Boulder Community Foothills Hospital
Building OSBI
Boulder, Colorado
Date: 2004
Cost: $55,000,000
Area: 200,000 GSF
First LEED Certified hospital in the nation.
Shaffer • Baucom Engineering & Consulting is the Mechanical
Engineer of Record for this 200,000 GSF, 60-bed new full service hospital.
This is the first hospital in the nation to achieve LEED Silver Certified.
Sustainability was one of the primary design principles. The result of
this is a building that improves the quality of the environment and maximization
of human comfort. This was achieved through the thoughtful design of
the systems and the selection of materials.
The hospital utilizes a stand-alone power plant with redundant 400 BHP
duel fuel steam boilers and a 400-ton centrifugal chilled water system
to provide for heating and cooling. The system design included atrium
pressurization, roof-mounted custom air handlers, high and low pressure
domestic water systems, as well as decontamination and laboratory facilities.
