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2005 Report to the Community
Home > About Us > Annual Report Archive > 2005 Report to the Community > A ‘Green’ Vision

A ‘Green’ Vision

A Green Vision

The new pavilion at Lehigh Valley Hospital—Cedar Crest looks into the future of hospital construction. We're following national "green building" guidelines and working with caregivers like Vicki Girodo, R.N. (left), and Lisa Devlin, technical partner, to create an ideal healing environment in environmentally efficient surroundings.

Among our "green" elements:

  • water-saving fixtures
  • building materials made from recycled or renewable resources
  • environmentally friendly flooring and paint
  • energy-efficient lighting and mechanical systems
  • use of natural daylight and colors to promote healing
  • landscaped "healing gardens" for areas of respite

We're also recycling all used construction materials and using recycled rain water for landscaping irrigation.


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Lehigh Valley Hospital has campuses in Allentown and Bethlehem, Pa. and serves the Pennsylvania communities of Easton, Doylestown, Quakertown, Hazelton, Lehighton, Perkasie, Pottstown, Pottsville, Reading, Scranton, Wilkes Barre, Stroudsburg, and the Poconos and also Phillipsburg and Flemington, N.J., and western New Jersey. You don't have to travel to Philadelphia or New York for quality health care.

 
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