FGI & BGI: Resource Preservation Without Compromise: Advancing Patient Safety, Innovation, and Sustainable Healthcare Design | PDC Summit 2027 | New Orleans

Presented in Collaboration with Facility Guidelines Institute® and the Green Building Initiative®.

Healthcare facilities are resource intensive due to the demands of patient safety, infection prevention, resiliency, and continuous operations. This interactive half-day workshop explores how healthcare organizations can preserve energy, water, materials, and financial resources while improving care outcomes. Participants will examine how organizations such as Facility Guidelines Institute and Green Building Initiative support sustainable healthcare design through aligned codes, guidelines, and certification goals. Through case studies, group exercises, and collaborative planning activities, attendees will develop practical strategies that strengthen safety, resilience, operational efficiency, and high-performing healthcare environments.

Explain why healthcare facilities require high energy and resource utilization to maintain patient safety, infection prevention, and operational resilience (loss prevention).  
Analyze how resource preservation strategies such as energy efficiency, water conservation, material stewardship, and operational optimization can strengthen healthcare delivery and financial sustainability.  
Describe how GBI and FGI incorporate resource stewardship principles while maintaining evidence-based requirements to improve outcomes.

Evaluate how correlation between FGI and GBI criteria supports innovation and helps healthcare projects move beyond minimum compliance toward high-performance outcomes.

This is an add-on event for PDC Summit™ 2027. You may register for this event only, or add it to your PDC Summit schedule when you register. Already registered for the conference? Access your confirmation email to add this event to your schedule.