Replace the definition of "soft space" with "in healthcare facilities, a lightly programmed area that can be easily displaced to allow an adjacent department to expand"
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Requirements
Increase building flexibility and ease of adaptive reuse over the life of the structure by employing a minimum of three of the following design and/or space planning strategies:
- Use of interstitial space1 serving for a minimum 20% of project diagnostic and treatment or other clinical floor area [calculation based on Departmental Gross Square Foot (DGSF)]. Design distribution systems for electrical, information technology, communication, medical gases, and sprinklers with the capability to control multiple zones in clinical spaces. (Inpatient units are included in this calculation.)
- Provide programmed soft space2, such as administration/storage, equal to a minimum of 5% of total clinical space. Locate soft space adjacent to clinical departments that anticipate growth. Determine strategy for future accommodation of displaced soft space (calculation based on project DGSF).
- Provide shelled space3 equal to a minimum of 5% of total project departmental clinical space; locate where it can be occupied without displacing occupied space (calculation based on project DGSF).
- Identify horizontal expansion capacity for diagnostic and treatment or other clinical space equal to a minimum of 30% of existing gross square footage (excluding inpatient units) without demolition of occupied space (other than at the connection point of future expansion). Reconfiguration of additional existing occupied space that has been constructed with demountable partition systems is permitted. Or design for future vertical expansion on a minimum of 75% of the roof, ensuring that existing operations and service systems will be able to operate at or near capacity during the expansion.
- Designate location(s) for future above-grade parking structure(s) equal to 50% of existing on-grade parking capacity, with direct access to the main hospital lobby/ circulation/vertical transportation pathways.
- Use of demountable partitions for 50% of applicable areas as a strategy for future flexibility.
- Use movable/modular casework for a minimum of 50% of casework and custom millwork. (Calculation is based upon the combined value of the twoelements, as determined by the cost estimator or contractor).
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10/1/2012 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Global ACP
Description of change:
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
Yes
5/9/2011 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Reference Guide Correction
Description of change:
Note the following addenda under \'Calculating Materials Costs to Achieve MR Credits\' on page 337:Add the following after "...Furniture and Furnishings as long as this is done consistently across all MR credits.", "Exclude artwork, interior plants, and musical instruments."
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No
10/1/2012 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Global ACP
Description of change:
In the first sentence of "departmental gross square footage (DGSF)", replace "square footage" with "floor area" and add this sentence to the end of the definition, "This calculation excludes Inpatient Units."
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
Yes
2/2/2011 – Updated: 2/14/2015
Rating System Correction
Description of change:
In the fourth bullet, revise the second sentence to read:Reconfiguration of additional existing occupied space that has been constructed with demountable partition systems is permitted. Or design for future vertical expansion on a minimum of 75% of the roof, ensuring that existing operations and service systems will be able to operate at or near capacity during the expansion.
Campus Applicable
No
Internationally Applicable:
No
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© Copyright U.S. Green Building Council, Inc. All rights reserved.
Requirements
Increase building flexibility and ease of adaptive reuse over the life of the structure by employing a minimum of three of the following design and/or space planning strategies:
- Use of interstitial space1 serving for a minimum 20% of project diagnostic and treatment or other clinical floor area [calculation based on Departmental Gross Square Foot (DGSF)]. Design distribution systems for electrical, information technology, communication, medical gases, and sprinklers with the capability to control multiple zones in clinical spaces. (Inpatient units are included in this calculation.)
- Provide programmed soft space2, such as administration/storage, equal to a minimum of 5% of total clinical space. Locate soft space adjacent to clinical departments that anticipate growth. Determine strategy for future accommodation of displaced soft space (calculation based on project DGSF).
- Provide shelled space3 equal to a minimum of 5% of total project departmental clinical space; locate where it can be occupied without displacing occupied space (calculation based on project DGSF).
- Identify horizontal expansion capacity for diagnostic and treatment or other clinical space equal to a minimum of 30% of existing gross square footage (excluding inpatient units) without demolition of occupied space (other than at the connection point of future expansion). Reconfiguration of additional existing occupied space that has been constructed with demountable partition systems is permitted. Or design for future vertical expansion on a minimum of 75% of the roof, ensuring that existing operations and service systems will be able to operate at or near capacity during the expansion.
- Designate location(s) for future above-grade parking structure(s) equal to 50% of existing on-grade parking capacity, with direct access to the main hospital lobby/ circulation/vertical transportation pathways.
- Use of demountable partitions for 50% of applicable areas as a strategy for future flexibility.
- Use movable/modular casework for a minimum of 50% of casework and custom millwork. (Calculation is based upon the combined value of the twoelements, as determined by the cost estimator or contractor).
