A hospital with a legacy of care spanning more than 150 years trusts Owens Corning® Thermafiber® RainBarrier® mineral wool insulation to help manage muggy Midwest summers and bone chilling winters. While the Sidney & Lois Eskenazi Hospital is one of Indiana’s newest hospitals, the award-winning health care campus is deeply rooted in Indianapolis’s history. Founded as Indianapolis City Hospital in 1859, the hospital was also used during the Civil War to care for roughly 13,000 sick and wounded Union soldiers. It re-opened in December 2013, with a new name and entirely new facilities located just a half-mile West of the original campus.
The hospital’s legacy of care continues today with programs that advance sustainability and wellness. Certified in 2015 as Indiana’s first LEED Gold building– and one of the largest LEED Gold healthcare campuses in the world – the hospital is home to a green roof and sky farm, and an air filtration system that draws in outside air, which is treated, conditioned, filtered, and used only once before exiting the hospital. Outdoor green spaces provide community space for staff, patients and community members to enjoy and contemplate the wellness-minded amenities.