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ACI’s 5th Annual Sustainable Hospitals Conference
Environmentally conscious health care is one of the fastest developing hospital trends. It is estimated that tens of billions of dollars will be spent over the next five years creating a more sustainable and green environment and reducing carbon footprints while enhancing patient care and employee satisfaction. Because high quality healthcare will always be a demand it is important to stay ahead of the competition and find out ways to update your facility and service lines and keep with the most current trends in healthcare and sustainability is it!
Join us for ACI’s 5th Annual Sustainable Hospitals Conference in San Diego on May 4-6, 2011, a not to miss industry event!
With a speaker panel packed with leading sustainable healthcare professionals you will sit in an intense education based three-day strategic business conference to listen and learn from case studies delivered by hospital executives, leading sustainability architects and even tour La Maestra Community Health Center a newly upgraded LEED accredited sustainable healthcare facility and learn all there is to know about transforming your hospital into a ‘green’ facility! Use our intimate classroom setting to network with your peers and speak one on one with these industry leaders. Get information on all aspects of sustainable hospital practices from creating your own state of the art structure from the ground up to making smaller changes in things such as energy consumption, eliminating the use of hazardous chemicals, improving indoor air quality and recycling, and integrating a sustainable food system!
Don’t miss out on your chance to learn from leading green hospitals about the benefits, strategies, financial issues and many more aspects to creating the ‘green’ hospital!
Featuring a tour of La Maestra Community Health Center, the first LEED certified gold level community clinic in the nation!
This extraordinary new facility is designed to ensure that the values of comprehensive and compassionate care and self-sufficiency embedded in the “Circle of Care” solution model will be reflected into every treatment suite, patient waiting room, hallway and meeting room in the facility.
Construction started in 2007 and was completed in July of 2010, this beautifully constructed “green” 32,000 square foot facility will be the “hub” for a new standard of healthcare and well-being for the residents of City Heights! The new facility will replaced the home of La Maestra Com- munity Health Center that at one time was made up of 13 buildings on Fairmount Avenue. The result is a state-of-the-art La Maestra Community Health Center that dramatically increases the number of patients being served, the number of treatments suites and adds new programs and services vitally need by the community.
The result will be a spectacular model for the region and the nation as the first community healthcare center in an underserved community to be built “green”. With its natural lighting and quality materials, it will be a living example of a health center that respects the environment and teaches residents what first-hand what well-being means. In the long run, the cost savings and environmental benefits may serve as an impetus for other builders in the community to follow.
The new La Maestra Community Health Center will be a place where residents and visitors will want to come not only when they are sick but when they are well to enjoy, learn and experience together the true meaning of health and well-being – in the “heart” of the community.
Cost Reduction – Understand how creating a sustainable hospital environment can help reduce operational costs while improving staff retention and enhancing the patient experience.
LEED® Certification – Enhance your understanding of what it takes to become LEED® certified and evaluate the pro’s and con’s of updating a facility with green initiatives.
Architecture & Design – Learn about the newest architecture and design trends and how their implementation can create payback for the facility, staff and community.
- Cost reduction through the implementation of sustainable ‘green’ strategies.
- Creating a healthy environment for patients and employees.
- Pro’s and Con’s between building a brand new green facility and updating your current structure with green initiatives.
- Achieving Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design Standards.
- Successful business models for the future.
- Upgrading and retrofitting building features to make them more efficient and less harmful to the environment.
- Leveraging purchasing power to introduce safer products into hospitals.
- Creating a task force to prioritize safer and environmentally sustainable products and supplies.
- Measuring/defining rewards of building a green facility.
- Integrating sustainability into the company’s vision, values, or core mission statement.
- Setting goals that are specific, credible, measurable, and normalized for business changes.
This conference is intended for individuals who work in the healthcare field, specifically for those individuals who are affiliated with engineering, environmental services, or anyone who has an interest in reducing the ecological footprint of their hospital
- Chief Executive Officers
- Chief Operating Officers
- Chief Scientific Officers
- Executive Directors
- Executive Vice Presidents
- Vice Presidents
- Health Systems and Specialized Healthcare Facilities
Cypress Envirosystems
Our goal at Cypress Envirosystems is simple: enable older sites to adopt the latest automation technologies with a minimum of cost and disruption to existing equipment, processes and staff. For example, our Wireless Pneumatic Thermostat replaces existing pneumatic thermostats in minutes, and enables up-to-date Direct Digital Control (DDC) functionality for lower energy consumption, less maintenance labor, and more comfortable occupants. We accomplish this by combining the latest wireless, non-invasive sensing and programmable technologies from Cypress Semiconductor with our team’s extensive industry and automation experience. We have brought the best engineers together with industry veterans–combining years of technological expertise with extensive domain knowledge–to enable us to develop innovative products and solutions which solve real-world challenges.
