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Category: Sustainability
ASHRAE Engineers Notebook: Managing pipe expansion in shafts
By Jeff Boldt In my Engineers Notebook column for the July 2020 issue of ASHRAE Journal, I teamed up with Dave Bodenschatz, IMEG Director of Mechanical Engineering, to cover the topic of managing pipe expansion in shafts. As we state at the beginning of the column, designing to accommodate expansion is necessary for all piping
CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule helps your healthcare facility prepare for the worst
By Mike Zorich COVID-19 has, beyond a doubt, emphasized the importance of emergency planning for healthcare facilities. A valuable resource for organizations in need of improving their emergency readiness and responsiveness is the CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule. What is CMS Emergency Preparedness Final Rule? The new ruling was passed in 2017 by the Centers for Medicare
Healthcare resilience: Prepare for mass casualty events and infectious outbreaks
Fifth in a series of excerpts from the IMEG executive guide, “The Importance of Healthcare Resiliency: Preparing Your Hospital for a Disaster.” By Eric Vandenbroucke How your hospital reacts in the minutes and hours after a mass casualty event or infectious outbreak can be the difference between lives saved and lives lost. Having procedures and
Evaluate compressed air system to optimize efficiency and reduce costs
A compressed air system evaluation can point owners and facilities engineers in the right direction to ensure their plant is operating efficiently and reliably. Read more.
Post-occupancy evaluation supports evidence-based design and improves building performance
Read how post-occupancy evaluation supports evidence-based design and improves building performance in a new blog by IMEG Director of Healthcare Mike Zorich and Commissioning Team Leader Lincoln Pearce.
Curing runny noses and climate change
Energy efficiency is about more than simple payback and higher lease rates … each measure we implement will make the climate a little bit better in the future.
Budget-friendly design strategies to mitigate the cost of WELL
Thinking about pursuing WELL Building Standard Certification for a project but concerned about the added cost? Like any option that puts pressure on your budget, the extra expense warrants scrutiny. WELL registration fees range from $1,500 to $10,000, depending on project type and size, and the costs of infrastructure and materials needed to meet the standard’s requirements also add up.
IMEG Office: The design, budgeting, and value of WELL certification
IMEG is passionate about high-performance design and its ability to improve the natural and work environments while helping organizations succeed. Our WELL Building Standard Gold Certification for the renovation of our Denver office gave us the opportunity to practice what we preach. The WELL Building Standard (WELL) is a building rating-system focused on improving the impacts of the
Engineering a Global Best Project: Museum at the Gateway Arch
IMEG was fortunate to have worked on six projects in the recently completed $380 million renovation of Gateway Arch National Park in St. Louis – including the $108.9 million renovation and expansion of the Museum at Gateway Arch, the 2019 ENR Global Best Project winner in the cultural category. The project truly was a
