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If your healthcare facility needs new recliners, sleeper sofas, guest seating, and uniquely biodegradable textiles, look to these Best of NeoCon 2025 Award-winners.
Representing an industry first, Stinson’s Haiku+ features four biodegradable vinyl patterns that are made with Hyphyn upholstery material and earned Stinson the Gold Award in the Healthcare Textiles category. Stinson's high-performance vinyls Discovery, Sand Wave, Topography, and Trek represent a breakthrough in sustainable coated fabrics. Kwalu is no stranger to awards and won both the Silver and Business Impact Awards for Healthcare Patient Room Furnishings for its Ellie Recliner, which features intuitive mobility and fully replaceable components to extend product life and reduce downtime. For Healthcare Guest and Lounge Seating, Integra Seating’s Odyssey struck Gold. Odyssey is designed with a sleek, contemporary metal frame and a curved form. Read more . . .
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Dirty cooling towers can cause a massive loss of efficiency for your HVAC system. Scale build-up in your cooling tower fill will limit the cooling effect and strain your entire system. The accumulation of debris, bacteria, and other organics in your cooling tower basin can adversely affect your chiller's performance, requiring frequent cleanings to maintain optimal efficiency and keep energy costs down.
However, a dirty basin can cause more challenges as it can also cause severe health issues for anyone within proximity. Studies have shown that microdroplets from cooling towers are known to travel up to 5 miles, which means that any visitor within that proximity could be exposed to dangerous bacteria. Cleaning towers of Legionella breeding sludge is a smart, simple way to limit bacterial growth.
The Goodway CTV-1501 cooling tower vacuum allows operators to quickly remove mud, silt and debris from cooling tower basins, reducing the environment where bacteria, like Legionella, thrive. Learn more today about how Goodway cooling tower cleaning systems can help.
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 | | The American Hospital Association (AHA) recently released a comprehensive report that measures the substantial financial resources hospitals and health systems spend on preventing and responding to violence in their facilities and communities. The report was prepared for the AHA by Harborview Injury and Prevention Research Center (HIPRC), part of the University of Washington School of Medicine. It analyzed the financial costs and broader impacts of violence and threatening behavior and found that the total financial cost of violence to hospitals in 2023 was estimated at $18.27 billion. These costs include healthcare treatment for victims, security staffing for healthcare facilities and violence prevention programs/ training, among other costs. To help provide additional protections for hospital workers, the AHA strongly supports the Save Healthcare Workers Act (H.R. 3178/S.1600). Introduced last month, this bipartisan legislation would make it a federal crime to assault a hospital worker on the job. Read more . . .
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AHF Products has introduced the Crossville Gemini Porcelain Tile Panel Collection — a groundbreaking range of ultra-thin, 2mm porcelain panels crafted in Italy that are poised to redefine the future of commercial interior design. These versatile, large-format panels are measured in feet, not inches, enabling architects and designers to elevate vertical surfaces in a way never imagined for tile.
The Crossville Gemini collection combines modern aesthetics with cutting-edge technology and sustainability, offering seven nature-inspired colors and two stunning Flora designs that breathe life into space. Ideal for high-traffic commercial environments like hotel lobbies, restaurants and healthcare facilities, Gemini panels bring bold, contemporary design to life.
Laminam by Crossville Gemini panels are revolutionizing tile installation for both new construction and renovation projects with their ultra-thin, lightweight construction. The 2mm thickness makes them particularly well-suited for tile-over-tile installations, allowing businesses to renovate without demolition — a game-changing advantage for commercial projects where minimizing downtime is critical. Read more . . .
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By Sara Marberry — Two years ago this month, the World Health Organization declared the global Public Health Emergency for COVID-19 officially over. Cue the sigh of relief, the flashbacks to toilet paper hoarding, and — if you’re like me — the new life timeline: “pre-pandemic” vs. “post-pandemic.” But let’s be honest: for hospitals, health systems, and senior living communities, the pandemic wasn’t just a timeline marker — it was a full-blown crash course in what happens when your physical environment isn’t ready for a global health disaster.
Here are 10 lessons we learned about healthcare facility design — and how we need to think about things going forward:
- Flexibility Is the New Gospel
- Infection Control Isn’t Just a Hand Sanitizer Dispenser
- The Waiting Room Must Die
- Telehealth Isn’t Just a Zoom Call With a Stethoscope
- Burnout Isn’t a Badge of Honor
- Nature Is Medicine—And It’s Free
- Hybrid Work Actually Works (Surprise!)
- Health Equity Is Not a Nice-to-Have
- Tech Infrastructure Is Not Just IT’s Problem
- Plan for the Apocalypse (Seriously)
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APM Steam Case Study: Northwell Health, New York’s largest healthcare provider and private employer, has been at the forefront of sustainability efforts and energy efficiency for years. With 23 hospitals, more than 16,600 credentialed physicians, 18,900 nurses and 5,000 volunteers, Northwell Health serves as a vital resource to New York City, Long Island, Westchester and other communities across the state.
In 2018, Northwell launched an Energy Steering Committee to oversee energy use and implement initiatives to reduce its carbon footprint. One such initiative, a partnership with American Plant Maintenance (APM Steam), focuses on steam system maintenance, aiming to optimize efficiency and reduce energy consumption while maintaining high-quality patient care.
The challenge
Many of Northwell Health’s facilities rely on complex steam systems for heating, sterilization and other critical operations. Maintaining these systems is essential to attain operational efficiency and patient safety. Yet, steam traps—essential components that remove condensate without losing steam—are prone to failure over time. A single leaking or plugged trap can cause substantial energy loss and increase carbon emissions, while driving up operational costs. With hundreds of steam traps across multiple hospitals, identifying and addressing failures required a proactive and scalable solution by the hospital team. Read more . . .
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Flooring in common and waiting areas in healthcare spaces offers key visibility for patients seeking treatment and visitors coming through the facility. Tarkett strives to provide the right product for the right space. Tarkett’s Acczent heterogeneous sheet collections are created with superior strength for the most demanding spaces. Now with a 32-mil wear layer and state-of-the-art Techtonic XD protection, each surface provides unmatched durability against stains, scratches, gouges, and scuffs without requiring floor finish. Thermo-fused welding creates a monolithic surface to support easy cleaning and improved hygiene. Read more . . .
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The Architecture section of FMLink Books offers a wide range of handbooks and professional references for architects and designers. Costbooks, architectural graphic standards and design integration guides provide accurate square-foot costs, reference drawings and constructible architectural details as well as design integration for most of the building disciplines: Architectural, Interior Design, Structural, Mechanical, Plumbing and Electrical. These must-have reference guides at FMLink Books enable facility professionals, building owners, architects, engineers and designers to comply with requirements for an incredible variety of actual building projects.
This collection of peer-reviewed books has been curated by the editorial team at FMLink to provide facilities, engineering and A&D professionals with access to publications relating to the Architecture topic.
See all the Architecture titles for sale at FMLink Books.
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