Healthcare Design

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.

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June 18, 2014


Topic Area: Energy Efficiency


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