Planning for Growth: How Healthcare Systems Are Designing Hospitals to Support Ongoing Change and Expansion
Healthcare facilities have always been complex to design and build, but today’s environment is introducing a new level of pressure.
Healthcare facilities have always been complex to design and build, but today’s environment is introducing a new level of pressure.
PeaceHealth, the Vancouver, Wash.- based non-profit health system serving Washington, Oregon and Alaska, has recently achieved LEED Silver certification for its Lynden facility. This achievement marks the first time a PeaceHealth building has received this designation.
The campus of the Choctaw Nation Regional Medical Clinic in Durant has been awarded three LEED Silver certifications.
An Award of Merit has been given to architecture firm Hoefer Wysocki for its innovative and sustainable work on the Saint Luke’s Multispecialty Clinic – Blue Springs, Missouri.
Kaiser Permanente has reached an agreement for a major renewable energy purchase that will empower it to achieve its goal of being carbon neutral by 2020.
The Munson Medical Center’s Cowell Family Cancer Center officially hung a new plaque displaying its recently earned LEED certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.
The Dell Seton Medical Center at The University of Texas at Austin, a project of Medxcel and Ascension was recently recognized for green design and construction methods, receiving high honors after opening in May 2017. The 517,000-square-foot facility in Austin, Texas, hosts 13 operating rooms and 211 beds, securing a new health care innovation zone in downtown Austin with sustainability leading as its core value.
Hospital officials are pointing to sustainable features at Stamford Hospital’s new building as a model for energy cost savings.
The University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia held a groundbreaking ceremony for its new hospital on May 3.
St. Luke’s Hospital in Chesterfield held a dedication ceremony on Jan. 23 for its new outpatient services building.