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The Mayo Clinic had a fleet of over 1,000 lab freezers that use as much energy as about 1,000 homes. They changed their purchasing practices for their fleet of ultra-cold lab freezers to buy energy-efficient models. This resulted in 60% energy-use reduction and long-term cost savings of more than $6 million over 10 years.
Published: July 31, 2019
UW Health quietly pushed forward since its 2017’s big achievement in LEED Gold for the American Center, a first for Wisconsin and one of 17 in the United States.
“ I don’t sell plant-based, I sell delicious looking and tasting food that just happens to be plant-based." - Dan Henroid
“We were already implementing plant-centered meals and I wanted to be able to tie our food initiatives with our sustainability goals”
— Deborah Keane
"Adding novelty to an item can entice an individual to try something that they may not otherwise try." - Michael Atanasio
Beaumont Health System sought ways to reduce waste by modifying what was purchased, switching from disposable to reusable trocars.
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Provider education at Western Health in Melbourne, Australia, resulted in practice change, saving the organization $22,500 and reducing emissions by 140 MTCO2e annually.
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Middlemore Hospital in Auckland, New Zealand, engaged providers to reduce GHG emissions from anesthesia by 600 MTCO2e per year and reduce purchasing costs by 60 percent.
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Working with supply chain, clinical engineering, and clinicians to purchase new anesthesia machines had a big impact on GHG emissions for Harborview Medical Center.
(Anesthetic gas toolkit) Continuous education is a critical piece of greening the OR and anesthesia at Seattle Children’s Hospital.
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