PeaceHealth SWMC ED Expansion: Lessons in LEED
1 AIA LU|HSW
One of the most demanding of typologies, healthcare facilities struggle to reduce their energy use and carbon footprint. For both renovation or new construction, focusing on the intense mechanical demands and energy use of this facility type during design make achieving greater performance and LEED certification an achievable goal. This presentation will share the knowledge and steps for better energy performance in healthcare facilities with case study project: recently completed (LEED v4. Silver) ED Expansion at PeaceHealth SWMC; with insights on adaptation for LEED v5, and key opportunities for your next project.
Learning Objectives:
Understand the key drivers of efficiency for healthcare facilities
Understand the impact of decision timing related to LEED achievement potential
Understand the relationship of current energy code vs. LEED
Understand the minimum threshold for high-performance healthcare facilities and opportunities for optimization
Speakers
Jennifer Jones, ZGF Architects
With over 20 years of experience designing a full spectrum of healthcare spaces across the Pacific Northwest, Jennifer understands the profound impact of the built environment on delivering exceptional patient care. She is passionate about designing high-performing buildings, collaborating with project teams to deliver strategies that support both people and the planet.
Rachel Atanelov, Brightworks Sustainability
Rachel Atanelov is a consultant with experience in LEED and other green building project management. She has worked with a wide range of client types and across diverse stakeholder groups, consistently bringing her projects to a successful conclusion. Rachel’s experience spans both public and private projects, and from large, urban campus developments to institutional sites. She specializes in healthcare and scientific development projects, high-rise, mixed-use developments, higher education construction, and hyperscale data centers. Her past work experience includes project management for higher education construction projects at Santa Fe College in Florida and sustainability consulting with Vidaris in New York. Her more recent involvement includes participation with the USGBC Data Centers User Forum, Building Materials & Infrastructure Working Group and continued advocacy for sustainability advancements in the Healthcare industry.
Megan Stewart, Affiliated Engineers, Inc.
Megan Stewart, PE, LEED AP, is a principal with Affiliated Engineers, Inc. (AEI) and has worked on healthcare and research facilities throughout the Pacific Northwest since 2001. Her experience includes planning and designing large, complex healthcare environments, from new hospital construction and major expansions to renovations within active facilities and campus infrastructure and master planning. As a project leader, Megan brings a broad perspective on the technical and operational challenges shaping modern healthcare environments, including facility efficiency and resiliency, flexibility for evolving care models, and creating environments that support the patient experience.
About SWMC
PeaceHealth Southwest Medical Center (SWMC) is a not-for-profit Catholic hospital serving the Southwest Washington community, which faces a range of complex health and social challenges. The hospital's Emergency Department alone sees nearly 7,000 annual visits for conditions that do not require hospitalization. The facility's Emergency Department expansion and renovation transforms circulation, patient flow, and access, creating a more legible, flexible, and welcoming environment for patients, families, and staff.