DIALOG’s Rob Swart, Partner and Architect; Josh Bornia, Associate and Electrical Engineer; Jill Robertson, Partner and Landscape Architect; and Alyssa Young, mechanical EIT, are heading to Halifax, Nova Scotia, on Tuesday, September 10, 2024, to present a session titled ‘Sight and Light: Design Beyond the Patient Room’ at the 44th annual Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES) Conference.  

Sight and Light | Design Beyond the Patient Room

‘Sight and Light: Design Beyond the Patient Room’ is a focused conversation on key challenges, opportunities, and tradeoffs necessary to bring light and nature not only to patient rooms, but also to waiting areas, courtyards, staff areas, and all spaces of a healthcare facility. Leveraging tools like energy and daylight modeling, our experts will share an integrated, analysis-based approach to prioritize natural light and views of nature while optimizing building energy performance.  

Objectives:

• Identify strategies to overcome potential barriers to providing daylight and views throughout a healthcare facility.
• Incorporate lessons learned and feedback from hospital administrators that incorporate expansive daylight and views into future design.
• Balance potentially competing sustainability goals, including daylight and views, thermal comfort, visual comfort, and energy efficiency.

About the Canadian Healthcare Engineering Society (CHES)

CHES is a national professional association representing approximately 1,000 healthcare engineers and associates across Canada. They strive to help members better manage the healing environment which is imperative for efficient and effective healthcare delivery. 

The Society promotes the principle of integrated design by improved collaboration using a team approach between the professions, providing leadership in creating more efficient management of the operation, maintenance, and safety of hospitals, their engineering systems, equipment, buildings, and allied support services.