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Sustainability Certification and Healthcare Buildings

Sue ClarkLEED Manager, LEED AP BD+C, WELL APSweden Green Building Council

Nordic Conference on Sustainable Healthcare15 February 2018

SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATION OF BUILDINGS

LEED RATING SYSTEM

WELL BUILDING STANDARD

SUSTAINABILITY CERTIFICATION

the backstory

IMPACT CATEGORIES MILJÖMÅL

Copyright © 2013 U.S. Green Building Council Illustration: Tobias Flygar

SGBC-SUPPORTED CERTIFICATION SYSTEMS AND PROJECTS

24/7 Operations Intense energy and water consumption Multiple building campuses of varying ages, conditions Highly regulated, intense economic and life safety oversight Omnipresence of toxins (biological and chemical) Vulnerable occupants (patients)

Unique challenges for healthcare occupancies

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Universal issue across different countries and regions 46% feel administrations don’t do enough to protect staff from risks

such as hazardous substances Stress-related illnesses such as burnout affect 19-30% of healthcare

employees globally

Stress and Burnout in Healthcare Professionals

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Launched 1998 by US Green Building Council

Global system, with regional interpretations

New and existing buildings, interiors, neighbourhoods

LEED v4 features 21 adaptations, including Healthcare

Focus is largely on environmental criteria, then social and economic

Ny Karolinska Solna

LEED NC v2009 Gold, Phase 5

LEED NC v2009 Gold, Phase 6

Priority: minimizing energy consumption by 50%

All purchased energy from renewable sources

Also certified Miljöbyggnad Guld (first project to double-certify LEED and MB)

Rigorous materials selection to meet LEED’s low-emission requirements as well as Byggvarubedömningen for content

Copyright © 2017 Skanska Sverige

Centralsjukhuset Karlstad

LEED Healthcare v2009 Gold

first LEED Healthcare certification in Europe

top 3% of LEED Healthcare projects worldwide in terms of energy performance (50% reduction)

Adapted compliance on the required ventilation standard

Materials selection to meet LEED and Sundahus

Copyright © 2016 Skanska Sverige

Launched 2014 by the International WELL Building Institute

Focused on human health – not an environmental standard

Developed over seven years with input from the medical, research and buildings communities

New and existing buildings, interiors, communities

Certification based on performance verification

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