Sustainable Design

We are committed to improving our clients’ businesses and organizations, our profession, ourselves and our society as a whole. Specification of sustainable, green building products is becoming increasingly important in our architectural designs for healthcare. Not only do they provide sustainability and a healthier environment, they also reduce operating costs for the lifetime of the project. H3design has expertise in facility maintenance and management systems, including energy efficiency modeling, facility life cycle cost analysis, lean facilities, and preventative maintenance systems. We are dedicated to helping our clients minimize their carbon footprint and impact on the environment. Our designs incorporate planet friendly materials and we encourage contractors to use sustainable practices including demolition recycling and local sourcing when possible. H3Design, as a LEED certified design team is committed to wasting less, yet creating regenerative designs complementing local environments and their occupants thereby creating change for our clients, organizations, communities and change for our society and generations to come.

Universal Design

Universal Design employs products and solutions originally developed for individuals who are physically disadvantaged for the purpose of increasing ease of use, accessibility, safety and comfort. The idea of Universal design provides easy access in the built environment to help individual with disabilities to be able to share and occupy the physical space and social environment with people without disabilities. At H3Design we strive to create an environment that is aesthetically pleasing while functional for the needs of each unique individual. Attention to details such as low or no thresh holds, intelligent lighting and lever handles are just a few of the ways we design for all individuals.