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The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment: Healthcare’s Dynamic Duo (Podcast included)

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Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design: Comprehensive strategies to keep people and buildings safe
Improving population health through the built environment (Podcast included)
The Quadruple Aim & the Built Environment: Healthcare’s Dynamic Duo (Podcast included)
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Podcast | Battery storage: Clean energy for a rainy day — and peak demand relief
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Study shows link between indoor air quality and employee performance
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Podcast | Embodied Carbon in the Crosshairs of Designers, Bill Gates, and Girl Scouts
Design inspiration: 10 IMEG blogs, podcasts, guides, and webinars to assist your next project
Sustainable design solutions will power EV charging stations
Design silos come down when an AV engineer leads an AV project from the beginning
Substantial decarbonization of industry is possible, but needs to start now
Podcast | Cultivation Space Design for Cannabis and other CEA Facilities
Protect cannabis grow facilities from catastrophic power failure
R&D Market Q&A: The future is in electric
Integrating HVAC and ice design leads to the best hockey arenas
Regular structural inspections are critical for identifying issues and avoiding a catastrophe
Key design considerations for designing the smart patient room
Continuity connections are critical for modeling multi-span bridges
IMEG Podcast | Grand Conceptor Project Shows the AEC Industry Can Deliver It All
Outdoor Learning: For some schools, it may become more than just a change of scenery
IMEG Podcast | Charging Ahead with EVs: From Restaurant ‘Plug-ins’ to Powering our Homes
Border infrastructure crucial to U.S. and Mexico economies
Commissioning Q&A: What is it, and why is it important?
A project’s climate is critical to proper design of HVAC system
How to optimize space for endoscopy expansion
IMEG Podcast | Back to the Office, Part 1: Helping Employees Feel Safe
IMEG Podcast | Back to the Office, Part 2: Crisis Management and Taming the Lizard Brain
Does my industrial facility need a DHA?
Code compliance and early collaboration are critical for a monumental stair
Future forward system considerations for your new senior living facility
IMEG Podcast: Is acuity adaptability feasible?
Public engagement: The combine and the roundabout
Indoor ag challenges and opportunities highlighted in new report
Who is championing HIT for your design project and why is it so important?
EV charging stations: Designed right, they can lead to building energy savings
Restoring prairie landscapes crucial for monarchs and other pollinators
IMEG Podcast: VR’s impacts on the AEC industry
Reopening your library? Ensure the HVAC system can provide the safest air possible
All-electric heat now a good alternative for multifamily projects
Roundabouts increase safety when designed to be user-friendly
Industrial Market Q&A: Building relationships is key
Higher education master plans provide direction, prevent wasteful spending
No evidence SARS-CoV-2 transmitted via HVAC, but reopening buildings merits system review
Automotive Research & Development Market Q&A: IMEG’s deep bench of expertise
Long-term plans, standards, and industrial facility docs minimize risk of capital improvement
S&T Market Leader: Lab design must support both research and energy goals
Education Market Leader Q&A: Lack of resources is a constant challenge
Snow load: Is your roof at risk?
Glulam timber is on its way up
Technology Leader Q&A: How we tackle the Internet of Buildings
Energy efficiency is crucial to the expanding cannabis industry
Transportation Market Leader: ‘We’re in dire need of improvements’
Extended reality: It’s all about seeing the details
Prefabrication and modularization webinar available on demand
Customized design is critical for every chemical and process engineering project
Architectural acoustics is key to clear speech
Learning a Vocabulary for Acoustics Fundamentals
FEMA Risk Index can lead to improved infrastructure resilience
21 trends: A blueprint of the year ahead
Acuity Adaptability: Responsive healthcare delivery model merits consideration
Acuity Adaptability: Key components that bring care to the patient
Acuity Adaptability: Flexibility, faster response, among its many benefits
Acuity Adaptability: Larger rooms, staff culture shift among challenges
Acuity Adaptability: Certain settings benefit more than others
Acuity Adaptability: What makes it important for healthcare now
Acuity Adaptability: Identifying the desired outcomes is crucial
Acuity Adaptability: Six key steps in the journey, from need to outcomes
Choosing electric heating source now will reap long-term dividends
Imagine an anxiety-free patient discharge
Posting a bridge? Think about the alternatives
Economies of scale make transformative technology affordable in new buildings
Strategic lab AHU zoning can reduce energy costs
As cannabis legalization expands, plant-based design will be key for new grow facilities
Have a fear of missing out? RPM can ensure you won’t
K-12 security and lighting: notification and safer egress for assailant events and emergencies
Holistic Oversight: Protect your new building’s energy performance through holistic project oversight
Holistic Oversight: Set your building’s EUI and make it the benchmark for project success
Holistic Oversight: Design documentation critical to achieving energy use intensity goal
Holistic Oversight: Ensure your building’s intended performance through commissioning
Holistic Oversight: Close the loop on building performance with consumption analysis and optimization
The healthcare digital front door: Make sure yours is open and engaging
Operation and maintenance skills are critical for success of high-performing buildings
Storm shelter design critical for essential facilities and school safety
Care command centers: Traffic control for healthcare improves outcomes and efficiency
Critical lift cranes require additional specs and safety measures
The essential engineer: Finding beneficial solutions for clients and communities
Five solutions for increasing building lobby security while maintaining aesthetics
Adding the EUI to an RFP
ASHRAE Engineers Notebook: Managing pipe expansion in shafts
CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule helps your healthcare facility prepare for the worst
Expect SpeedCore to reduce time and cost of commercial high-rise construction across U.S.
