Hospital Certified "Green" For Evidence-Based Design and Construction TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 4, 2011 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- St. Joseph's Hospital-North in Lutz recently achieved LEED® Certified, making it the first acute care hospital in Florida and among the first in the nation to achieve LEED certification. The hospital was designed with an environmentally sustainable philosophy to create a landscape of open space, providing habitat for wildlife and natural views for patients. The environmentally friendly building is made of materials that support energy conservation and clean air with low chemical emissions and recycled content. The soothing elements of the outdoors are brought indoors creating a calm, peaceful, healing environment for patients.
