Toolbox

DESIGN // Armstrong Ceiling Solutions offers a free ceiling design tool called InVision. Users can select rooms within different environments, including health care, and choose any available ceiling design options, materials and products available for that particular space. The visualizer will display a photo that shows a realistic view of how the product looks within the space.  

OPERATIONS // Sensaphone’s latest e-book — "Temperature Monitoring Toolkit: How to Protect Valuable Vaccines, Pharmaceuticals and Research Samples" — can help health care, laboratory and research professionals better understand temperature monitoring for safe storage. The resource provides cold storage best practices and recommends cost-effective options for documenting storage temperatures to maintain regulatory compliance. 

LIGHTING // Graybar’s new e-guide,“Your Healthcare Facility: A Brighter Future,” examines how switching to LED lighting and implementing lighting controls can boost facility occupancy, increase productivity and avoid liabilities. The company states that health care organizations spend more than $8.5 billion on energy each year and that lighting retrofits could save as much as 30 to 50 percent of lighting energy.