WAC LIGHTING To Host ALA Accredited-LED/OLED Training

7.21.10 | Garden City, NY | WAC Lighting will host an American Lighting Association-accredited LED/OLED Training Session on August 5. The session will be held at WAC Lighting's New York Showroom, 625 South Street, Garden City, NY, 9-11 am. A tour and luncheon will follow. 

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Chia-Hui Wang Wins AAHID / Nurture Graduate Research Fellowship

7.14.10 | Washington, DC | Chia-Hui Wang received the 2010 AAHID / Nurture Graduate Research Fellowship from the American Academy of Healthcare Interior Designers and Nurture by Steelcase The fellowship assists new investigators in the research aspect of their education by providing seed money for new areas of research. Ms. Chia-Hui Wang is a doctoral student in the School of Architecture, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. Ms. Wang’s research will focus on finding the best practice of designing nursing stations.

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Jain Malkin Inc. To Become an EDAC Advocate Firm

7.7.10 | Concord, CA | JAIN MALKIN INC., has joined the growing list of Advocate Firms for The Center for Health Design'sEvidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification (EDAC) program. The firm's CEO and founder Jain Malkin sits on Board of Directors for The Center for Health Design.

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Innovation in Design and Construction

7.7.10. | The Owner's Dilemma by Barbara White Bryson and Canan Yetmen (Greenway Communications LLC 2010) explores the inefficiencies in the building industry and how best to use the power of the owner and how that power can recreate the building industry

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Czopek & Erdenberger Validates Evidence-Based Approach, Becoming Next EDAC Advocate

6.30.10 | Concord, CA | Czopek & Erdenberger is next in line to become an Advocate Firm for the Evidence-Based Design Accreditation and Certification(EDAC) program from The Center for Health Design  By having 25% of its healthcare team EDAC accredited, C&E will become the ninth Advocate Firm aside one Educational Partner, and six Champion Firms.  

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InformeDesign Releases New Research Studies

6.25.10 | Minneapolis, MN | InformeDesign released new research summaries.

• Risk Factors for Dissatisfaction with the Indoor Environment in Open-plan Offices: An Analysis of COPE Field Study Data

This study investigated the relationships between physical variables and indoor environment satisfaction among office workers and compared the findings to existing office environment recommendations.

• Survival of Amoebae on Building Materials

This experiment investigated amoebae’s ability to survive on different building materials samples.

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