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SUSTAINABLE LANDSCAPE DESIGN AND THERAPEUTIC SPACES those that integrate economic, social and environmental components with the built environment, simultaneously connecting patients and family members with familiar environments while championing green design. Combining principles for sustaining the earth with those that foster healing, the project team successfully set the course for Dell Children’s attainment of LEED Platinum certification, taking healthcare design to an entirely new level. + Brian Ott, LEED AP, is the managing principal of TBG’s Austin office who applies his thorough understanding of green building practices to each project. Brian has contributed his expertise to projects seeking varying levels of LEED certification including the Ronald McDonald House of Austin, Advanced Micro Devices Lone Star Campus and The University of Texas at Austin Biomedical Engineering Building. Brian has been involved with the Dell Children’s Medical Center project since 2003, and can be reached at brian.ott@tbginc.com. For more information on TBG, a landscape architecture and planning firm committed to the advancement of sustainable design and planning practices, visit www.tbg-inc.com. Surrounded by native and adaptive plants, this stream flows toward a small pool creating a passive therapeutic garden element fostering meditation and reflection. Image courtesy of TBG Partners. reused. A 4.3-megawatt natural gas-fired power plant — built and owned by Austin Energy — produces 100 percent of the hospital’s electricity, heating and cooling. Other cooling features that contribute to the hospital’s energy efficiency include reflective roofing and surface pavements, as well as an underfloor air distribution system that requires less power to operate than a traditional system. As the first hospital to seek LEED Platinum certification in the world, Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas is of unparalleled significance to the healthcare profession. The design for Dell Children’s merges therapeutic design principles with Water Conservation = Water Storage Water is valuable. Xerxes can help you store it wisely while also earning LEED design points with cost-effective fiberglass underground tanks. For more than 25 years, Xerxes has been supplying the petroleum industry with high-quality tanks for a wide variety of fuel storage needs. Today, Xerxes fiberglass tanks are routinely incorporated into building designs that qualify for available LEED credits. Some of today's most innovative Green Building projects recognize that water storage is a key element in maximizing water conservation design possibilities. Green Building applications utilizing Xerxes fiberglass tanks include: • Rainwater Harvesting • Stormwater Retention • Water Efficient Landscaping Irrigation • Onsite Wastewater Systems • Greywater Recycling • Chiller Unit Water Collection Visit our Web site or contact us for a copy of our Green Building Applications brochure. WWW.EDCMAG.COM www.xerxescorp.com • (952) 887-1890 phone • (952) 887-1882 fax a subsidiary of ZCL Composites Inc. 46 EDC08084Xerx.indd 1 READER SERVICE NO. 171 WWW.EDCMAG.COM/WEBCARD 7/14/08 1:26:46 PM http://www.mechoshade.com http://www.mechoshade.com http://www.edcmag.com/webcard

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Environmental Design & Construction- August 2008 Contents Editor's Note Web TOC Newsline New plus Notable Therapeutic Spaces On the Cover Surviving and Thriving A New Green Era of Luxury Special Section: Greenguard Indoor Air Quality Certification Getting it Right Extra Credit Product Focus 21st Century Schools Marketplace plus Classifieds Advertiser's Index Of the Earth

Environmental Design + Construction - August 2008

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