UCI Health (Orange, Calif.) announced plans for its new all-electric UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport in Irvine, Calif., to be fully operational by 2025, according to the website latimes.com.
Electric and solar power will supply the energy needs for the 350,000-square-foot hospital. UCI Medical Center Irvine-Newport will house an emergency department, outpatient center, children’s health center, and the Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
The 144-bed facility, which broke ground in November 2021, is part of a $1.3-billion medical complex for the university.
