A partnership between the Mayo Clinic and Delos, the pioneer of the WELL Building Standard, the WELL Living Lab focuses on the improvement of health and wellness through evidence-based testing and research. The lab occupies 5500 square feet of Mayo Clinic-maintained space in Rochester, MN. RLS was tapped to design a new, state-of-the-art lab facility for this research into environments, systems, and technologies that promote well living. Facilities include areas for research, offices, and conference rooms, as well as realistic and comfortable mock test environments in which temperature, acoustics, visuals, and other stimuli can be manipulated. The scope included the implementation of converged network architecture (combining voice, data, video, and building systems), complementary server center design, and supporting technology infrastructure.
RLS was commissioned to design a converged network hosting data, voice, video, data acquisition, data processing, data storage, physical security, and building management systems to support WLL operations and functionality. Designed according to current Mayo Clinic Standards, the converged network will feature:
- High Availability
- Redundancy and component level resiliency
- High bandwidth throughout
- Wired and wireless connectivity
- Secure access to compute resources and data storage
- HIPPA and HITECH healthcare compliant network security
- Support for current and envisioned multi-protocol transport
- Separate VLANs for:
- WLL Data
- WLL Voice
- BMS
- AV
- Physical Security
- Guest network traffic
