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healthy hospitals

FEATURE

one aspect of an overall approach," she said.
"While the foundation for sustainability is independent

Ken's V I E W

of project type, the methodology to accomplish certain goals
and the thresholds for achievement of those goals do depend

Look It Up

on factors particular to each building typology, especially
healthcare. Specifically, healthcare buildings require more
energy than many other building types based on HVAC sys-

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hat will happen to podcasts when Apple phases

saw it. Subsequent junior editors who worked for me

out its iPod as rumored? Dare we still call them

apparently suffered from a similar lack of tutelage,

ing needs. Additionally, healthcare facilities provide care for

podcasts when there are no more iPods? Why were

but judging from their copy, neglected the part about

patients in a vulnerable state of wellbeing, and special consid-

they called podcasts in the first place? You can listen to

looking it up.

eration for quality of the indoor environment can support

an audio file that some people call a podcast on an iPod,

Muntin, Merriam-Webster says, is an alteration of

their healing," Papiez said.

but you can listen to that same podcast on any number

the French word montant, meaning a vertical dividing

of other devices as well.

bar. So, was there another word for horizontal dividing

tem requirements such as air changes, 24/7 occupancy, energy-intensive procedures and equipment, and particular light-

For WakeMed North Hospital, EwingCole used LEED
for Healthcare as the sustainability metric, Papiez related.

That gets one to thinking: "What do words mean,

bar? The dictionary is silent on that issue, preferring to

"LEED for Healthcare further promotes healthy buildings

anyway?" What the heck does iPod stand for? I know

let muntin make do for both the vertical and horizontal

and healing environments by encouraging patient-centric

it's a portable audio player, but that's not what Apple

varieties of dividers. Those bars, according to the

strategies like places of respite while maintaining the founda-

called it. They called it an iPod. Why? There are a

definition, separate panes of glass in a sash.

tional credits in energy and water efficiency. It also focuses

number of theories. One is that an iPod is an acronym

Now, a sash can either be an article of decorative

more specifically on the quality of the indoor environment,

meaning Internet portable open database, but that's

clothing or the movable part of a window. Its first

from the selection of material contents to eliminate toxins

only one explanation.

appearance was 1678, but whether that date was for

and contaminants, to improved acoustics, and the incorpo-

It was while in this state of mind that I came across

ration of daylight and views. The project is tracking for Gold

a new feature of Merriam-Webster's online dictionary.

its meaning as a clothing accessory or an element of a

Certification later this year," she said.

It's called Time Traveler. While the definition includes

Sash was another term my junior editors had trouble

"Green Guide for Healthcare and LEED BD+C for

the year of the first known use of the word you looked

with, perhaps not having listened to the part of 'Twas the

Healthcare are two excellent resources for learning more

up, Time Traveler offers a link to other words that first

Night Before Christmas where the narrator throws open

about green design in healthcare," Guillot added. "In the

appeared that same year. If you're looking for a way to

the sash to determine from whence came the clatter

past, certification for healthcare was one of the few areas that

waste time on the Internet, it beats Twitter or reading

that disturbed his sleep. In present-day parlance, we

had a special designation. As the LEED system has become

the news-assuming you have a nerdy interest in

would say he opened the window-which is technically

more specialized and fine-tuned around building types,

language, that is.

incorrect. He only opened part of it, assuming it was a

window is unclear.

Of course, I had to look up podcast. Sure enough, it's

double-hung window (a term first used in 1823). Which

a "program (as of music or talk) made available in digital

sash he opened is not specified, but never mind. You can

There is little doubt that healthcare facilities have become

format for automatic download over the Internet." It's

understand why young minds are confused.

greener and more sustainable. The trend will likely contin-

origin and etymology: iPod, trademark for a portable

ue-equally to the benefit of patient well being, the health-

media player + broadcast.

healthcare is now one of the many specialized rating systems
offered," he said.

care system's bottom line, and the environment. CA

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Another word relating to windows that I particularly
like is defenestration-throwing a person or thing out of

So, one might conclude iPod is a mash-up, a word

a window, or a swift dismissal or expulsion (as from a

that one might be tempted to attribute to the digital age,

political party or office). It's first known use was in 1620,

meaning "combining elements of two or more sources,"

but it has lately been heard on the evening news.

as Merriam-Webster defines it. You'd be partly right,

I always thought fenestration was related to the

but mash-up's first known use, the dictionary says, was

French word for window-fenêtre. Half right. Turns

1859. Not a digital-age word at all.

out the French apparently borrowed from the Latin

As for podcast, it made its debut in 2004, somewhat

fenestra. By the way, the French also have a delightfully

ironically the same year as the word e-waste-"waste

descriptive word for a window that incorporates the

consisting of discarded electronics products, such

aforementioned sash-fenêtre à guillotine. Anyone who

as computers, televisions, and cell phones." Not to

has operated one of these windows with a broken sash

mention iPods. Other words for the year were social

cord will know exactly what they mean.

media, paywall, and waterboarding. Draw your own

I'd love to go on looking up words and sharing them,

conclusions as to whether those words were any

but space and time do not permit, so I'll leave you with

indication of where civilization was heading.

this: Words may come and go and change meanings,

More pertinent to the subject matter of this

and few of us can claim to know them all. So if you're

publication is the word muntin, whose first known use

bored or stressed out by the news, try reading the

was in 1774. It was not a word I had encountered in

dictionary. You might learn something.

my college studies, so I had to look it up when I first

- Kenneth W. Betz, Senior Editor


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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Commercial Architecture September 2017

The Architects
Healthcare Sustainability
Exterior Restoration
Aluminum Updates Buildings
Foam Blocks Solve Mountainous Problem
Exteriors Products
Ceiling Design Evokes L.A. Magic
Green Welcome For Car Buyers
Interiors Products
Heat Pumps Upgrade School HVAC Efficiency
Doors Optimize Appearance, Customer Appeal
HVAC & Plumbing Products
Renovation, Adaptive Reuse Anchor State Complex
Windows & Doors Products
Lighting Control Is A Boon For Stargazers
Lighting Up The Arts Community
Logistics, Lighting, Efficiency
Lighting & Electrical Products
Building Technology Products
Showcase
Index
Portfolio
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Cover1
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Cover2
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 1
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Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 5
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - The Architects
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 7
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Healthcare Sustainability
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Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Exterior Restoration
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Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 20
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 21
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Aluminum Updates Buildings
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 23
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 24
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 25
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Foam Blocks Solve Mountainous Problem
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 27
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Exteriors Products
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 29
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 30
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Ceiling Design Evokes L.A. Magic
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 32
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Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 36
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 37
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Green Welcome For Car Buyers
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 39
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 40
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 41
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Interiors Products
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 43
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 44
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 45
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Heat Pumps Upgrade School HVAC Efficiency
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 47
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Doors Optimize Appearance, Customer Appeal
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - HVAC & Plumbing Products
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 50
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 51
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Renovation, Adaptive Reuse Anchor State Complex
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 53
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Windows & Doors Products
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 55
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Lighting Control Is A Boon For Stargazers
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 57
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Lighting Up The Arts Community
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 59
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Logistics, Lighting, Efficiency
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Lighting & Electrical Products
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - 62
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Building Technology Products
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Showcase
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Index
Commercial Architecture September 2017 - Portfolio
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