From 2012 to 2014, about 5,700 medical facility fires were reported each year to fire departments in the United States, according to the U.S. Fire Administration. While this number...
For architects looking to design sustainable buildings—especially in healthcare—smart technologies and renewable energy might be top of mind. But often overlooked, and perhaps...
When creating a building design strategy for a healthcare facility, AEC teams are faced with a host of unique concerns and objectives.Tiffany Coppock, commercial building systems...
The ever-growing concern about what the state of the earth will be for future generations has sustainability at the forefront of today’s building concepts, particularly in commercial...
Commercial building fires may occur for any number of reasons, and for the occupants who will have to escape from the danger, the building’s design itself is primarily the first...
Building enclosures have evolved drastically in the modern age. Previously designing a building enclosure meant solid load-bearing walls of masonry between interior spaces and...
