University of Colorado Health-Medical Center of the Rockies (Loveland). In 2009, the Medical Center of the Rookies was awarded a LEED Gold certification, making it, at the time, the largest hospital in the country to earn the designation. The medical…
Public Health
UH-Ahuja Medical Center (Beachwood, Ohio). University Hospitals Ahuja Medical Center was designed to integrate nature and improve sustainability. The campus features an abundance of native plants that collect water runoff and reduce water consumption, and the hospital’s light-colored roofing reflects…
UCSF Medical Center/UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital (San Francisco). Over the years, UCSF has implemented mercury-elimination policies, developed recycling and waste-reduction programs, and committed to building all new campus construction projects to at least the USGBC’s LEED Silver standard. In 2015,…
The University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington). The University of Vermont Medical Center strives to be the greenest healthcare organization in the U.S., and its sustained efforts to reduce energy consumption, waste stream and carbon footprint, as well as increase…
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital was one of 10 hospitals in the United States to receive Practice Greenhealth’s Leadership Circle of Excellence Award in 2015. Sustainability programs and steps that helped the facility become…
Advertisement
Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston is one of the largest inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the country and the official teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. When the hospital was built,…
Seattle Children’s Hospital. Seattle Children’s Hospital is a 2015 Practice Greenhealth Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award honoree as well as the recipient of two Circle of Excellence Awards for tracking its greenhouse gas emissions and green building achievements. The hospital’s…
Ridgeview Medical Center (Waconia, Minn.). In 2015, Ridgeview Medical Center was named a Practice Greenhealth Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award honoree for the second consecutive year. The medical center also received Circle of Excellence Awards for its efforts in waste…
Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center. Orlando Regional Medical Center is one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region, with more than 800 beds. In January, the medical center opened a new 245-bed patient tower that is referred to as…
Orlando (Fla.) Health-Dr. P. Phillips Hospital. Dr. P. Phillips Hospital — a full-service medical and surgical facility that serves Southwest Orange County and Orlando’s growing tourist population — has implemented many changes over the years to become a green facility.…