Carlos Keyes | Fla. health care campus earns LEED gold
Lakeland Regional Health’s recently opened Grasslands campus has earned LEED gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, which recognizes buildings that are designed and built and operated “for improved environmental and human health performance.“ Construction of the Grasslands campus in Florida started in early 2015 and was completed in June 2016. It houses physician offices and a physical rehabilitation program, reports The Ledger. “The design of the building was created with the concepts of ‘body, mind and soul’ as part of the patient healing experience,” according to a news release from Lakeland Regional Health. Examples of what earned the certification for Grasslands Campus include: - Reduction of total building energy use of 39 percent over the calculated baseline building. - 76 percent of construction waste was recycled and kept out of the landfill. - 28 percent of building materials were manufactured using recycled materials. - 33 percent of the building material...