{"id":9420,"date":"2015-03-04T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2015-03-04T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"uncategorized\/importance-of-sustainable-hospital-engineering-going-for-the-green\/"},"modified":"2020-07-29T15:25:01","modified_gmt":"2020-07-29T15:25:01","slug":"sustainable-hospital-engineering","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"news\/sustainable-hospital-engineering\/","title":{"rendered":"Importance of Sustainable Hospital Engineering: Going for the Green"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Sustainable building engineering design and construction is the practice of creating structures and using\u00a0processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout the life cycle of a\u00a0building\u2013 from selecting the site to design, construction, operation, maintenance, renovation, and\u00a0finally, deconstruction. Energy and resource efficient, eco- friendly designs are beneficial to the\u00a0community and environment, socially responsible and thus well received. Hospitals have a mission to<br \/>\nimprove the health and well-being of patients, staff and the communities they serve which is why\u00a0sustainable engineering is the most economical and best operational choice for health care\u00a0organizations to consider.<\/p>\n<p>Sustainability, also known as being \u201cgreen\u201d and becoming more environmentally friendly not only helps the environment and community, but also provides many more initiatives such as contributing to a\u00a0healthier environment for the hospital employees and patients and lowering total operational costs.<\/p>\n<p>Additional benefits resulting from instituting sustainable hospital engineering building practices\u00a0include:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Materials management<\/li>\n<li>Enhanced air and water quality<\/li>\n<li>Reduced solid waste &amp; pollution prevention<\/li>\n<li>Improvements in employee productivity<\/li>\n<li>Optimized building performance<\/li>\n<li>Improved patient comfort and health<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although more and more health care organizations understand the benefits of implementing\u00a0sustainability projects, finding solutions that work in the real world sometimes can be a challenge.\u00a0According to the\u00a0<a title=\"Environmental Protection Agency\" href=\"http:\/\/www.epa.gov\/oaintrnt\/projects\/\">U.S. Environmental Protection Agency<\/a>\u00a0and the U.S. Green Building Council,\u00a0construction and operation of all buildings in the United States result in the following\u00a0consumption of\u00a0resources:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>72 percent of electricity resources<\/li>\n<li>39 percent of total energy used<\/li>\n<li>3 billion tons of raw materials annually (40 percent of raw stone, gravel, sand, and steel; 25\u00a0percent of virgin wood)<\/li>\n<li>17 percent of freshwater flows<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>As well, construction and operation of all buildings in the United States result in the following\u00a0generation of waste materials:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>25-40 percent of municipal solid waste<\/li>\n<li>50 percent of CFCs<\/li>\n<li>30 percent of CO2 production<\/li>\n<li>Other air emissions and water discharges<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Although some hospitals may choose to put their focus on energy reduction, water conservation,\u00a0minimizing waste, etc., becoming a sustainable building can contribute to an overall healthier\u00a0environment. Working with the experienced sustainable building design team at Lexodant Solar Technologycan help\u00a0organizations to implement strategies to achieve an integrated approach to their engineering, design,\u00a0construction, operations and maintenance goals. Lexodant Solar Technologyincorporates numerous \u201cgreen\u201d elements in\u00a0every project we do; sustainability is an overarching philosophy that influences every phase of a project.<\/p>\n<p><em>The <a title=\"Lexodant Solar TechnologyEngineering\" href=\"services\/engineering-designs-that-work\/sustainable-design\/\">Lexodant Solar Technologyengineering staff<\/a> includes multiple LEED- accredited professionals who will either spearhead or\u00a0<\/em><em>actively participate in the LEED Charette process, and perform the LEED Administrator role including\u00a0<\/em><em>USGBC submissions, submittal reviews, and managing the online process. They also can prepare an\u00a0<\/em><em>extensive MEP design narrative illustrating the systems involved and their operations and benefits.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sustainable building engineering design and construction is the practice of creating structures and using\u00a0processes that are environmentally responsible and resource efficient throughout the life cycle of a\u00a0building\u2013 from selecting the [&hellip;]","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":9421,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[16,1],"tags":[56,128,129,130,37,74],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Sustainable Hospital Engineering &amp; Design | Lexodant Solar Technology<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Understand the benefits of green and sustainable hospital 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