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COVID-19 Strategies for Healthcare Facilities
As health systems scramble to cope with current or anticipated surges of patients infected with COVID-19, engineering strategies are emerging. Some involve renovations in existing healthcare buildings (both operating and previously shuttered) to create more beds for...
Keeping Non-Healthcare Buildings Healthy Under Reduced Occupancy
Healthcare buildings are under extreme operational demands due to the COVID-19 virus. At the same time, non-healthcare buildings may see the reverse conditions, with limited occupancy and sharply reduced operational hours. G/BA offers this guidance to help facilities...
GBA Publishes 2019 Edition of Hospital Energy+Water Survey
Grumman/Butkus Associates has released the latest edition of its annual Hospital Energy and Water Benchmarking Survey, focusing on usage and costs for fossil fuels, electricity, and water/sewer.The survey also tracks hospitals' carbon footprint and energy costs per...
ASHRAE Recognizes Seitz Lab Project With International Technology Award
G/BA's renovation of a materials science lab building at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign has been honored with the ASHRAE Technology Award.The firm's project at the Frederick Seitz Materials Research Laboratory received First Place in the Educational...
Dan Doyle Honored as ASHRAE Fellow
G/BA Illinois Chairman, Daniel L. Doyle, P.E., LEED AP O+M, was named a Fellow of ASHRAE at the association's recent 2020 Winter Conference in Orlando.The Fellow grade of membership recognizes exceptional contributions in the art of engineering. Dan Doyle has been...
GBA Promotes Six in December
Six team members in Grumman/Butkus Associates' Evanston, IL, office were promoted to new positions at the firm's recent semi-annual meeting.Habib Shams, P.E., LEED AP, was promoted to Vice President.Matthew M. Clemen, P.E., LEED AP, and Drew Kuzan, P.E., LEED AP,...