Texas medical center builds on LEED Platinum certification
Dell Children's Medical Center new tower project pursues more challenging task of pursuing LEED for Healthcare, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website
After the Dell Children’s Medical Center first earned a LEED Platinum certification in 2007, it pursued a more challenging LEED for Healthcare with its new 86,000-square-foot tower, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website. The team started by identifying the LEED points it wanted to go after, ideas for the building systems and the financials as related to payback and value to the owner that would guide each decision. The decision target was anything that had a 12 percent rate of return or a six-year payback on the system.
As insurance uncertainty and consolidation reshape healthcare, facilities managers are turning to efficiency, adaptability and portfolio optimization to control costs.
The new UT medical center integrates the work of the University’s academic and research enterprise, its Dell Medical School and UT MD Anderson cancer care.