What building types are appropriate to use the Green Guide for Health Care™?
While an array of building types is represented in the health care sector, the Green Guide for Health Care is specifically customized for buildings that are predominately institutional occupancies as defined by the local building code, such as acute care hospitals, where regulatory requirements have created particular needs. Medical office buildings, clinics and other buildings where health care concerns are dominant can also use the Green Guide. Recognizing the full-range of construction, operations and maintenance activities associated with the health care sector, the Green Guide applies to new, freestanding facilities; additions to existing facilities coupled with renovation; extensive rehabilitation/adaptive reuse projects; and, existing facilities for which the Operations section can be used as a standalone best practices guide. Additionally, non-health care facilities are encouraged to take advantage of the Green Guide credits’ emphasis on health-based considerations.
