Mayo Clinic's newest center isn't just revolutionizing the world of lung transplants, but also the way medical facilities are built.
Mayo Clinic’s new three-story, 75,000 square-foot lung restoration center had its groundbreaking on Wednesday.
The state of the art facility will allow doctors to repair bad lungs and turn them into lungs usable for transplants. The building is also designed to be a net-zero building.
A net-zero building means the total amount of energy used by the building on an annual basis is roughly equal to the amount of renewable energy created on the site -- thus roughly zero net-energy consumption.
The lung restoration center is the result of a partnership between Mayo Clinic and United Therapeutics. It will be Jacksonville’s first medical facility with net zero sustainability -- a United Therapuetics philosophy.
Because it’s a net-zero building it will generate its own electricity. As a result, it will have solar panels -- some of which will be above nearby parking lots.
Renderings of what the solar panels might look like were recently released in a press release. The panels should be able to generate the same amount of electricity the building will consume in a 365-day period.
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — The revolutionary facility in Maryland has already produced success stories.
Read about how the revolutionary building could double or triple the lungs available for transplant.
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