Building healthcare facilities in California presents unique opportunities and significant challenges. The Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development (OSHPD) is the force behind equitable healthcare accessibility for California. As a regulating authority, it makes innovation within the industry difficult. LEED and California’s push for sustainable development provides interesting challenges and discussions in which the Bay Area LEED Users Group will explore.
Please join representatives from Anshen & Allen, Charles M. Salter and Associates, and DPR Construction in bringing together a panel discussion of the differences in the rating systems and the difficulties with fitting LEED into the healthcare building type. Also we will look at the acoustical challenges and prescriptive requirements associated with new versions of LEED BD&C as well as LEED for Healthcare.
Tickets for members are by donation, non-member tickets are $10. Registration available at the door.
Please contact Matt Macko or Ryan Potvin with any questions.
About the Companies & Speakers
Anshen + Allen
Anshen + Allen is an international architectural practice dedicated to the design of healthcare, academic and research buildings. We focus our energy and talent on efforts that benefit humanity, contribute to community and culture and demonstrate a commitment to social progress. Our buildings perform with great precision, reflect their unique location and exemplify great design.
Mara Baum, AIA, LEED AP, is an architect and researcher at Anshen+Allen Architects in San Francisco, where she focuses on the intersection between ecological issues and the creation of a healthy and healing built environment. Her current work includes projects at Pomerado Hospital in San Diego, Santa Clara Valley Medical Center in San Jose, the University of California Santa Cruz, and grant-funded research on the challenges and synergies of integrating eco-effective and evidence-based design best practices. Ms. Baum also teaches green building courses at California College of the Arts and online for the Boston Architectural College Sustainable Design Certificate Program. She is active in the US Green Building Council both locally and nationally, having recently completed a two year position with the national USGBC Research Committee as its 2006 Ginsberg Sustainability Fellow and a committee Liaison. Ms. Baum holds a Master of Architecture and Master of City Planning from University of California Berkeley and a Bachelor of Arts in Architecture Magna Cum Laude from Washington University.
Charles M. Salter Associates
Consultants in acoustics, audio/visual system design, and telecommunications. Our consultants have backgrounds in engineering, architecture, music, speech, theater, and telecommunications. This diversity of experience allows our firm to provide clients with tailored services for a wide variety of project types.
Peter Holst, P.E., LEED AP has been an acoustical consultant with Charles M. Salter Associates since 2002. He specializes in architectural acoustics, environmental noise control, and mechanical equipment noise and vibration control. He has consulted on an array of project types, with a focus on healthcare facilities. Some of the notable hospital projects Holst has consulted on include the Kaiser Template Medical Center, Laguna Honda Hospital Replacement, Palomar Medical Center, and UCSF Mission Bay Medical Center. He is a member of the USGBC Northern California Chapter and is the author of “Achieving green design acoustical standards in healthcare facilities,” presented at the Acoustical Society of America conference in 2009. He received his Bachelor of Science and Engineering degree from the University of Pennsylvania and his Professional Engineering license in Electrical Engineering.
DPR Construction
DPR Construction, Inc. is a unique technical builder with a passion for results. Ranked in the top 50 general contractors in the country over the last 10 years, we are a national commercial general contractor and construction manager that has grown with our customers by delivering measurably more value. With the purpose of building great things—great teams, great buildings, great relationships—DPR is a truly great company. Our relentless accountability, proven technical expertise, and collaborative approach allow us to provide a higher level of quality service on projects of all sizes and complexities, whether it's a multi-million-dollar technical facility or the renovation of a single office.
Josh Bronitsky, LEED® AP, is a Project Engineer and Green Guru with DPR Construction, Inc. He recently completed the Autodesk 1 Market LEED-CI Platinum build-out and is now working as an engineer and LEED Director on the Sutter Medical Center – Castro Valley project which will replace Eden Medical Center. The Sutter Medical Center team is navigating the waters of the pending LEED for Healthcare rating system as well as utilizing an innovative Integrated Project Delivery contract. Sutter Medical center is the 4th LEED Project for which Josh has been on the Project Team. Additionally, he teaches LEED-AP training classes to internal and external customers with DPR and is head writer and editor for the DPR Green Sheet. Josh also serves on the USGBC-Northern California Chapter Programs Committee. Mr. Bronitsky holds a Bachelor of Science Degree in Civil and Environmental Engineering as well as a Certificate in Business from the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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