Improved Health Care Emission Impact Calculator, plus new action plan template

Improved Health Care Emission Impact Calculator and resources to support your GHG emissions reduction journey

We are excited to present the new Health Care Emissions Impact Calculator 2.0 with the following improvements: 

• The addition of purchased, market-based electricity for Scope 2 emissions
• Updated emission factors for Scope 2
• AR6 values for gases and refrigerants 
• More custom inputs for Scope 3 categories
• More options to input Scope 3 category 1 and 2 activities
• More options to input weight or distance instead of spend for Scope 3 categories

Join our expert, Keith Edgerton, for a 75-minute quickstart tutorial on the calculator’s new features on Wednesday, July 31 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT. Bring your questions, and learn how your organization can benefit from these improvements.

New health care GHG emission reduction action plan template helps identify & prioritize interventions

Use our template to create an action plan to reduce your health care facility's GHG emissions by identifying and prioritizing possible interventions. This resource has options to identify interventions by scope, activity, or category, and input your own financial data to estimate the costs and savings of each intervention.

Learn solutions for common GHG inventory obstacles 

Join us on Wednesday, Oct. 9 at 2 p.m. ET / 11 a.m. PT for a 90-minute workshop where Practice Greenhealth partners who have conducted their GHG inventories will share strategies for navigating how to get started, collecting the necessary data and quantifying GHG emissions, creating a strong management plan, and preparing to publicly share targets.