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Gunderson Health System’s Legacy Building
In January, 2014, the Gunderson Health System in La Crosse, Wisconsin opened their Legacy Building with a design approach based on the city’s “unique topography” as well as the goal to be a net-zero facility by the end of 2014. That goal was hit by October 14th when they became the first health system in the nation to produce more energy than they consume. To read the entire article in Healthcare Design Magazine on this state-of-the-art facility and go on their photo tour, click here.
The upper atrium brings natural light into patient rooms and the surgery recovery spaces. Photo: Don F. Wong
A great deal of time was spent on balancing the color scheme, materials, and lighting design to create a healing space that would also simplify facility maintenance, keep the project on budget, and meet sustainability goals. Photo: AECOM
Daylighting was a priority throughout, from scenic waiting areas like this one to interior spaces, where possible. Photo: AECOM
The move to single patient rooms was a given as far as Gundersen’s Kari Houser was concerned. “Sharing a hospital room is just not within today’s consumer-driven framework,” she says. The rooms feature sizable windows to show off the surrounding valley views. Photo: AECOM
Source: http://www.healthcaredesignmagazine.com/article/nailing-net-zero-gundersen-health-system
