LEED for Healthcare is provided for inpatient and outpatient healthcare facilities and licensed long term care facilities. The
rating system is specific for healthcare environments and encompasses particular strategies relevant to healthcare environments.
Bases of standards are similar to other rating systems under LEED and are classified in similar five categories. However, there
are specific credits under each category that are relevant for sensitive healthcare environments [11].
It is important to note that as healthcare facilities have strict and intensive criteria due to the sensitivity of operations and
vulnerability of occupants, prior to LEED Healthcare, they often had problems engaging LEED New Construction. Healthcare
facilities are distinctly different from other types of buildings and uses and require day-round operations, have intensive energy
and water use, have specific infection control requirements, and a heightened need for patient privacy [12].