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Glenbrook Hospital is a 699,550 square foot, 173-bed hospital offering comprehensive inpatient and outpatient services including cancer care, cardiology, physical medicine and rehabilitation, and radiology. Based on results from the comprehensive energy audit, it was determined that some energy cost reductions can be achieved at relatively low investment levels, while others will require substantial capital investment. Cost-effective projects are identified in the areas of occupancy sensors for lighting control, installation of variable frequency drives (VFDs), and improving building controls…
Type: Resources
Ambitions for the new year
The turn of the new year often gives us a moment to pause and reflect on how far we’ve come toward the vision of a zero-emissions, climate-resilient, and equitable health sector.
Join me in celebrating these bright spots:
Executive teams are identifying climate change as a business risk five times more than in 2021. With a remarkable 90% increase in the number of facilities setting climate goals – and the number of facilities making formal climate change commitments doubling over the past four years – leadership is more engaged than ever.
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Type: Press
Kevin Zacharyasz (he/him) is the Director of Healthcare Sustainability at The Joint Commission leading initiatives across healthcare segments globally to support the Joint Commission’s mission and growth objectives around sustainability. He collaborates with other industry leaders to implement processes and technologies that aid in the reduction of a health care organization’s carbon footprint, as well as other environmental factors that impact patient health and safety. Kevin has been a leader in the sustainability field for over 10 years and previously held sustainability positions for Beth… Read More
Type: Event Presenters
2024 was a landmark year for The Joint Commission, which launched its first domestic Sustainable Healthcare Certification, along with the first-ever international Healthcare Sustainability Certification. The Domestic Certification has motivated 120 hospitals to demonstrate sustainability successes from leadership and oversight to assessment, measurement, and improvement tactics. Hospitals applying for the certificate must share greenhouse gas reduction strategies across chosen categories of buildings and energy, transportation, anesthetic gases and inhalers, and waste. Learn more about the… Read More
Type: Event
Listen for quick, digestible advice on performing a complete greenhouse gas inventory. This 75-minute real-time solutions forum gave partners tips and tricks no matter where they were on their journey. This forum specifically covered Scope 1 (direct emissions).
Type: Event
Listen for quick, digestible advice on performing a complete greenhouse gas inventory. This 75-minute real-time solutions forum gave partners tips and tricks no matter where they were on their journey. This forum specifically covered Scope 2 (indirect emissions from purchased energy).
Type: Event
Join our expert, Keith Edgerton, for digestible advice on calculating a complete greenhouse gas inventory. This 75-minute real-time solutions forum gave partners tips and tricks from other Practice Greenhealth partners. This forum specifically covered Scope 3 categories 1 (purchased goods and services), 2 (capital goods), and 3 (fuel- and energy-related activities).
Type: Event
This event event occurred as part of CleanMed 2024. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.
Sponsored by Cardinal Health
The importance of environmental, social, and governance (ESG) in health care is multi-faceted and covers a wide range of principles. Presenters share a supplier’s approach to scaling ESG initiatives – including how partnering with customers helps to deliver on mutual goals – as well as evolving regulatory and market pressures, how to prioritize ESG initiatives to maximize impact,… Read More
Type: Event
This event event occurred as part of CleanMed 2024. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.
Three health system sustainability managers describe their organizations’ sustainability journeys, offering insights on how to engage and manage stakeholder expectations, build momentum, increase program visibility, and create effective governance structures.
Using Practice Greenhealth’s Program Fundamentals and Effective Governance toolkits as frameworks, presenters discuss the strengths and weaknesses of the… Read More
Type: Event
This event event occurred as part of CleanMed 2024. For information about CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders in health care sustainability, visit CleanMed.org.
Federal health systems are diverse in terms of both the patients they serve and the agencies that govern their operations, but they are all required to meet the same waste reduction, energy efficiency, and green procurement benchmarks. Federal health systems are often leaders on sustainability within the health care space, but how they achieve those benchmarks has historically varied, without much exchange between… Read More
Type: Event
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