Tools and resources

Transportation: Supply Chain Options to Reduce the Impacts from Freight

• EPP
• EPP Resource

Supply Chain Options to Reduce the Impacts from Freight Purchasing Guidance - Specs/RFP Questions to ask Freight Carriers to Reduce Fuel Emissions Hospital/GPO: Consider the resource above when purchasing distribution services and other contracts where products or services are delivered to hospitals. EPA's SmartWay Program provides an opportunity for hospitals, who ship and receive items…

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Leaner Energy: Background

• Climate and Health
• Leaner Energy

Background Data from the U.S. Energy Information Administration illustrates that buildings are responsible for almost half of the energy consumed and 38 percent of all GHG emissions in the United States. According to the EPA, inpatient health care ranks as the second largest commercial energy user after the food service industry. The US Department of Energy notes that hospital energy costs rose…

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Supply chain options to reduce the impacts from freight

• Transportation
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Tool

The SmartWay Transport Partnership is a voluntary collaboration between EPA and the freight industry designed to increase energy efficiency while significantly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution. SmartWay Transport Partners lead the way towards a cleaner, more efficient transportation future by adopting fuel-saving strategies that increase profits and reduce emissions. The program…

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How your state regulates red bag waste

• Waste
• Medical Waste

Regulated medical waste (RMW) is regulated at the state level, with each state defining what material is legally considered to be RMW (also called infectious waste, biohazardous waste or special medical waste (depending on the state) within its borders. The state regulation also typically lays out the appropriate or acceptable treatment or disinfection methods for different classes of medical…

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Transportation goals

• Transportation
• Goal
• Toolkit
• Employee transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Suppliers and Deliveries

(Transportation toolkit) The Practice Greenhealth transportation goals have been developed to help hospitals create a baseline of key transportation performance metrics, set targets, and identify strategies to improve environmental and human health impacts of transportation-related activities. The goals focus on three areas of hospital-related transportation activities critical in achieving…

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Transportation infographic

• Transportation
• Toolkit
• Employee transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Poster

(Transportation toolkit) This infographic illustrates the opportunities health care has to reduce greenhouse gas emissions through green transportation programs along with specific examples from leading facilities. 

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Transportation related funding resources

• Transportation
• Employee transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) Funding for transportation programs can come from several sources: eliminating free parking (proceeds can cover the majority of program costs) as well as establishing a green revolving fund using mobile combustion fuel savings. Outside the organization, funding sources may include local, state and federal subsidies, grants, tax credits, as well as regional and municipal…

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Electric vehicle charging station resources

• Transportation
• Electric Vehicles
• Employee transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Suppliers and Deliveries
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) Hospitals and health systems are in a position to reduce the environmental and community health impacts of hospital-related transportation.  Building an infrastructure of EV charging stations at employer workplaces can serve to reduce the amount of petroleum used for transportation and support and improve community health. Among strategies to reduce the public health…

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Providence St. Peter Alternative Transportation Presentation

• Exemplary Document
• Providence St. Peter Hospital
• Presentation
• Transportation

Providence St. Peter Hospital promotes alternative transportation by communicating the benefits and offering information and incentives to employees.

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Sample employee commute survey

• Transportation
• Employees
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) Employee commute surveys and data collection may also be administered by state, regional, and municipal transit authorities, non-profit organizations, and business partners. These are acceptable sources for reporting and tracking employee single-occupancy vehicles and vehicle-miles-traveled rates.

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