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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
Overview Location and Transportation
St. Joseph’s Hospital has expressed interest St. Joseph’s is currently seeking 7 points in
for their new Women’s Center to apply for this category. The points will come from the
LEED certification. The design firm, JL following: High Priority Site, Access to
interiors, has researched this possibility and Quality Transit, Bicycle facilities, and Green
believes that there is an opportunity to Vehicles. It is St. Joseph’s hope to reduce
pursue LEED Credits in the following the carbon footprint from the use of fossil
categories: fuels.
• Location and Transportation Sustainable Sites
• Sustainable Sites
• Water Efficiency The following LEED credits will be applied
• Energy and Atmosphere for; Construction Activity Pollution
Prevention (required), Environmental Site
• Materials and Resources Assessment (required), Open Space,
• Indoor Environmental Quality Rainwater Management, Heat Island
• Innovation Reduction, Direct Exterior Access for an
• Regional Priority opportunity in 5 points possible. It is the
Integrated Process intent of St. Joseph’s to not only care about
the building, but the surrounding
It will be expected that beginning from the environment that help make up the site.
first phase in the design process on this
project that cross-discipline design and Water Efficiency
decision making will be implemented. An For a possible 8 points, the hospital will be
Owner Project Requirements (OPR) will be seeking points in the following areas:
drafted with the St. Joseph’s board of Outdoor Water Use Reduction (Required),
Trustees to create a cohesive health mission Indoor Water Use Reduction (Required),
statement that will outline the hospital’s Building-Level Water Metering (required),
core values. Goals as well as strategies will Outdoor Water Use Reduction, Indoor
be assessed that will highlight the health, Water Use Reduction, Cooling Tower Water
safety, and well being of its occupants, staff, Use. It is through these efforts that water
and surrounding community. Next a consumption be reduced and used more
meeting will be conducted with the senior efficiently as a whole.
board members and two people for the
design team, and two people from the Energy and Atmosphere
construction team where a LEED action plan
will be discussed and created. The Women’s For this category, St. Joseph’s will be
Center is currently seeking to pursue a applying for 26 points possible from the
Silver LEED Certification. following: Fundamental Commissioning and
Verification (required), Minimum Energy
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