An expert reviews the revised edition of the primary guide to the sustainable design of healthcare facilities

While it may seem that healthcare facilities have lagged in sustainable design practice, healthcare organizations and healthcare design professionals were routinely having discussions about sustainable design and LEED certification as early as 2002, a mere two years after the launch of the LEED rating system. Very little research is published to support such claims, and the authors do make a call for more research to validate projected outcomes. [...]that is made available, expected results may be based on modeling that does not reflect assumptions that are used to assess the value of sustainable healthcare design.