Advocate Christ Medical Center's east tower

The East Tower at  Advocate Christ Medical Center proudly achieves LEED Gold certification.

At Advocate Health Care, we take care to align each facet of our organization to our mission of health and healing. This includes how we design and construct our hospital and ambulatory buildings with an eye for healing, safety, efficiency and sustainability.

Through careful design, collaboration and construction, we were able to achieve LEED Healthcare Gold certification for our new East Tower. LEED, which stands for Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design, is a third-party green building rating system created by the U.S. Green Building Council that measures a building’s sustainable features.

Many elements went into making the East Tower a LEED Gold-certified building. Learn more about LEED and key sustainable elements of the East Tower:

• An intro to LEED and the East Tower’s LEED Gold pursuit.
• Water: An overview of the features that helped reduce water needs by 33% in the East Tower.
• Innovative construction methods: The innovations that helped us ensure safety, save time and reduce waste during construction.
• Sustainability and the cafeteria: An overview of the key features in the new cafeteria that support sustainability and healthy eating at Christ Medical Center.
• Sustainable building materials: An overview of the sustainable building materials that contribute to high indoor air quality and a healthy environment.