Website: www.cypressenvirosystems.com
John Picard
John Picard began his professional career as an architect building homes. The elegant homes sparked a passion for Picard: to build big and beautifully with balance. Picard’s environmental conscience and knowledge stem from his love for the ocean. In 1990, Picard used his own home in Playa del Rey, California as a lab where he began building his Greene Avenue off-the-grid wonder house. Recognized for his innovation and creativity, John soon built and re-built homes for Hollywood executives, helped to green the film industry, and received calls from Fortune 500 companies around the globe requesting his expertise to help them envision and implement sustainable business solutions.
Website: www.johnpicard.com
ABM
ABM is one of the largest facility management services providers in the U.S. We offer state-of-the-art, dependable building maintenance services cost effectively. Our substantial base of long-term clients demonstrates the importance that we place on building enduring relationships. As an ABM client, you have the advantage of obtaining multiple services under one contract with a single point of contact, making it easy for you to outsource these functions without administrative headaches. We provide any combination of services on a local, regional or national basis.
Website: www.abm.com
HC&O News
Launched in 2002, HC&O News provides valuable business news to the healthcare facility market. Our monthly e-mail newsletter readers include architects, engineers, and contractors as well facility and operational managers. Specific to healthcare is the increased attention to maintenance, operations and safety and security. HC&O News was the original news publication devoted to this growth market.
Website: www.hconews.com
Green Building News
Started in 2006 to meet the growing need for energy efficiency and sustainable building information targeting commercial and industrial facilities, Green Building News provides product news and business information for a number of different vertical markets with our monthly e-mail newsletter. In particular, Green Building News readers are comprised of architects; contractors and facility managers involved with industrial, transportation, public, education, commercial, healthcare, R&D, and hospitality facilities. A common goal is learning how to more efficiently run these types of facilities and the energy and efficency savings that can be obtained from doing so wisely.
Website: www.greenbuildingnews.com
The McMorrow Reports
The McMorrow Reports for Facilities Management subscribers procure over $70 billion of products and services, and spend or influence spending greater than $1,750,000 annually. We serve them. The McMorrow Reports produce electronic newsletters and web sites for facilities executives, facilities managers, building owners, architects, designers, engineers, and related titles in the commercial building market. These facility and construction professionals develop, modernize, manage, and secure corporate, healthcare, government and education facilities.
Website: www.mcmorrowreports.com
International Society of Sustainable Professionals
The International Society of Sustainability Professionals (ISSP) is the world’s leading professional association of sustainability professionals. We work to make sustainability standard practice through empowering professionals to advance sustainability in organizations and communities around the globe. As a professional association, ISSP improves the skills of sustainability practitioners through education, knowledge sharing and research. ISSP is an independent 501(c)(3). Membership in ISSP is for individuals although we welcome organizations (businesses, nonprofits, educational and other institutions) that are interested in providing memberships to their employees.
Website: www.sustainabilityprofessionals.org
U.S. Green Building Council – San Diego
The San Diego Green Building Council is a 501(C)3 environmental non-profit dedicated to providing education, outreach, and advocacy surrounding green building in the San Diego community. We are the San Diego Chapter of the US Green Building Council and are organized around our vision and mission – Vision: Our buildings and communities will regenerate and sustain the health and vitality of all life within a generation; Mission: Inspire, educate, and collaborate within our community to transform our built environment toward true sustainability. The 10 year history of our organization is a testament to the dedication and passion of many volunteers and partners who have provided support over the years.
Website: www.usgbc-sd.org
Inside Healthcare
Talking about Healthcare does not always mean talking about doctors, hospitals and medications. One can find remedies to their health problems in nature. This does not mean that you avoid doctors and professional help, but are at times healthier treatments for our ailments. Inside Healthcare is dedicated to providing you with some guidance.
Website: www.inside-healthcare.com
Greentech Media
Greentech Media produces industry-leading news, research, and conferences in the business-to-business greentech market. Our coverage areas include solar, grid modernization, energy efficiency, wind, and other non-incumbent energy markets. GTM Research, the research arm of the company, produces competitive intelligence reports, data subscriptions, and strategic consulting. Using our extensive network and in-depth analysis, GTM hosts conferences for in-person networking and deal-making.
Website: www.greentechmedia.com
FierceMarkets
At FierceMarkets, our mission is as clear today as it was at our founding in 2000: be the first place to turn to for information-hungry executives in dynamic industries and a trusted partner for the marketing teams that need to reach them. Back then, we saw the coming power of blogs, web journalism, digital marketing and email communications, and launched our first email newsletter, FierceWireless, to begin fulfilling that mission for the mobile telecommunications industry.
Website: www.fiercemarkets.com
International Facility Management Association – Los Angeles
Founded in 1982, the Los Angeles Chapter with approximately 300 members is one of the largest in IFMA – the world’s largest and most widely recognized international association for facility management professionals, supporting 24,000 members in 105 countries. It focuses on educational programming and networking opportunities for the facility management professional. General membership meetings are held once a month with a variety of topics and locations. Other special events occur throughout the year.
Website: www.ifmala.org