The document discusses how healthcare facilities are evolving from a focus on sustainability to wellness. It provides examples from Seton Medical System of how adopting sustainable and green building practices can provide financial benefits through reduced energy and operational costs while also improving employee engagement, health, and retention. Specifically, Dell Children's Medical Center achieved LEED Platinum certification and saw $350,000/year in energy savings compared to one hospital and $300,000/year compared to another. Studies also showed lower employee turnover, injuries, and higher perceptions of indoor air quality at Dell Children's versus the other hospitals, translating to additional savings of over $3.5 million per year.

1. Rick Rome
Healthcare Evolves:
Sustainability to Wellness

2. The Path for Today
Sustainability in the
beginning
Sustainability
with our
healthcare
clients
Process
evolvement
Healthcare
system
outcomes
Next
steps

3. LEED Framework
Sustainable
Sites
Innovation in
Operations &
Regional
Priority
Indoor
Environmental
Quality
Water
Efficiency
Energy &
Atmosphere
Materials &
Resources

4. Eventually, We Figured Out This
Enhance
community,
social equity,
env. justice &
quality of life
Reverse
contribution to
climate change
Enhance
human health
and wellbeing
Protect and
restore water
resources
Build a greener
economy
Promote
sustainable and
regenerative
resource cycles
Protect
biodiversity and
ecosystem
services
Enhance
community,
social equity,
env. justice &
quality of life
Enhance
human health
and wellbeing

5. Why Be Sustainable ?

6. Where is the Money Going?
Operations
Funding
Energy
Mainte-
nance
Staffing

7. Sustainability in Perspective
Patients thrive in
a healthy
building and that
means lower
operational cost
Sustainable
design &
construction
leads to a
healthy building
philosophy
With a 4%
operating
margin, $1 of
energy savings =
$25 less revenue
that must be
produced!

8. Sustainability =
Logical Healthcare
The healthy building concept is now:
1. The Right thing to do
2.The “payback” never stops
3.Saving operating $ = Saving patients

9. Seton Medical System
Proving Sustainability Works
Seton Williamson
Seton Hayes
Dell Children’s Hospital

10. Environment/Employee
Analysis
Compare Three Hospitals Operations
1. All within same healthcare system
2. All designed within two years time
3.WSP engineer on all projects
4.Design philosophy was different

11. 1st LEED Platinum
Healthcare Facility
PLATINUMDell
Children’s
Medical
Center of
Central
Texas

12. Dell
Children’s
Medical
Center of
Central
Texas

13. 3BT
Expansion
Dell
Children’s
Medical
Center of
Central
Texas
Heat
Recovery
Lighting
Controls
Solar PV
& Heating
Water
• FIRST LEED Platinum
under 2009 LEED for
Healthcare
• 7,000 BGSM, 72 beds
• 57 LEED Design Phase
Credits Awarded
• 86 LEED Credits Awarded
Total

14. Courtyard
Dell
Children’s
Medical
Center of
Central
Texas

15. Specifics
Dell
Children’s
Medical
Center of
Central
Texas
• Individual control capabilities
• 96% of occupants have lighting control
• Underfloor air distribution in administrative areas
• Occupancy sensors and daylight harvesting utilized
• Environmentally sensitive materials used on interiors
• CO2 monitoring in high occupancy areas
• Reduce outside air under low occupancy
• Approximately 1.3 million gallons water saved annually
• Dual low flush fixtures, low flow showers, automatic
sensors
• Energy savings estimated at $1.5 million
• Energy measurement and verification system
• Maintain and optimize energy usage

16. Seton
Williamson
Medical
Center

17. Seton
Williamson
Medical
Center
• Greenfield Site Hospital
at 37,000 SM
• 160 Patient Beds
• General Community
Hospital
• Designed and Built in
21 Months

18. Seton
Hayes
Medical
Center

19. Seton
Hayes
Medical
Center
• Greenfield Site
Hospital at 35,000 SM
• 140 Patient Beds
• General Community
Hospital
• Designed and Built in
22 Months

20. • Independent Consultant- RAD (Research
& Design Company)
• Over 1900 employees included in the survey
• Use of hospitals over a two year period
• Energy measured independently thru facility group
• Primary Focus Points
• Employee Engagement
• Employee Health and Well Being
• Employee Turnover
• Employee Injuries
• Perceived Quality of the Indoor Environment
Measuring
the LEED
Process
Differences

21. Energy
Usage
Comparison
150
160
170
180
190
200
210
kbtu/sf/yr
Energy Usage Comparison
DCMC Hayes Williamson
Dell Children’s savings in energy:
• $350,000 per year over Seton Williamson
• $300,000 per year over Seton Hayes

22. • Employee Engagement at each of the
newer facilities (Seton Williamson, Seton
Hayes and Dell Children’s) was all higher
than older facilities
• Dell Children’s had a 5% higher
employee engagement rating
• Potential savings from high employee
engagement: $300,000/yr.
Employee
Engagement

23. • Turnover and the Subsequent Cost
of Replacement is a Large Factor in
Healthcare Operations Costs
• Dell showed a 3.1% Lower Turnover
Rate than Hayes
• Dell showed a 3.6% Lower Turnover
Rate than Williamson
• The Savings for Reduced Turnover is
$1.1 million
Employee
Turnover

24. • Injuries/Illness at Dell were 8.0%
Less Than the Old Facility
• Injuries/Illness at Dell were 3.0%
Lower Than at Hayes
• Injuries/Illness at Dell were 3.1%
Lower Than at Williamson
• This Cost Translated to $1.5
Million / yr.
Employee
Injuries and
Illness

25. • The PQIE for Dell was the
highest of all Seton Facilities
• A PQIE rating increase of 14%
results in a 5% increase in
the Health and Wellbeing of
its Staff.
Perception
Quality of
the Indoor
Air
Environment

26. Process
Advantages
Summary
Savings
350,000
1,100,000
1,500,000
Priceless
Energy Cost Savings Employee Turn Over Employee Injuries/Illness Staff Health & Wellbeing

27. University of Texas Medical Campus
Austin, Texas
Next:
The Health &
Well Being
Campus

28. • Opened Dell Seton
University of Texas
Teaching Hospital in
May
• 60,000 SM
Teaching Facility
with 190 Beds
• LEED Gold Pending
• Part of the
University of Texas
Medical Campus
• Campus Design
Philosophy- ‘Healthy
Campus/Village’
Next Step
Seton
Health

29. Thank you.