Health Information Technology, or HIT: What is it, really, and why does it impact design?
10 key areas for hospital disaster preparedness
Ground improvement mitigates soft soil sites, saving time and money
Design of mass notification system starts with risk analysis
Now’s the time to evaluate ability to convert hotel rooms to patient rooms
Prefabrication and modularization reduce project cost, increase quality
Vulnerability assessment early in design leads to increased, cost-effective security
Research, metrics, and technology are key to biophilic lighting
Thermal imaging for temperature screening is a risky option
Knowing how air filters differ is critical to proper selection
Improve healthcare cyber security with holistic approach to technology design
Reprocessing of endoscopes is essential to patient safety
Delegated design in building technology can have costly consequences
Reality Capture: The many benefits of drones and 3D laser scanners
Enhance hospital security through CPTED principles
Evaluate compressed air system to optimize efficiency and reduce costs
10 strategies to reduce non-essential building energy costs and help fight COVID-19
COVID-19: What our healthcare clients are doing, and what we recommend for infection control
Use virtual tools to increase user input, reduce risk, and improve project outcome
4 key areas of MEP resilience reduce healthcare facility risk during a natural disaster
Is 4K technology right for your OR?
4 preventive measures to reduce costly hospitality repairs and ensure guest comfort
Video analytics takes security to a powerful level
Luxury residential design: A home with a moat
Designing for personal technology is crucial for senior living facilities
3 questions to help define the structural integrity of your hospital
Four ways to minimize occupant impact during renovations and upgrades
Post-occupancy evaluation supports evidence-based design and improves building performance
System requirements, energy efficiency key to national lab design
Prototype design: No-cost strategies that reduce risk and save time and money
Organizational resilience: Planning is key for mitigating vulnerability to disaster
Want Big Data and AI to transform your project? Here’s how to start.
Use Measurement & Verification to maximize building performance
Resilience in Healthcare: How to prepare your facility and reduce risk in the event of a disaster
Design for America’s landmarks must support public’s needs
Robust, accessible building documents reduce risk during renovations
Full design delivery reduces risk for automotive R&D facilities
Key design strategies help make senior living facilities feel more like home
Spouts, chutes, and transitions: Gravity flow design is critical for efficient operation of many dry bulk processing facilities
7 ways to minimize risk when investing capital in an industrial facility
Voice-first technology: The future of user interface for controlling building systems
Analyzing 5 key areas of risk can uncover breaches in your hospital’s resiliency
Design-assist MEP engineering can help reduce project risk, cost, and schedule
Complying with USP 800 ensures safety and reduces healthcare facility risk
3-D and VR walkthroughs: Experiencing how a design works is key for processes
Curing runny noses and climate change
Early participation and communication are key to IPD success
The inclusive restroom: Design tips for accommodating special needs
MedPharm Iowa: Teamwork + Expertise = Completion in 1 Year
Design tips for budget- and mom-friendly lactation rooms
Strategic engineering to improve efficiency and save costs
Consultancy 101: Grooming new engineers to be our clients’ consultants
Kickstarting a firm-wide sustainability policy
Budget-friendly design strategies to mitigate the cost of WELL
IMEG Office: The design, budgeting, and value of WELL certification
Engineering a Global Best Project: Museum at the Gateway Arch
Mitigate your facility’s risk for an outbreak of Legionnaire’s disease
5 ways to harness the energy saving power of your employees
9 ways IoT can improve your building today
Maximize your project budget with rebates and incentives
Assessing a facility assessment
How to get the most effective, cost-efficient security design
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