Isaac Ray Treatment Center

The Isaac Ray Treatment Center (IRTC) was Indiana’s first building to become LEED Silver certified, and the first government sector healthcare facility in the U.S. to receive this certification. As one of the most recent additions to the long-standing Logansport State Hospital, IRTC focuses on high-risk patients as the first mental health facility of its kind to specialize in therapeutic healing. Its approximately 20 acre site addresses the safety and security of patients, staff and visitors while encouraging healing through recreation in its carefully designed outdoor environment.

7group facilitated an integrative design process and provided LEED consulting, charrette facilitation, energy modeling and consulting, LEED specifications and LEED documentation services for this project. Commissioning services provided by 7group ensured the high performance of this 105-bed mental health facility.

As Indiana’s premiere forensic psychiatric evaluation and treatment facility, IRTC provides interdisciplinary training programs that are implemented in patient rehabilitation, including groups on medication management, anger management, coping skills, community reintegration, social skills development and other adult living skills.

The IRTC’s yearly energy consumption is 20.7% less than the average for similar facilities, resulting in an annual savings of $40,000, and overall water consumption reductions are projected at over 20%. By focusing on material conservation, the project team developed a construction waste management plan that diverted nearly 90% of the waste generated during construction, and sourced over 60% of all building materials locally. The indoor environment was also designed with rehabilitation in mind, including low-VOC paints, coatings, adhesives and sealants, along with a CO₂ and thermal comfort monitoring system to maintain indoor comfort levels and high indoor air quality.

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• Indoor chemical and pollutant source control, as well as the selection of urea-formaldehyde-free composite wood products and low-VOC solvent-free paints, coating, adhesives and sealants maintains high indoor air quality.
• Native plant species were used in landscaping minimizing the impacts of landscape maintenance.
• Over 310,000 concrete blocks were used in construction, all of which were manufactured within two miles of the site and have a recycled content of 46.5% by weight. Over 75% of total building materials, by cost, contained recycled content.

Location
Logansport, IN, USA

Project Owner
Logansport State Hospital

Architect
Scholer Corporation

Building Size
110,000 sf

Completed
June 2005

Cost
$29,000,000

LEED^® Status
LEED Silver (NCv2.0)
Certified