Sustainability

We create healthy buildings to promote healthy occupants.

With the belief that healthy buildings promote healthy communities, we pair human-centric design with strategies to reduce emissions, decrease operational costs, and improve outcomes.

Minimize Emissions, Maximize Value

Our designers work with clients to quantify their sustainability goals and implement innovative solutions, from ensuring regulatory and environmental compliance to avoiding harmful chemicals and reducing energy usage, emissions, and waste.

Healthy for the Environment, Healthy for Humans

With over 40 LEED Accredited Professionals and a team of WELL and Fitwel certified designers, we create resource efficiency while promoting holistic health. Leveraging evidence-based approaches, our designs prioritize staff safety and wellness and follow biophilic principles to introduce daylight and other natural elements into healthcare spaces.

Weather the Demands of Healthcare

Healthcare demands more from its environment than almost any other industry. With a robust knowledgebase and a vast network of healthcare design experts, we select materials that remain durable and clean under duress—all while staying sensitive to VOCs, off-gassing, and product lifecycles.

Sustainability Services

Sustainable Design + Engineering

LEED-Certified Design

Healthy Interiors (WELL, Fitwel, + Biophilic Design)

Energy Performance + ROI Analysis

Resiliency Analysis + Design

Case Studies

Creating a Healthier Environment for the End-of-Life Journey

Situated on the south shore of Lake Erie in Northern Ohio, Hospice of the Western Reserve’s new Hospice Care & Community Center delivers comfort, compassion, and critical services for patients, who often arrive in the final days of their end-of-life journey. E4H took a human-centric approach to sustainability for the LEED Silver project, holistically integrating the facility with its natural environment to deliver an optimal experience for staff, patients, their families, and members of the surrounding community.

Case Studies

A Post-Occupancy Exploration on Sustainability in a New Medical Education Center

When the UVM Medical Center sought to expand operating capacity and build a new inpatient bed tower, sustainability was a top priority. E4H engaged in a multi-department collaboration along with engineers, sustainability consultants, and contractors to create a state-of-the-art addition that not only serves operational needs and acts as a catalyst for healing, but also meets ambitious sustainability goals.

Featured Projects

University of Vermont Health Network

University of Vermont Medical Center

Gragg Cardona Partners / Carding Group

The Residences at Kenilworth Park

Shady Grove Fertility

Outpatient Fertility & Surgery Center