Meeting Agenda

Agenda. Green Healthcare Institutions: Health, Environment, and Economics

January 10-11, 2006
National Academies, Keck 100, 500 5^th St, N.W.
Washington, D.C.  20001

January 10, 2006

8:30 a.m.         Welcome and Opening Remarks
Paul G. Rogers, J.D., Roundtable Chair

8:40 a.m.         Remarks and Charge to Participants
Howard Frumkin, M.D., Dr.P.H., Roundtable Member

8:55 a.m. Green Building and Health Agendas: Points of Convergence
Craig Zimring, P.D., Professor of Architecture, Georgia Institute of Technology 

Session I: Curing the “Green” Way: Stories of Sustainable Healthcare Facilities

Scope:  Currently, there are only a select number of case studies of healthcare facilities that are being built “green.”  This session sets the stage for further discussion by examining 2 case studies in order to understand the decision-making process involved, the research data to support the case, and the health outcomes (if monitored).

Moderator:     Barbara M. Alving, M.D., Acting Director of NCRR                                            

9:15 a.m.         The Green Guide for Health Care – A Tool for High Performance Healing Environments
Robin Guenther, AIA, Architect, Guenther 5 Architects

9:35 a.m.         Building Green and Integrating Nature: Rikshospitalet University Hospital in Oslo, Norway Knut Bergsland,  AIA, Senior Advisor, Hospital Planning Department, SINTEF Health Research  

10:00 a.m.       General Discussion

10:20 a.m.       Break

Session II: The Case for Green Buildings Part I: Economics, Ethics and Employment

Scope:  This session will consider some of the benefits for building green by looking at research data in economics and the social sciences.  The main question center around how industry and society value buildings both in the short- and long-term. 

Moderator:     Alexis Karolides, M.Arch., Roundtable Member             

10:50 a.m.       The Financial Implications of Health and Productivity Gains in Green Commercial, Public and Education Buildings
Gregory Kats, MBA, Principal, Capital E          

11:20 a.m.       Building Green and Ethics
John Poretto, B.S., President, Sustainable Business Solutions

11:50 a.m.       Staff Retention: Can a Healthy Environment Make a Difference?
George Bandy II, Sustainable Programs Manager, Interface, Inc.                       

12:20 p.m.       General Discussion

12:45 p.m.       Lunch (Not provided. Cafeteria is available in the building)

Session III: The Case for Green Buildings II: Health

Scope: This session will look at the current state of the knowledge of the linkages between building green and human health.  Through presentations and discussions, the Roundtable will gain a better understanding of the state of the research and the research gaps.

Moderator:     Henry Hatch, Lt General (Ret), Chief of Engineers and Commander of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and Chair, NRC Board on Infrastructure and the Constructed Environment and the Federal Facilities Council

2:00 p.m.         Design Principles in Healthy Building
Anthony Bernheim, FAIA, LEED^®.A.P. (confirmed), Principal, Green Design, SMWM Architecture Planning + Urban Design

2:20 p.m.         Building-related health effects: What do we know?
Ted Schettler, M.D., M.P.H., Science Director, Science and Environmental Health Network

2:50 p.m.         The Relationship between Environmental Design and Patient Medical Outcomes
Judi Heerwagen, Ph.D., J.H. Heerwagen & Associates, Inc.                  

3:15 p.m.         The Fable Hospital: A Business Case for Better Building
Derek Parker, FAIA, RIBA, FACHA, Chairman, Anshen and Allen Architects, Inc.

3: 45 p.m.        Discussion

4:10 p.m.         Break

Session IV: Recommendations for Future Research: What do we Need to Know?

Scope: Continuation of the discussion from Sessions II and III by discussing the research needs for the area of building green and human health.

Moderator:     Russell Perry, AIA, LEED AP, Principle, SmithGroup

4:30 p.m.         General Discussion

5:30 p.m.         Adjourn

January 11, 2006 

 8:30 a.m.         Welcome Back

Session V: The Process of Change

Moderator:    Nancy L. Hughes, RN, M.H.A., Director, Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, American Nurses Association

8:55 a.m.         Framing the Process: Institutional Change to Greening a Campus
Bahar Armaghani, B.S., LEED^®.A.P. (confirmed), Project Manager/ Quality Assurance Coordinator, Facilities Planning and Construction, University of Florida

9:25 a.m.         The Conflict between Growth and Going Green: The Experience at Emory
Wayne Alexander, M.D., Ph.D., R. Bruce Logue Professor and Chair, Emory University School of Medicine

9:40 a.m.         General Discussion

10:05 a.m.       Break

Session VI: Champions for Change

Moderator:     Roger Bulger, M.D., Roundtable member

10:35 a.m.       Implementing the Decision to Build Green in University Medical Centers
Roger Oxendale, MBA, President and CEO, Children’s Hospital of Pittsburgh

11:05 a.m.       Building Green on a Large Scale

Scott Slotterback, M.S., Senior Project Manager, Kaiser Permanente National Facilities Services Project Administration Group

11:35 a.m.       General Discussion                 

12:05 p.m.       Final Summation

Howard Frumkin, Roundtable Member
 
12:20 p.m.       Adjourn

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