Creating a LEED Healthcare Facility from Groundbreaking to Completion
This webinar will discuss the collaborative team effort between the owner, designers and contractors that resulted in achievement of LEED-CI v2.0 Gold certification for Sutter Health.
At the end of the program, participants will understand the implications and the impact of material selection on the building occupants. In addition, the participants will gain a better understanding of the performance of materials, from the installation, durability, maintenance requirements, and environmental impact .
Learning Objectives:
- Learn how Evidence Based Design can improve patient and staff well-being, patient healing process, stress reduction and safety
- Learn the steps taken from early planning and inception of the project through commitment to implement sustainable building strategies from the design to LEED certified facility
Learn the importance of going beyond the indoor air quality impacts and taking a broader view of the global impact of materials selection in a LEED sustainable Healthcare facility.
- Learn about the future of modern acute care facilities.
CEU Information:
*This program has been approved for 1.0 AIA CEUs
Tom Minard
Sr. Project Manager
Sutter Health
Tom is a Senior Project Manager for Sutter Health System since 1999. He has worked in Construction and Facilities management since beginning his career in 1979. Tom has over 32 years of hospital construction and Facilities management experience. Prior to working for Sutter Health Tom worked for The Sisters of Saint Joseph Health System.
Tom is currently managing the new hospital project for Sutter Health in Santa Rosa Ca. This is a Greenfield site for the new hospital; which is a 84 Bed, 196,000 square foot, two story acute care hospital. The new hospital will be silver LEED certified. Project cost is $290,000,000
Tom has managed hundreds of hospital acute care OSHPD construction projects as well as all types of healthcare projects in the non-acute setting. Tom is well versed in Lean Construction management processes. He has managed the construction of Sutters first Gold Leed certified outpatient surgery center.
Carrie Johansen
LEED AP Interior Designer
Boulder Associates
Carrie Johansen is an interior designer for Boulder Associates architecture and design firm which specializes in healthcare. She has collaborated across multiple disciplines to create an environment for her clients that aids the patients and caregivers in the healing process all the while designing for staff comfort and productivity.
