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"With this book, Robin Guenther and Gail Vittori show us how critical our green building mission is to the future of human health and secures a lasting legacy that will continue to challenge and focus the green building movement, the healthcare industry, and the world for years to come."
--From the Foreword by Rick Fedrizzi, President, CEO and Founding Chair, U.S. Green Building Council
INDISPENSABLE REFERENCE FOR THE FUTURE OF SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE DESIGN
Written by a leading healthcare architect named one of Fast Company's 100 most creative people in business and a sustainability expert recognized by Time magazine as a Green Innovator, Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, Second Edition is fully updated to incorporate the latest sustainable design approaches and information as applied to hospitals and other healthcare facilities. It is the essential guide for architects, interior designers, engineers, healthcare professionals, and administrators who want to create healthy environments for healing.
Special features of this edition include:
* 55 new project case studies, including comparisons of key sustainability indicators for general and specialty hospitals, sub-acute and ambulatory care facilities, and mixed-use buildings
* New and updated guest contributor essays spanning a range of health-focused sustainable design topics
* Evolving research on the value proposition for sustainable healthcare buildings
* Profiles of five leading healthcare systems and their unique sustainability journeys, including the UK National Health Service, Kaiser Permanente, Partners HealthCare, Providence Health & Services, and Gundersen Health System
* Focus on the intersection of healthcare, resilience, and a health promotion imperative in the face of extreme weather events
* Comparison of healthcare facility-focused green building rating systems from around the world
Sustainable Healthcare Architecture, Second Edition is an indispensable resource for anyone interested in the design, construction, and operation of state-of-the-art sustainable healthcare facilities.
List of contents
Foreword xiii
Acknowledgments xv
Key Sustainability Indicators and Infographic xvii
PART 1 CONTEXT 1
CHAPTER 1 DESIGN AND STEWARDSHIP 3
INTRODUCTION 3
THE CASE FOR STEWARDSHIP 4
SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT 7
THE PROFESSION OF ARCHITECTURE 7
THE ETHICAL CHALLENGE FOR DESIGNERS 10
ECOLOGICAL DESIGN 10
CLEANER PRODUCTION 11
THE PATRICK H. DOLLARD DISCOVERY HEALTH CENTER 12
LIFE CYCLE THINKING 14
CRADLE-TO-CRADLE DESIGN 16
LIVING BUILDINGS 17
ESSAY
LIVING BUILDINGS AND A RESTORATIVE FUTURE by Jason F. McLennan 18
CONCLUSION--THE NEXT GENERATION 21
CHAPTER 2 THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT AND HUMAN HEALTH 23
INTRODUCTION 23
THE GLOBAL IMPACTS OF THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT 24
CLIMATE CHANGE AND PUBLIC HEALTH 25
ESSAY
WHERE WE HEAL: THE IMPORTANCE OF HEALTHCARE BUILDINGS TO
OUR HEALTH AND THE PLANET'S by Aaron Bernstein, MD 27
URBAN PLANNING AND PUBLIC HEALTH 28
SPRAWL AND AIR QUALITY 31
SMART GROWTH AND HEALTHY CITIES 32
ACTIVE DESIGN 33
ESSAY
ACTIVE DESIGN: CONVERGING DESIGN EFFORTS TO PROMOTE ENVIRONMENTAL SUSTAINABILITY AND ADDRESS TODAY'S LEADING CAUSES OF DEATH
by Karen K. Lee, MD and Joyce S. Lee 34
AIR POLLUTION 36
WATER POLLUTION AND SCARCITY 38
GAVIOTAS HOSPITAL 40
INDOOR AIR QUALITY 41
CONCLUSION--THE FUTURE 41
CHAPTER 3 ENVIRONMENT AND MEDICINE 45
INTRODUCTION 45
THE STATE OF HEALTH IN THE WORLD 46
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH 47
ECOLOGICAL MEDICINE 49
PROTEA HEALTH 52
HEALTHCARE AND THE ENVIRONMENT 54
ESSAY
TRANSFORMING HEALTHCARE by Gary Cohen 55
THE PRECAUTIONARY PRINCIPLE 59
MEDICINE'S ROLE IN ENVIRONMENTAL IMPROVEMENT 59
CONCLUSION 60
CHAPTER 4 NATURE AND HEALING 65
INTRODUCTION 65
THE TRADITION OF NATURE AND HEALING 66
THE THERAPEUTIC SPA MOVEMENT 66
NATURE RECONSIDERED 67
BIOPHILIA 68
BIOPHILIC DESIGN PRINCIPLES 69
URBANIZATION AND NATURE 70
LANDSCAPE PERCEPTION 70
HEALING LANDSCAPE 70
SIDNEY AND LOIS ESKENAZI HOSPITAL AND HEALTH CAMPUS 72
SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE 78
CONCLUSION 79
PART 2 ACTUALIZING THE VISION 81
CHAPTER 5 IMPROVING PERFORMANCE 83
INTRODUCTION 83
TOOLS AND METRICS 84
LESSONS LEARNED FROM PIONEERS 95
POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION--PROVIDENCE NEWBERG MEDICAL CENTER 96
POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION--DELL CHILDREN'S MEDICAL CENTER OF CENTRAL TEXAS 97
RESOURCE EFFICIENCY 98
ESSAY
ENERGY STAR(r): IT'S NOT JUST A SCORE; IT'S A GOAL AND A STRATEGY by Clark Reed 101
LEGACY SALMON CREEK 104
ENERGY END USE MONITORING 105
ESSAY
TARGETING 100! by Heather Burpee and Joel Loveland 105
THE TOXIC-FREE HOSPITAL 119
ESSAY
THE PBT-FREE CHALLENGE by Tom Lent 121
TOOLS FOR DESIGNERS AND SPECIFIERS TO DE-SELECT TOXICANTS 124
VISUALIZING THE PATH AHEAD 125
CONCLUSION 126
CASE STUDIES
01 Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, TX 127
02 OHSU Center for Health and Healing, Portland, OR 131
03 Peace Island Medical Center, Friday Harbor, San Juan Island, WA 134
04 Sherman Hospital, Elgin, IL 137
05 Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Gre
