Imagine cancer centers built without materials linked to cancer, and pediatric clinics free of asthma-triggering chemicals...

Imagination is becoming reality with the Green Guide for Health Care, the premier resource hospitals are using to build hospitals that are healthy for people and the environment.

Download the new GGHC fact sheet (pdf)
Download the poster-ready ad running in the April issue of Interiors & Sources magazine (large pdf)
Read the HBN interview with award-winning architect and HCWH workgroup leader Robin Guenther, AIA.

See http://www.noharm.org/designforhealth/resources for more good resources on healthy building.

Press coverage of healthy hospitals:
Architectural Record, Environmentally-Friendly Building Strategies Slowly Make Their Way Into Medical Facilities; By Nancy Solomon, AIA. Architectural Record Magazine. August 2004.
Interior Design,  Building on the Past, article about the Jay Monihan cancer center, built without materials linked to cancer! 
Health Leaders,  Green Revelation, news about the growing green building trend in health care.
Health Facilities Management,  Getting a Grip on Green, cover story, Green Guide for Health Care

Key Resources

Green Guide for Health Care

The Business Case for Better Buildings (pdf)

Green Building Costs and Financial Benefits (pdf)

Green Hospital Case Studies (pdf)

Top 10 Green Building Myths Busted (pdf)

Design for Health Report (pdf)

List of PVC-free Interior Flooring & Finish Products (pdf)

Presentations on PVC-free Interior Flooring & Finishes