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| Suzie Hall |
BOISE, IDAHO, Oct.13, 2020 --Officials of The Cornerstone Collective today announced a comprehensive program to provide hotel brands, owners and operators with a road map to design their properties safely, intelligently and prudently for today and the inevitable recovery from the Covid-19 virus.
The proprietary Nexus Design Standards lay out specific criteria culled from across the full spectrum of expert sources, including the CDC, EPA, WELL, LEED, IBC, Fitwel, Mindful Materials and medical specialists.
The program provides non-biased, research-based solutions that provide critical guidance for safe design, while allowing the ability to optimize the hotel’s uniqueness.
“A number of brands and hotel management companies have put together their own pandemic safety procedures, but no two are alike,” said Suzie Hall, founder and president, The Cornerstone Collective.
“If an owner has multiple brands or owns an independent property, there is no trusted resource to assist them through what can be a costly process.
"The Nexus Design Standards are the first unified, all-encompassing approach that addresses all aspects of design for the ‘new normal.’
"There is a lot of confusion and conflicting claims
ranging from what constitutes appropriate distancing to what makes the most
effective barriers.
"Not only do Nexus Standards include potentially life-saving advice, but they can substantially reduce costs by 15 – 40 percent. The Standards are supplier-agnostic but provide clear specifications on materials which often cost less than other options, even though the quality is similar if not superior.”
Hall
has spent the last 28 years designing and advocating for how indoor
environments can improve human health and well-being. With 20 completed
LEED projects and dozens of healthcare assignments, she was ideally qualified
to lead this initiative.
“We’ve called upon our experience in designing hospital interiors, which present a higher concern for safety, as well as my current position on the Board of the St. Alphonsus Hospital Foundation. Utilizing that expertise, we worked with expert sources that form the core of the program.”
The new standards address ten key areas: Disinfectability, Cleanability, Performance, Health, Environmental, Price, Life Cycle Cost, Sustainability, Proof of Product Properties / Claims and Warranties.
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