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Recycle, Reuse: Today’s waste diversion efforts in healthcare construction save green
According to the study Estimating 2003 Building-Related Construction + Demolition Materials Amounts, conducted by the Environmental Protection Agency, 4.34 pounds per square foot of waste is produced for nonresidential new construction. For a 250,000-square-foot medical facility, this equates to roughly 1.1 million pounds of C+D materials that must be removed, recycled or reused. Read More …
Winds of Change: Achieving sustainable design in harsh environments
Harsh environments are geographic areas impacted by climate extremes — heat, cold, drought, flooding and wind. According to the American Meteorological Society, the U.S. experiences “as much or more severe weather than any other country on earth.” As the impacts of the overall rise in global temperatures continue to be felt, the number of areas in the U.S. that can be considered a “harsh” environment will continue to grow. Read More …
Moving Beyond Green: Healthcare’s new sustainability can be found in tomorrow’s trends
Sustainability isn’t just about being “green” anymore. Today’s sustainable hospital has to be efficient in multiple ways while meeting its intended healthcare mission.
It must be flexible — with infrastructure to meet today’s and tomorrow’s compliance and operational requirements. It must be designed for longevity — to operate for more than 50 years and do so effectively. It must be robust enough to support the needs of high-tech staff and administration. Read More …
New Parkland Hospital Wins Distinguished Greenscape Project of the Year
The new Parkland Memorial Hospital campus has received recognition for its LEED Gold-certified buildings and now the hospital’s grounds and landscaping also have been honored, this time as the Distinguished Greenscape Project of the Year by the North Texas Recycling Awards. Read More …
Central Plant at UC San Diego Medical Center Achieves LEED Gold
LA JOLLA, Calif. — The United States Green Building Council has certified the new central plant at UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center as a LEED Gold building, the first stand-alone medical center energy plant to achieve this distinction. Read More …
Parkland Earns LEED Gold Award for New Hospital
The new Parkland Memorial Hospital has been awarded the LEED Gold Certification from the U.S. Green Building Council’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design program, which sets voluntary standards for buildings. Read More …
Sutter Santa Rosa Hospital Earns Gold LEED Certification
Sutter Santa Rosa Regional Hospital has been awarded LEED Gold certification by the U.S. Green Building Council in recognition of the building’s energy-saving features and “green” construction—making SSRRH the first ground up built hospital to attain LEED Gold certification in Northern California. Read More …
