http://www.environmentalleader.com Environmental Leader Fri, 25 May 2012 17:41:13 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/doe-guide-to-help-hospitals-achieve-50-energy-savings/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/doe-guide-to-help-hospitals-achieve-50-energy-savings/#comments Fri, 04 May 2012 16:10:04 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75783 LED surgery lights, HVAC systems and improved facility design, among other technologies, can cut large hospitals’ energy costs in half, according to a Department of Energy Guide. The Advanced Energy Design Guide for Large Hospitals, the fourth and final publication in the AEDG series, is designed to help 100,0000-square feet or larger medical centers achieve [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/04/doe-guide-to-help-hospitals-achieve-50-energy-savings/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/#comments Thu, 03 May 2012 06:13:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=75651 Global health care company Abbott Laboratories reached its 2015 goals for carbon dioxide emissions, water intake and waste output in 2011, while increasing year-on-year sales by more than 10 percent. In 2009 the company committed to a 15 percent reduction of its absolute Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon dioxide emissions over 2005 levels by [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/05/03/abbott-sustainability-report-three-2015-targets-met-four-years-early/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/dignity-healthcare-taps-medline-industries-for-dye-free-plastic/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/dignity-healthcare-taps-medline-industries-for-dye-free-plastic/#comments Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:27:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73576 Dignity Health has become the first health system in the U.S. to switch to dye-free patient plastics. Under the new initiative, Dignity Health will replace everyday products that are used at the patient’s bedside, such as bed pans (pictured), wash basins, water pitchers and drinking cups, with pigment-free products from Medline Industries in all of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/05/dignity-healthcare-taps-medline-industries-for-dye-free-plastic/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/03/lighting-and-sustainable-healthcare/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/03/lighting-and-sustainable-healthcare/#comments Tue, 03 Apr 2012 10:00:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=73191 Philips Lighting masterclass session at the NHS Sustainability Conference, February 2012.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/04/03/lighting-and-sustainable-healthcare/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/kaiser-permanente-targets-30-ghg-cut-by-2020/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/kaiser-permanente-targets-30-ghg-cut-by-2020/#comments Wed, 29 Feb 2012 07:05:00 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70801 Health care provider Kaiser Permanente has pledged to reduce its overall greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent by 2020, compared to its 2008 levels. Kaiser produced about 819,000 metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions in 2008, and total emissions increased to 837,000 metric tons in 2010, the last reported year. By investing in clean and [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/29/kaiser-permanente-targets-30-ghg-cut-by-2020/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/cardinal-health-shrinks-packaging-by-folding-gloves/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/cardinal-health-shrinks-packaging-by-folding-gloves/#comments Wed, 22 Feb 2012 14:31:19 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=70477 Cardinal Health says it has made its surgical glove packaging at least 30 percent smaller than competitors’ tall packaging configurations, and used at least 15 percent less cardboard, by folding the gloves in half. The Triflex powdered surgical gloves and Protexis powder-free surgical gloves are the industry’s only half-folded format, and make Cardinal Health uniquely [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/02/22/cardinal-health-shrinks-packaging-by-folding-gloves/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/hospital-energy-management-tips/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/hospital-energy-management-tips/#comments Fri, 27 Jan 2012 14:45:33 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=68953 Ian Buckle discusses hospital energy management in this Energy Live News interview.]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2012/01/27/hospital-energy-management-tips/feed/ 1 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/08/standards-compliance-briefing-wine-standard-energy-star-update-weee-recast/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/08/standards-compliance-briefing-wine-standard-energy-star-update-weee-recast/#comments Tue, 08 Nov 2011 11:23:20 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64870 An international wine trade group has adopted a standard for calculating the industry’s greenhouse gas emissions, Off License News reported. The International Organisation of Vine & Wine said its greenhouse gas accounting protocol has two elements: a tool that allows companies to measure the greenhouse gases of their growing and producing activities and general guidance [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/11/08/standards-compliance-briefing-wine-standard-energy-star-update-weee-recast/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/31/nhs-supply-chain-cuts-delivery-distances-co2/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/31/nhs-supply-chain-cuts-delivery-distances-co2/#comments Mon, 31 Oct 2011 12:43:15 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=64382 NHS Supply Chain, the outsourced procurement arm of the U.K.’s National Health Service, cut delivery distances from 11 million to 9.8 million miles last year, according to its annual sustainability report, Focus on Sustainability. In 2010 NHS Supply Chain cut carbon emissions from fleet vehicles by 16 percent compared with 2008, in tons of carbon [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/31/nhs-supply-chain-cuts-delivery-distances-co2/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/21/schneider-inks-efficiency-contract-with-unt-health-science-center/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/21/schneider-inks-efficiency-contract-with-unt-health-science-center/#comments Fri, 21 Oct 2011 13:33:18 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=63934 Schneider Electric has signed an $8.6 million contract extension to provide energy efficiency improvements to the the University of North Texas Health Science Center (pictured). Upgrades to the center’s lighting, mechanical systems, PC power management systems and windows will be included in the new contract, reports Electrical Marketing. The project guarantees annual energy savings of [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/21/schneider-inks-efficiency-contract-with-unt-health-science-center/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/14/practice-greenhealth-launches-green-medical-procurement-questions/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/14/practice-greenhealth-launches-green-medical-procurement-questions/#comments Fri, 14 Oct 2011 09:02:21 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=63556 Practice Greenhealth has released version 1.0 of its Standardized Environmental Questions for Medical Products, which can be used to guide procurement of environmentally preferable medical products. The tool, which can be downloaded here, is intended to serve as a template with a common set of standardized questions on key environmentally preferable attributes of medical products. [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/14/practice-greenhealth-launches-green-medical-procurement-questions/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/hospitals-save-2-3m-a-year-with-chp-plants/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/hospitals-save-2-3m-a-year-with-chp-plants/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 14:34:48 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62796 Combined heat and power systems at Guy’s Hospital (pictured) and St. Thomas Hospital, both in London, are saving more than £1.5 million ($2.3 million) and almost 11,300 tons of CO2 a year. The hospitals, which together employ 10,000 people and serve more than 850,000 patients a year, used a £10 million grant from the Department [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/hospitals-save-2-3m-a-year-with-chp-plants/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/merck-cuts-ghgs-outlines-post-merger-goals/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/merck-cuts-ghgs-outlines-post-merger-goals/#comments Mon, 03 Oct 2011 07:34:26 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62771 Merck’s sales and acquisition-adjusted GHG emissions fell by six percent between 2009 and 2010, from 2.21 and 2.08, according to the company’s 2010 global corporate responsibility report, its first in accordance with GRI principles since its 2009 merger with Schering-Plough. The pharmaceutical firm reported that its total energy consumption fell from 27.5 to 25.7 MMBTU [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/10/03/merck-cuts-ghgs-outlines-post-merger-goals/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/29/sustainable-chemistry-sustainable-healthcare-sustainable-life/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/29/sustainable-chemistry-sustainable-healthcare-sustainable-life/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:35:58 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62603 This is the third in a series of articles from the winners of the 2011 Dow Sustainability Innovation Student Challenge Awards. Read the first two here and here. What is sustainable chemistry or green chemistry? It is normally recognized as a chemical philosophy of designing environmentally friendly processes and minimizing waste or pollution. Biotechnology also [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/29/sustainable-chemistry-sustainable-healthcare-sustainable-life/feed/ 0 http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/29/nhs-to-assess-emissions-of-procurement/ http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/29/nhs-to-assess-emissions-of-procurement/#comments Thu, 29 Sep 2011 14:14:23 +0000 Environmental Leader http://www.environmentalleader.com/?p=62596 The U.K.’s National Health Service has begun assessing the carbon footprint of health care procurement. Many N.H.S. bodies already include environmental costs into their procurement decision making, but the new plan aims to look a “little deeper” into the carbon footprints embedded in the products they buy, an N.H.S. Sustainable Development Unit spokeswoman told the [...]]]> http://www.environmentalleader.com/2011/09/29/nhs-to-assess-emissions-of-procurement/feed/ 0