Evidence-based design (EBD), now a popular concept in health care facilities, is a very powerful tool. When it is used to manage IAQ through use of natural ventilation in HVAC system design, we must ...

Architecture promotes the type and quality of care an operaf f tor expects to provide. The challenge for designers is to create environments where people live, visit and work while maximizing the ...

FARGO, N.D. – In May, JLG Architects’ Mark Honzay, AIA, EDAC, principal architect, earned his Evidence-Based Design Accreditation (EDAC) from The Center for Health Design. This internationally ...

Illustration of the experiment how an existing hospital room was transformed into a 3D virtual environment and then redesigned based on the Evidence-Based Design principle. In an online study, virtual ...

This blog post was authored by Amy Kotchevar, CID, IIDA, NCIDQ, EDAC, Senior Interior Designer, BWBR. Architecture and interior design hold incredible power to impact lives—improving patient outcomes, ...

Evidence-based assessment design (ECD) provides a conceptual framework for identifying observable evidence that supports the measurement of unobservable constructs, defined as as knowledge, skills and ...

Evidence-based design has become the fastest growing trend in healthcare development. In EBD, decisions about the built environment are based on credible research that will, in turn, create the most ...

There’s been a lot of talk over the past 20 years about evidence-based design. EBD is the idea that improvements to the design of buildings, particularly to their interior spaces—more daylight, ...