FORT WAYNE, IN – SurgeryONE, Ortho NorthEast’s freestanding surgery center, was recently awarded Silver Certification from Leadership in Energy & Environmental Design (LEED), an internationally recognized green building certification system. SurgeryONE opened in June of 2010 and is now the third highest rated LEED healthcare building in Indiana.
“We are proud of this achievement and believes it shows our dedication not only to our patients, but our community as a whole,” says CEO of Ortho NorthEast Ray Kusisto. “Being smart and proactive with our resources goes to the heart of everything SurgeryONE and Ortho NorthEast stand for.”
LEED provides third-party verification that a building was designed and built using strategies intended to improve performance in areas such as energy savings, water efficiency, carbon dioxide emissions reduction, improved indoor environmental quality and stewardship of resources. Morrison Kattman Menze, Inc. were the building architects.
