Facility is the first stand-alone medical center energy plant to achieve this distinction
The UC San Diego Jacobs Medical Center central plant has been certified as a LEED Gold building, according to an article on the Medical Construction & Design website.
It is the first stand-alone medical center energy plant to achieve this distinction.
The 40,000-square-foot plant will ultimately support 900,000 square feet of hospital space.
The two-story building includes three 1,300-ton chillers which will generate enough chilled water to fill 10 Olympic-sized swimming pools each day.
September 3, 2015
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