Green Design Transforms Care At Rwandan Hospital

The Butaro Hospital campus in Rwanda. Image via Partners In Health.

By using natural materials, a local labor force and the most up-to-date methods of infectious disease control, Rwanda's Butaro Hospital is a model for the developing world. Read more →

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Perkins + Will Surpasses 150 LEED-Certified Mark

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The global design firm of Perkins + Will is celebrating its 150th LEED project, the Gwinnett Medical Center in Georgia, recently certified at the Silver level. Read more →

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Greener Health Care Coming To Los Angeles

MLK Ambulatory Center, Los Angeles

Construction has begun on the $150 million Martin Luther King, Jr. Multi-Service Ambulatory Care Center in Los Angeles, expected to take LEED Gold green building certification. Read more →

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Chicago LEED Gold Hospital Project Biggest Ever

Rush Tower, Chicago

Rush University Medical Center's Tower building in Chicago has been certified LEED Gold, making it the largest new construction green hospital in the world. Read more →

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Energy Efficiency A Big Deal At Ohio Hospitals

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Natural Resources Defense Council takes a look at how energy efficiency is helping community hospitals in places like Ohio to make a sizeable difference in their bottom lines. Read more →

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Are These The Smaller, Greener Hospitals Of Tomorrow?

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Winners of Kaiser Permanente's international Small Hospital, Big Idea competition have envisioned what a small, near-net-zero-energy hospital of tomorrow might look like. Read more →

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Wind Power The Right Medicine For Hospital

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In a quest for energy independence by 2014, a regional hospital system in Minnesota is the first U.S. health care facility to install a community wind farm. Read more →

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Miami Hospital Glows In LEED Gold Spotlight

Via West Kendall Baptist Hospital

West Kendall Baptist Hospital in Miami has been certified as LEED Gold, with its many sustainable design elements including the reduction of water usage by 20 percent. Read more →

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Ontario Kaiser Hospital All Green and Fuzzy

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Kaiser Permanente's new hospital in Ontario, California, features a wide range of sustainable features designed to be both eco-friendly and patient-friendly. Read more →

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Solar Firms, Bank Power Mexican Hospital

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A solar array will be installed at the children's hospital in Chihuahua, Mexico, thanks to two border-development organizations and solar-industry support. Read more →

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