Seventy Acres of Healthcare Transformation: A look at the largest LEED for Healthcare project in the U.S.

For the past decade, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta has been committed to serving the growing pediatric population through the planning and development of a transformative 70-acre campus with more than 3 million square feet of buildings. Opened in September 2024, Arthur M. Blank Hospital represents the crown jewel of the campus and is the largest pediatric hospital in Georgia. The hospital is also the first LEED v4/v4.1 Healthcare project in Georgia to achieve certification at any level and the largest LEED for Healthcare project in the United States. This session will explore how sustainability principles were integrated throughout the project, from early master planning through design and construction. Key strategies include carbon reduction, whole-building life-cycle assessment, and biophilic design, demonstrating how sustainability can be embedded into the planning and delivery of a complex, high-performance healthcare environment.

Upon completion of this course, the Learner should be able to:

• Discover how we addressed the energy and costs impacts of outside air and reheat within a project of this scale given the regulated air-change requirements of healthcare.
• Recognize the importance of Whole Building Life Cycle Assessment and material transparency within the design process to not only significantly reduce Embodied Carbon but also reduce regional health impacts like smog that are critical drivers for healthcare projects.
• Understand the owner project sustainability framework for a new 70-acre pediatric healthcare campus including multiple buildings and design/construction phases.
• Explore how a large-scale project can use biophilic design to provide a sustainable healing environment for patients, visitors, and staff at a human scale level.

Approximately 1 hour. Delivered via webinar or face-to-face presentation. Available sessions shown below.

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