Tools and resources

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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Transportation Infographic PDF

• Transportation
• Poster
• Presentation
• Greenhouse Gas

Transportation is the fastest growing source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States and is right behind energy production in terms of its impact. The health care sector contributes 8% of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States each year. Hospitals must make transportation more sustainable in order to reduce their carbon footprint.

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EPP Criteria for Autos

• Transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Policy
• Purchasing

Memo from the State of California informing its agencies that solar reflective colors (white, silver metallic and gold metallic) are now mandatory to order on all light-duty passenger vehicles unless specifically exempted. Studies have shown that darker colors can raise a vehicle’s cabin temperature significantly, thereby requiring greater use of the air conditioning system and increasing fuel…

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Transportation checklist

• Transportation
• Fleet Vehicles
• Toolkit
• Checklist

(Transportation toolkit) The following checklist is an accumulation of transportation strategies gathered during a review of best transportation practices among Practice Greenhealth members, and via online, publicly sourced literature review. Practice Greenhealth would like to acknowledge and thank these organizations for sharing those resources. The checklist has been designed to provide a quick…

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Advocate FAQs - Courier Stop Changes v.2

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document
• Advocate Health Care
• Communications
• Policy

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…

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Transportation definitions

• Transportation
• Toolkit
• Definitions

(Transportation toolkit) Definitions of terms used to describe transportation considerations including fuel-efficient transport, renewable energy options, and terms common to the transportation supply chain. 

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Ambulance Engine Idle Reduction

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document

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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UH Celebrate 2016 Sustainable Transportation

• Poster
• Exemplary Document
• Transportation
• University Hospitals

University Hospital poster for 2016: The Year of Sustainable Transportation event

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Transportation UCSF 2016

• Transportation
• Exemplary Document
• UCSF
• Employee Benefit

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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UH Bikes Press Release July 2016

• Exemplary Document
• Transportation
• University Hospitals
• Toolkit

This is a press release from University Hospitals about the 2016 pre-launch roll out of a bike share system they sponsor in Cleveland and Cuyahoga counties in Ohio. “Biking is healthy, active and highly social – in short, a great way to help create more livable and connected communities, both for residents and visitors,” said Sarah O’Keeffe, Sustainability Manager. “UHBikes directly aligns with…

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