & Their Patients.
David Burson, AIA, NCARB, Senior Project Manager, Partners HealthCare and Deborah Rivers, AIA, LEED AP BD+C, Senior Associate, Perkins + WillA and Mark S Junghans, PE Principal VHB, presented a Case Study on the current Partners HealthCare Spaulding Rehabilitation Hosptital Project entitled Designing with LEED & Regenerative Architecture to Promote Healing & Well-Being for Patients
Climate Action Planning: Policy Changes That Will Impact Hospitals was presented by Kim Lundgren, Climate & Energy Practice Leader, VHB/Vanasse Hangen Brustlin
The panel discusion on Cost Savings & Quality Gains Around Sustainability Initiatives: Win Win Strategies For Hospitals included presenters: Janet Brown, Director, Sustainable Operations, Practice Greenhealth; Amy Lipman, Environmental Sustainability Coord., Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center; Amy Collins, M.D., Co-Chair MWMC Go Green Committee, MetroWest Medical Center; and Adelaida Gibson, Asst. Dir., Food & Nutrition, MetroWest Medical Center
