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Governor Peter Shumlin joined Drive Electric Vermont in celebrating the launch of Drive the Dream Vermont, a campaign to increase the use of electric vehicles in the state. As part of the campaign, a diverse group of leading Vermont employers met with Governor Shumlin to announce their commitments to advance electric vehicles in Vermont. The Drive the Dream Vermont campaign will spur the growth of electric vehicles by asking businesses to commit to installing new electric vehicle chargers for employees in the workplace.
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University of California San Francisco employee benefits include discounts on solar for the home and on the purchase of a Nissan LEAF.
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As the front line stewards of individual and community health, hospitals are in a unique position to address climate change. In addition to making impactful and measurable progress in their own operations to address climate change, hospitals must work towards accelerating investment in renewable energy and energy efficiency; scaling the adoption of climate change mitigation and resiliency programs; and advocating for local, state, and national policies that ensure a sustainable and healthy future. Virginia Mason has published its pledges regarding climate change and health care.
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This presentation by Boston Medical Center details the hospital's plans and commitment to energy conservation and efficiency.
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Access Practice Greenhealth member NYU Langone Medical Center's climate action plan from 2015 featuring benchmarking information and next steps.
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Practice Greenhealth provides a list of potential questions for asset management services that manage unwanted equipment. Electronic equipment contains numerous hazardous chemicals that require handling in a responsible manner to avoid release into the environment and that cause human health issues. The questions in this guide address options for handling unwanted equipment in an environmentally preferable manner including refurbishment and reuse.
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Medidock provides an alternative to idling the ambulance on the hospital campus, generating power for key ambulance needs at a lower cost than running the engine.
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As part of the ongoing efforts to improve operational standardization and to decrease operating costs, Advocate will be reducing the number of courier stops, and in some instances, changing stop times at sites across the system. This change will result in significant savings, and it extends Advocate’s commitment to environmental stewardship by reducing its carbon footprint. This action will reduce overall miles driven and carbon dioxide emitted by couriers.
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As much as thirty percent of potential grey water is sent for treatment in urban settings; water which could otherwise be utilized in a variety of applications ranging from agriculture, heating and cooling systems, and toilet flushing. The percentage of unused grey water in normal households is even higher. Reuse leads to advantages that include significant reductions in sewage treatment and extraction of fresh water by public utilities.
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Practice Greenhealth’s benchmark reporting represents the nation’s premier analysis of sustainability performance data for the health care sector. The 355 hospitals in this year’s data set saved more than $826 million on a range of different sustainable programs over the course of 2016, while deepening relationships with their communities and better supporting a more expansive definition of health. This data will assist hospitals in identifying key sustainability program opportunities by benchmarking their own program’s performance. This report is divided into 10 distinct benchmarking… Read More
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