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The energy and equipment needed to safely evacuate Waste Anesthesia Gas (WAG) in the Operating Room (OR) may be operating during unoccupied periods, wasting energy and wearing out equipment. Concurrently, minimizing the atmospheric exhaust of WAG is considered a key strategy in reducing a health facility’s carbon footprint. The global warming potential over 100 years (GWP100) of commonly used anesthetic agents and medical gases is significant: sevoflurane 130x, isoflurane 510x, and desflurane 2540x one metric equivalent of carbon dioxide (CO2), and nitrous oxide (298x) persists in the… Read More
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Sponsored by the Health Care Climate Council, this webinar will introduce the three pillars of climate resilience - mitigation, adaptation, and leadership. Jon Utech from Cleveland Clinic will give a brief overview of the Health Care Climate Council and why Cleveland Clinic has developed a formal climate strategy and joined the Climate Council. Health Care Without Harm Co-founder Gary Cohen and Robin Guenther of Perkins+Will then team up to deliver the most relevant examples of why health care should be taking action on climate and health. Additionally, they will introduce an overview of the… Read More
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(Greenhealth cost of ownership toolkit) Learn about the business case for using the Greenhealth cost of ownership calculator and what product types are the best ones to target for an assessment. The GCO calculator provides a standard framework for evaluating and comparing the total costs to an organization of the products under consideration in the procurement process. Discover the data needed in order to use the tool efficiently and the sources for this data.
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Energy efficiency can enhance human health by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, improving outdoor air quality and decreasing acid rain. The energy needed to run commercial and industrial buildings in the United States produces 19 percent of U.S. carbon dioxide emissions, 12 percent of nitrogen oxides, and 25 percent of sulfur dioxide, at a cost of $110 billion a year.
The health care sector is in need of cost-effective solutions to address the rising cost of energy and the health implications of energy use. Once a facility has developed an energy baseline by tracking and measuring its… Read More
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(Employee engagement toolkit) Highlight the healthy environment champions within your organizations using this "my health matters" poster template. Simply download this document, customize with your organization's logo and employees' information, and save to a PDF to print.
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In an effort to assist in environmentally preferred purchasing (EPP) practices, the linked resource provides a sample letter that can be sent to suppliers with the RFI/RFP or upon receipt of responses to the RFI/RFP. It emphasizes the importance of environmentally preferred purchasing to your organization and conveys appreciation to the provider for answering EPP questions.
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Cascade Asset Management is a leading IT asset retirement service firm that assists enterprises and institutions with the secure and environmentally sound disposition of their technology assets. From time to time, they are asked by businesses and institutions for guidance on how they can put together a formal asset retirement and electronics recycling program that meets their needs and goals. Cascade responds to dozens of Requests for Proposals (RFP) each year, so they have put together this toolkit to help businesses develop an RFP for soliciting vendors. Please adapt it to your own needs…
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(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health toolkit) This resource includes sample climate change text and sample community resilience text for community health needs assessments.
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