Part Two - Office of Construction and Facilities Management
Part Two - Office of Construction and Facilities Management
Part Two - Office of Construction and Facilities Management
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Recommendation F, Passive Survivability for Emergency <strong>Management</strong>:<br />
Develop strategies for increased resilience <strong>and</strong> passive survivability in new<br />
facility design <strong>and</strong> existing facility <strong>and</strong> infrastructure upgrades.<br />
“Passive survivability,“ the ability <strong>of</strong> our healthcare infrastructure to continue to<br />
function in times <strong>of</strong> emergency without massive inputs <strong>of</strong> grid-source energy <strong>and</strong><br />
potable water, has important relationships to energy <strong>and</strong> water conservation, onsite<br />
sewage treatment, renewable energy, adaptability, daylighting, <strong>and</strong> other<br />
building attributes. Recent weather events <strong>and</strong> wide-area power outages have<br />
indicated that current healthcare infrastructure, despite multiple backup systems,<br />
may be less resilient than it needs to be.<br />
<strong>Part</strong> 2-22<br />
FINAL DRAFT<br />
June 2009
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