Building Green
Hospitals:
Healthy Alternatives
for Interior Flooring & Finishes
Presented by: Healthy Building Network,
Goal: Participants learned how hospitals, health
systems, and architecture firms are working together to reduce the use of toxic
materials in hospitals, promoting green building and healthier environments.
Issue: Volatile organic compounds (VOCs), heavy metals, PVC (polyvinyl chloride), and
halogenated flame retardants (HFRs) can create or are themselves hazardous substances commonly
found in the materials that coat the floors, walls, and ceilings of health care
facilities. These materials have a multitude of impacts on the healing
environment of the patient, the working environment of the doctor, nurse, and
other staff, and the health of the surrounding communities and the environment.
They also create a toxic burden through their manufacture, disposal, and
maintenance.
Presentations as PDF’s
Healthy Building: Interior Flooring and Finishes,
Julie
Silas, Healthy Building Network
Health and Environmental Effects of Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs), Heavy Metals, Dioxin, Phthalates & Halogenated
Flame Retardants (HFRs),
Richard
Grady, MD, Interim Chief, Pediatric Urology, Children's Hospital and
What Hospitals Can Do: Alternatives for Interior Flooring & Finishes
Julie
Silas, Healthy Building Network
Building Green Hospitals: Healthy Alternatives for Interior Flooring and
Finishes
Jean
Hansen, IIDA, LEED AP, CID, AAHID, Sustainable Interiors Manager, HDR Architecture
Panel: Interior Flooring &
Finishes Experiences in Regional Hospitals
Using Partnerships to Further Sustainability Goals
Kim A. Weller, AIA, LEED AP, Principal, National Facilities Services,
Kaiser Foundation
Health Plan, Inc.
Green Flooring Decisions
Tom Badrick, Legacy Health Systems
Designg Healing Environments
Johanna Brickman, Zimmer, Gunsul,
Frasca Architects, LLP