GREEN BUILDING INDEX

& UNIVERSAL DESIGNRUSH UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER

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Rush University Medical CenterNight view in Chicago

LOCATION PLANRush University Medical Center | 1653 W. Congress Parkway, Chicago, Illinois 60612 - located in corner of Ashland Avenue

and Harrison Street that adjacent to existing Atrium Building.

RUSH BUILDING Rush’s new complex is a two-sided design. Its base remains boxy outside and flexible inside

while the tower above is organic in external shape and rigidly prescribed within. The expressway façade gives

high-speed travelers a visual landmark and its street face welcomes patients with a more pedestrian scale. And

the building’s green initiatives are sometimes obvious—specifically in the terrarium, green roofs, and brightly

daylight spaces, while the green aspects of the high-recycled content and carefully chosen materials are more

muted

Rush’s Inspiration • The butterfly inspired shape allows more natural light to enter throughout the entire building.

• achieved Gold in LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) by a combination of energy

use, lighting, water use, and material use, incorporating more than 100 energy saving designs

LEED (Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design) Facts.

Conserving Water Water-saving use 30% less water than

conventional plumbing.

Public bathrooms will use dual flush toilets.

Rainwater from green roofs will slowly flow into city storm sewers and reduce heat from the sun.

Condensed moisture from air conditioners will be used for watering campus vegetation.

Use of microfiber mops will save 500,000 gallons of water per year.

Conserving Energy

The hospital’s butterfly shape and

other design features allow a large

amount of natural light into the

building, reducing the need for

electric lighting.

Energy-efficient lighting fixtures

and bulbs are being used

throughout the hospital.

The Edward A. Brennan Entry Pavilioncontains a green roof garden that also includes indigenous landscaping.

Rush’s Green Rooftop The rooftop gardens were designed to grow a combination of local plants that bloom in different cycles,

varying the colorful view from season to season

LEED (Leadership in Energy and

Environmental Design) Facts.

Using Recycled Materials

Rush University Medical Center hospital consists of:

About 20 percent recycled steel

More than 20 percent of wallboard made from recycled materials

More than 20 percent of interior wall coverings made from recycled materials

Recycled concrete

More than 70 percent of wooden doors made with materials harvested from

certified sustainable forests.

Universal Design Facts.

Entrances

Use automatic doors that opened

using sensors detection. The doors

open by sliding to the side, to allow

unobstructed access for people in

wheelchairs and scooters.

The grade of the slopes of ramps

barely noticeable, making it easier

for people in wheelchairs to propel

themselves up and down the ramps.

Short term parking stalls are

accessible.

Hallways, Elevators and

Way finding

Handrails throughout areas where patients travel.

Public elevators: digital display, Braille alongside floor buttons and audio announcements of the floor location to accommodate people with visual disabilities.

Primary overhead way finding signs (high contrast to enhance readability.)

Contrasting borders on the edges of hallway carpeting and around patient and procedure room doorways.

Rush’s Hallways

Handrails throughout areas where patients travel.

Primary overhead way finding signs

Universal Design Facts.

Patient Room Patient phones have large numbers on the

dial pad and volume controls to help people with visual or hearing impairments.

Bathroom doors swing in both directions, to enhance emergency access and to allow people in wheelchairs to enter and leave more easily.(5footdiameter turning radius to allow patients in wheelchairs to maneuver inside the room.)

Handrails are provided between the patient bed and the bathroom, around the toilet and inside the shower.

Showers have a fold down seats. no raised border on the floor to ease patient access.

Treatment and Services

Patient treatment carts in the

Emergency Department are height

adjustable.

Patient registration counters and

electronic information signs are at

a level that is accessible for people

in wheelchairs.

Toilet & Braille Primary way finding signsHelps disable people

Patient’s Bed Friendly user to disable people that really helps patient to move with hang on the handrails around the bed.

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