DURHAM, N.C. — Through early decision-making and focused goals, the Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans Center has become the first building on the Duke University medical center campus to receive LEED Gold certification.
SAN ANTONIO — The 110-bed Mission Trail Baptist Hospital achieved LEED Gold certification last month, and it is the first acute-care hospital in the state to do so, as well as the first LEED-certified hospital in San Antonio.
PORTLAND, Ore. — Plans are in the works for a new $360 million Kaiser Permanent hospital complex that will meet some of the worlds strictest environmental standards. Health care system officials predict the Kaiser Westside Medical Center in Tanasbourne — between Beaverton and Hillsboro — will qualify for LEED Gold status, making it one of just 36 health care facilities in the world to reach that designation.
While LEED-certified buildings are becoming common, achieving LEED certification in the medical building world has thus far been uncommon.
TULSA, Okla. — The Bishop Building at St. Francis Hospital South in Tulsa, Okla., has received LEED-gold certification, according to hospital officials. The new five-story medical office building will include a central energy plant and five-level, 500-space parking structure spanning a total of 110,000 square feet.
