Tools and resources

Sustainability Climate – Pledges Supported by Virginia Mason

• Policy
• Exemplary Document
• Virginia Mason

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…

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Boston Medical Center: A commitment to energy conservation and efficiency

• Education
• Exemplary Document
• Boston Medical Center
• Presentation

This presentation by Boston Medical Center details the hospital's plans and commitment to energy conservation and efficiency. 

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NYU Langone Medical Center climate action plan

• Climate Change
• Exemplary Document
• NYU Langone Medical Center
• Climate and Health

Access Practice Greenhealth member NYU Langone Medical Center's climate action plan from 2015 featuring benchmarking information and next steps.

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2014 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2014
• Report

Practice Greenhealth's 2014 edition of the annual health care Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting the achievements of the 2014 award-winning facilities. This report provides the nation’s most comprehensive analysis of how hospitals are progressing in their commitment to environmental stewardship. This year’s report is organized into ten separate benchmarking profiles on the…

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2015 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2015
• Report

Practice Greenhealth’s 2015 Sustainability Benchmark Report highlights the achievements of the 2015 Environmental Excellence award winners—a set of 220 hospitals who are setting the standard for health care environmental stewardship. This year’s data set is based on reported activities during the 2014 calendar/fiscal year and is organized into ten distinct benchmarking profiles on the different…

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2016 Environmental Excellence Awards Sustainability Benchmark Report

• Benchmark Report
• 2016
• Report

Practice Greenhealth’s 2016 Sustainability Benchmark Report highlights the achievements of the 2016 Environmental Excellence award winners. More than 300 hospitals provided data for this year’s report, with combined savings of more than $92 million across a range of environmental program areas. The new report provides not only a benchmarking comparison for hospitals already engaged in the work,…

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2017 Sustainability Benchmark Data Tables

• Benchmark Report
• Data

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…

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Advantages in Grey Water Applications

• Water
• White Paper

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…

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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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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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