| Building Function | Emergency services, inpatient and outpatient |
| Gross Floor Area | 5,388 square meters (58,000 square feet) |
| Location | Sechelt, British Columbia |
| Scope | – LEED Executive – Water Auditor |
| Project Description | The Sechelt Hospital comprises of emergency and radiology departments, intensive care rooms and a new labour and delivery unit, all of which are equipped with state-of-the-art equipment. The project also accommodates two new floors of single-occupancy inpatient rooms that provide the highest standard of infection control. The new and existing hospital buildings are organized around a light-filled lobby, which marks the new main entrance to the hospital. It is also North America’s first carbon neutral healthcare facility. In addition to a high-performance building envelope, the project includes 125 boreholes, each 250 feet deep, which provide a source of zero-carbon energy for heating and cooling the building. |
| Value Added | – LEED Healthcare v3 Gold certification achieved for the Facility – Carbon neutral energy operation owing to energy efficiency measures, renewable energy and purchase of RECs – Water auditing to determine water reduction strategies to lower potable water consumption |