We are considering a project that will occupy 100% of an existing building. The interior of the building will be a complete gut-rehab and the HVAC systems will be replaced in their entirety.
I believe this would make the project appropriate to the BD+C (NC) rating system.
The facility would be used as a Diagnostic Imaging facility. No patient treatment would occur in this building.
I am uncertain if this project would fall under HC or not.
According to the September guidance document
Healthcare would be required if:
"buildings that serve individuals who seek medical treatment, including licensed and federal inpatient care facilities, licensed and federal outpatient care facilities, and licensed and federal long-term care facilities. These are considered LEED for Healthcare ‘designated’ uses."
Am I correct in thinking that this proposed project would NOT meet this criteria as it is a diagnostic facility only and not a treatment facility?
Thanks
Neil
Tristan Roberts
RepresentativeVermont House of Representatives
LEEDuser Expert
11478 thumbs up
January 11, 2012 - 11:27 am
Neil, it sounds like LEED-NC to me, rather than LEED-HC. A lot of the LEED-HC credits are tailored for spaces in which patients are being treated, so this would simply not be a good fit.
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
January 11, 2012 - 3:39 pm
Neil,
I am leaning to the project being HC myself. Will this facility be licensed or under review by the Joint Commission? Then HC. Attached to the Hospital and i2? HC. Engineered to hospital standards? HC. BUT the HC reference guide does say this is an optional program for MOB. Is this building going to be B use and not i2? Then you could go for NC. If you aren't sedating patients deep enough (MRi or PET for example), then NC.
I would suggest scoring the project with both programs and seeing what benefits you the most. Remembering there are additional points in HC under EAc1 and this may be of benefit to your project.
Finally, I would look at the big picture and what your faciilty's goals are for LEED certification. Are you looking to have the campus LEED? Then you may want to make the move to LEED HC.
S
Lisa Sawin
37 thumbs up
May 6, 2012 - 2:46 pm
Hi Susan and Tristan
I have a similar question about HC vs. NC. We are registered under NC currently and registered before January 2012. We selected this rating system as this building is a medical office building with spaces to run a mental health rehab program ( counseling veterans on returning to civilian life) that is run in larger group rooms. There is some one on one counseling sessions in some of the spaces as well. The building is owned and operated by the VEterans Affairs. There are no medical devices in this building. It is also a B occupancy. With the office spaces/function (psychologists, therapist, counslers, admin and program directors for other programs outside this building, educators, admin, etc) of the building being the majority of the square footage and other portions used as group counseling and one on one counseling (no medical equipment but individuals come for counseling visits) we determined that NC was the more appropriate rating system for our building. Now that LEED mandates the HC rating system for some uses and Given that it resides on a medical campus and is owned and operated by the VA are we be required to move to HC? Or does our use clearly merit NC and we explain this in our narrative? We believe NC is the correct rating system for the building type/user. However It isn't clear whether the HC mandate is for those who registered after January 1, 2012 or whether all buildings that LEED sees may fall under a form of outpatient care must move there projects to HC. Any insight would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Susan Walter
HDRLEEDuser Expert
1296 thumbs up
May 8, 2012 - 8:41 am
It sounds like NC to me as well and since you are registered before Jan 1, 2012, you can keep your project in NC.
Lisa Sawin
37 thumbs up
May 8, 2012 - 10:59 am
Thank you for the reply Susan.
Marc-Olivier Poulin
March 11, 2021 - 9:42 am
I've got a similar question for LEED V4 HC.
Our projet is a Rehability center for Children (90 childrens of 6 to 18 year old). The center will operate twenty-four hour a day, seven day a week. This center will be operated by a governement agency.
This center will provide some reeducation service and follow up on the behavior of the resident. This center will include emergency section for kid in crisis time to secure them.
The center will host kids with
Almost of the children will sleep on site and will be in secure zone with surveillance. The center will have a lot of clinical space for the kid.
When we look to the 40/60 rule we consider that we have more than 70% of clinical space but it is not medical treatment like in a hospital, it is more like "psychological" and mind treatement.
At first we think that we must use LEED Healthcare, but when I look to the description of LEED V4 at: https://www.usgbc.org/leed-tools/rating-system-selection-guidance
It is stated that the building must be an "HOSPITAL". Our center won't provide "chirurgical" intervention like in hospital. The center will be more like a inpatient care facility like it is explain in the Rating system selection guidance fo LEED 2009 (https://lorisweb.com/LEEDv4/GA/GA_READ/GA07_LEED_2009_Rating_System_Sele...).
So the question is:
Can we use the LEED Healthcare for our project with the "minding" of the LEED 2009 (inpatient care facility) ?
At this time, everything is set-up (Arch, Mechanical and electrical) in our project to follow LEED HC.
Thank you for your time