Medical center reaches LEED Platinum status
Source: Consulting-Specifying Engineer, Thursday, January 21, 2010
Located in Austin, the Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas is the first healthcare facility in the world to achieve a LEED Platinum certification by the U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC).
In 2005, Seton's team of MEP engineers and general contractors set out to achieve USGBC's LEED Platinum certification for the healthcare facility. Alan Bell, AIA, Seton's LEED AP director of Design & Construction, said, “Though we began to open portions of this 169-bed facility in mid-2007, we received the official LEED Platinum certification in early 2009. To achieve this goal, we were rated in the six key LEED categories: Sustainable Site development, Water Efficiency, Energy & Atmosphere (EA), Materials and Resources, Indoor Air Quality, and Innovation & Design.” Of the 69 total possible points, Seton and Siemens Building Technologies collaborated to earn a total of 54 points.