Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital's campus modernizations

Building sustainably during Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital’s campus modernization project.

At Advocate Health Care, we take care to align each facet of our organization to our mission of health and healing. This includes how we design and construct our hospital and ambulatory buildings with an eye for healing, safety, efficiency, and sustainability.

Through careful design, collaboration, and construction, we were able to achieve LEED Healthcare Silver certification for our campus modernization project. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a third-party green building rating system created by the U.S. Green Building Council that measures a building’s sustainable features.

Learn more about LEED and the key sustainable elements of Advocate Good Shepherd’s campus modernization project:

• An intro to LEED and our campus modernization’s LEED Silver pursuit.
• Water: An overview of the features that helped reduce water needs of the campus modernizations by 36%.
• Innovative construction methods: The innovations that helped us ensure safety, save time, and reduce waste during construction.
• Natural elements: An overview of key features that connect patients, associates, and physicians to Earth’s natural healing environment.
• Sustainable building materials: An overview of the sustainable building materials that contribute to high indoor air quality and a healthy environment.