We are pleased to announce both Wendy Wooden and our video collaboration with Massachusetts General Hospital for Children (MGHfC), “You Are Here: Wendy’s Welcome to the ED,” have been recognized by the 2016 Patients’ View Impact Awards. The Patients’ View Institute (PVI) is a non-profit organization committed to organizing and amplifying the patient voice. They are particularly interested in the patient perspective and its impact on the quality of care in the healthcare environment. The Patients’ View Impact Awards were presented at the annual meeting of The Leapfrog Group yesterday. This awards program is the only national award that highlights the power that patients can have in changing healthcare for the better.
Wendy received the Patients’ View Impact Award, which honors a patient’s story and is judged by the story’s potential to have a positive impact on improving any aspect of healthcare. Wendy received this award due to her work on “You Are Here: Wendy’s Welcome to the ED.” In addition to recognizing Wendy, PVI decided to recognize Payette’s contribution to the project with the first ever Patient Champion Award. This award highlights the firm’s donation of over 1,000 staff hours, working closely with Wendy and creating original elements to enhance the video. We are honored to see Wendy and the video acknowledged in this way.
Cape Cod Community College’s Frank and Maureen Wilkens Science and Engineering Center is a net-positive energy building designed to transform the heart of campus.
The project approaches sustainability through a holistic and global approach, implementing a range of moves including passive solar shading overhangs, air-source heat pumps, high performance materials with low embodied carbon and the expansion of the range of thermal comfort and lighting power density. Combined with on-site photovoltaics, the project achieves net-positive energy use.
The project’s thermally modified wood rainscreen façade is a study of the modern expression of vernacular Cape Cod architecture while reducing embodied carbon. Early lifecycle assessments identified the immense carbon savings of wood over fiber cement. The design team did not stop there, furthering reductions by peeling back unnecessary finishes like carpet and ceilings. Together, these decisions enabled a 19% reduction in embodied carbon.
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