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Health Science & Education

ESD College Project Earns Important Citation

It’s great when hard work is rewarded.
 

ESD Engineers Discuss LEED, Sustainability for New Hospitals

When there’s a holistic design approach that marries the hospital’s architectural desires with MEP design requirements, LEED certification is possible. (Read about article)

Exploring the Complexity of High Rise Hospital Environments

High rise hospital settings require a new way of thinking when it comes to infrastructure design, construction, and operations…
 

Creative Approaches Helped ESD Overcome Project Challenges

There is nothing like the Shirley Ryan AbilityLab anywhere else in the world – and ESD was a major player in developing the new Chicago facility for those who are recovering from severed limbs, brain traumas and other debilitating injuries. 
 

Critical Controls for Critical Spaces: Health Sciences Commissioning

It’s easy to make the mistake of thinking that commissioning is commissioning no matter where you do it.
 

Medical Building Changes Abound

More and more, stand-alone medical buildings and specialized treatment facilities are being designed and built due to changes in health care requirements…
 

ESD Helps Garden Grow

The Chicago Botanic Garden’s new learning campus — a structure that showcases ESD’s engineering, consulting and energy & eco expertise — was profiled this week in the Chicago Tribune…
 

Implementing microgrids: Controlling campus, community power generation

Microgrids can lower cost and raise reliability for the owner and for surrounding communities.

Five Steps to Healthcare Cyber Security

Coleman Wolf explains how healthcare facilities can prevent cyber attacks and keep personnel, equipment and data safe…