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***MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE*** Greenstein, DeAngelo Discuss New Hospital's Use of 'Green Design'
By James Sverapa IV
***MULTIMEDIA PACKAGE***
GREENSTEIN & DeANGELO DISCUSS NEW HOSPITAL'S USE OF 'GREEN DESIGN'
Site of New Hospital Adhering to LEED Standards for Sustainability in Construction, Design
(PLAINSBORO) - Assembly members Linda R. Greenstein and Wayne P. DeAngelo (both D-Mercer/Middlesex) today issued a multimedia package highlighting their tour of a hospital construction site utilizing the latest in "green design" standards.
The pair toured the construction site of the new University Medical Center of Princeton at Plainsboro, which is being built according to the U.S. Green Building Council guidelines for the Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) standard. LEED standards emphasize long-term sustainability and minimal environmental impact. The hospital site employs nearly 500 construction workers and will create hundreds of new green jobs when it opens in 2011.
The multimedia package consists of a video press release on the site tour, audio of same and a transcript of statements from the legislators and Barry S. Rabner, President and CEO of Princeton HealthCare System, which owns the hospital.
The video can be accessed directly via our Web site - www.assemblydems.com - or by clicking here.
The audio file is available upon request.
A transcript of statements is appended below:
Barry S. Rabner, President & CEO, Princeton HealthCare System:
"We're standing on a 165-acre site that we're developing into a health care campus."
Assemblyman Wayne P. DeAngelo (D-Mercer):
"Looking behind us here at the site of the Princeton hospital, you can see hundreds of construction workers - blue collar workers - going back to work, putting back into the economy, working for their families."
Rabner:
"In terms of construction, there are about 170 people working on the site today. When it's in full force, they'll be nearly 500 folks on the site. We employ about 2,500 people. When we're in full operation we'll have about 3,200."
Assemblywoman Linda R. Greenstein (D-Middlesex):
"When you come back here, the scope of it is amazing; the large, new building that is being built; the lake that is being built right in the center; the emphasis on keeping the area green."
DeAngelo:
"This hospital is being built green using less electricity...
Greenstein:
"...photovoltaic cells...
Rabner:
"...heat exchangers...
DeAngelo:
"...solar panels...
Rabner:
"...a cogeneration plant which will convert natural gas to steam and electricity...
Greenstein:
"...solar energy for some of the heating...
DeAngelo:
"...energy efficient lighting...
Rabner:
"...solar films on the windows...
Greenstein:
"...natural vegetation...
Rabner:
"...a 1.4 million gallon chilled water tank...
DeAngelo:
"...energy efficient HVAC systems...
Rabner:
"...high efficiency motors...
Greenstein:
"...passive recreation...
Rabner:
"...solar shades on the exterior and interior of the building."
DeAngelo:
"This is putting Central Jersey residents back to work, here in their hometowns, keeping them working in their communities."
Greenstein:
"And it will be state-of-the-art, which is most important in terms of the medical care people will get here."
DeAngelo:
"It's going to be a great project, a great hospital."
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