Tools and resources

Midwest hospital saves time and labor costs with improved boiler technology

• Energy
• Leaner Energy
• Case Study

3D TRASAR technology for boilers helps a Midwest hospital improve boiler results, reduce testing and control time by 80 percent, and save $10,940 in labor costs.

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Get started guide

• Climate and Health
• Community Benefit
• Toolkit
• Get Started Guide
• Leadership and education

(Delivering community benefit: Climate and health) Climate change affects the social and environmental determinants of health: clean air, safe drinking water, sufficient food and secure shelter. Doctors are increasingly treating patients with climate-related illnesses, and more than 70 percent recognize that climate is affecting their patients. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)…

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HealthPartners: Composting and animal feeding to reduce food waste

• Food
• Case Study
• HealthPartners
• food waste
• Waste
• Toolkit

A Practice Greenhealth Case Study “Organics recycling and food waste diversion remain very important to us, and we are slowly but surely working to expand both the number of facilities with organics recycling and the types of materials that can be recycled.” – Allison Egan, HealthPartners Sustainability Consultant HealthPartners wanted to reduce sending organic waste to the landfill. They…

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Mayo Clinic Health System: Water reduction

• Water Case Study
• Case Study
• Water
• Mayo Clinic
• Toolkit

(Less water toolkit) A trend in increasing water consumption triggered action by the Mayo Clinic Health System Energy Team to determine a cause and recommend an improvement plan. Not only did the increase in water consumption correlate with increases in water and sewer charges, but it caused concern for environmental impact. A goal was established to decrease water consumption by three percent.

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Mayo Clinic hand hygiene initiative: Eliminating antimocrobial hand soaps

• Chemicals
• Hand Hygiene
• Case Study
• Safer Chemicals Case Study
• Mayo Clinic
• Toolkit

(Safer hand hygiene toolkit) Mayo Clinic set out to standardize hand soaps throughout the system and reduce costs. Infection prevention and control brought forward a critical goal to eliminate the use of antimicrobial hand hygiene products used in patient care and public areas. A multi-disciplinary team reviewed and piloted hand hygiene products and collected user feedback on those products. Mayo…

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MediDock: The ambulance anti-idling solution

• Transportation
• Case Study
• Transportation Case Study
• Fleet Vehicles
• Toolkit

(Transportation toolkit) MediDock provides an alternative to idling an ambulance, supplying power for key vehicle needs at a cheaper energy cost than gasoline and without the emissions or noise of a running engine.

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Seattle Children’s Hospital: Employee commuting

• Transportation
• Case Study
• Transportation Case Study
• Seattle Children's Hospital
• Toolkit
• Employee transportation

(Transportation toolkit) Seattle Children’s Hospital has commitments with the city, the state, and its neighbors to reduce the percentage of single-occupancy-vehicle (SOV) commute trips made by its workforce. The organization has implemented a comprehensive transportation program which includes charging for daily parking at market rate, subsidizing all other modes of commuting, and offering…

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Spring Hope food drive

• Transportation
• Case Study
• Transportation Case Study
• Toolkit
• Suppliers and Deliveries

(Transportation toolkit) Routific’s route optimization solution saved time in both planning and execution of driver routes, thus reducing costs as well as the total number of vehicles needed for the Spring Hope food drive in Vancouver, Canada.  

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Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center: Local food procurement and provision

• Food
• Food and Beverage Purchasing
• Food Case Study
• Case Study
• Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center

Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center’s Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) has been working to change its food offerings to more nutritious and locally sourced and sustainable meals since 2009. The FNS department has expanded its network of New England vendors to provide greens, baked goods, eggs, meat, and dairy to customers.

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Providence St. Peter Hospital: Water reduction

• Water Case Study
• Water
• Case Study
• Providence St. Peter Hospital
• Toolkit

(Less water toolkit) Over the last 14 years, Providence St. Peter Hospital, located in Olympia, Wash., has reduced water consumption by 58 percent and saved over $2.5 million. Learn about the projects that achieved these results.

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