Attending the Tradeline: Facility Strategies for Academic Medicine and Allied Health 2014 next month? We’ll be discussing our recently completed project at the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center; “A hybrid surgical CT/MRI imaging suite for humans and animal research: first of its kind.”
The new Center for Surgical Innovation at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center performed its first intra-operative imaging procedure this past February. A presentation in 2011 focused primarily on planning and design challenges and opportunities. Four years later, close collaboration continued among key stakeholders through construction and final calibrations led to a major milestone for true translational science: the realization of a hybrid surgical suite with dual MRI and CT access via a continuous overhead rail used for research on both human and animal subjects. OR#2 will also add a single plane ZEEGO angiography; a decision made upon completion of construction.
Details:
Tuesday, October 7, 2014
1:45 PM – 2:40 PM
Speakers:
Sho-Ping Chin, FAIA, LEED AP (Payette)
Wesley Schwartz, AIA (Payette)
Gail Dahlstrom (Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center)
This Earth Week, we’ll be covering five landmark buildings exemplifying new approaches to building performance and sustainability.
The Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center Klarman Building is the first hospital in the northeast to implement chilled beams in an inpatient setting. Early energy analysis demonstrated that the use of chilled beams would be the best way to reduce building energy use.
For this strategy to work, however, the peak thermal loads of the façades could not exceed the capacity of the chilled beams. An integrated design approach and in-house modeling allowed for constant tuning of the façade to optimize glazing, solar exposure and massing. The building orients glazing to face true north and south to minimize heat gain and maximize occupant comfort, resulting in a 15% reduction in peak solar load.
Beyond performance, the distinctive serrated terracotta façade reflects the scale and cadence of individual patient rooms, providing a delicate scale and texture to the façade.
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