Medical Construction & Design

SEP-OCT 2015

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30-40 A hospital recycling program can reduce waste by 30-40 percent. 5.4 billion The industry could save $5.4 billion in fi ve years and up to $15 billion in 10 years if it adopts sustainable practices. Left: A lush mix of succulents and grasses, which requires little maintenance and is drought tolerant, is featured throughout Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Above: A high albedo concrete paving with a solar refl ectance index value of 43 was used at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center's plaza entry to reduce the heat island effect. impacted by coastal storms and fl ooding, landforms and berms can help protect building structures. The U.S. Green Building Council introduced its LEED certifi cation program in 2000. The program comprises fi ve separate rating systems addressing multiple project types: Building Design and Construction (BD+C), Interior Design and Construction, Building Operations and Maintenance, Neighborhood Development and Homes. Within each rating system are a number of dif erent project types, all of which have guidelines for four levels of certifi cation: Certifi ed, Silver, Gold and Platinum. The certifi cation system is based on a number of points achieved on the project type's scorecard. Within BD+C, the Healthcare scorecard is divided into eight sections, with 110 possible points. Most of the points relate to the physical design of the building and its mechanical systems, but landscape architecture can contribute to a number of points. The LEED factors that can be impacted by landscape architecture include: > protect or restore habitat > open space > rainwater management > heat island reduction > light pollution reduction > places of respite > outdoor water use reduction > material reuse > quality views Getting water wise with net zero Seventy miles north of Los Angeles, California, within the high desert, sits the Antelope Valley. It gets an average annual rainfall of just over 7 inches and has the highest temperature change from day to night of any other region in the country. Added to that, the city of Lancaster is also famous for its ripping winds, which means that outdoor public spaces in the city benefi t greatly from design elements that slow down or mitigate the wind. Kaiser Permanente Antelope Valley is a medical of ce building that provides a variety of specialty care services to the region, including general surgery, an infusion center, chemotherapy, physical and occupational therapy, hematolog y and oncolog y and audiolog y. Completed in October 2014, the campus is seeking LEED Platinum certifi cation. The building's exterior spaces were all created to contribute to LEED certifi cation and also to protect the building and its visitors from the SUSTAINABLE STRATEGIES T A I N A B L E S T R A T E G I E S ISSUE FOCUS Within BD+C, the Healthcare scorecard is divided into eight sections, with 110 possible points ... landscape architecture can contribute to a number of points. MCDM AG.COM | SEPTEMBER /OCTOBER 2015 | Medical Construction & Design 63

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