Healthcare
LEED for Healthcare Launches
The U.S. Green Building Council (USGBC) has launched LEED for Healthcare, the latest version of its sustainability rating system.
The LEED for ...
Johnson & Johnson, WM, Six Others Start Medical Recycling Coalition
Kimberly-Clark, Johnson & Johnson and Waste Management are among the companies founding a technical coalition to develop recycling and packaging innovations for medical products.
Founders of ...
Cardinal Health Gets Highest EPA Transport Score
Cardinal Health, a $99 billion health care services company, has earned the top score in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) SmartWay Carrier Partnership.
The ...
Kaiser Permanente and Sustainable Agriculture
Author, speaker, and organic farmer, Joel Salatin visited Kaiser Permanente's Oakland Medical ...
Sustainability Report: McKesson Finds $5m in Energy, Waste Savings
Health services company McKesson saved more than $5 million in financial year 2010 from energy savings, waste reductions and reusable packaging, according to its ...
Biomedical Firm Cuts Per-Unit Water, Energy, Carbon
The biomedical company CSL has achieved reductions in environmental impact across all its per-unit indicators, according to its second annual corporate responsibility report ...
Kaiser Permanente Switches on Solar Power System
Kaiser Permanente has gone live with the first stage of its California-based solar power initiative at Santa Clara Medical Center. The solar panels will produce ...
30% More Light, 75% Less Energy for Senior Community Network
Brookdale Senior Living has completed its nationwide lighting retrofit throughout the company's 546 senior care communities. The initiative is estimated to save $5 ...
Hospitals Plot Course with Sustainability Roadmap
Groups of health care leaders within the American Hospital Association (AHA) have launched the “Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals,” a web-based resource for the hospital ...
DOE, NREL Show How to Cut Energy Use 50% in Commercial Buildings, Hospitals
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) and its National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) have released two technical reports that provide recommendations on how to achieve ...
LED Lighting Retrofit to Save Hawaii Hospitals $1.2M
Hawai'i Pacific Health (HPH), comprised of four nonprofit hospitals and 44 outpatient clinics and service sites, expects to save more than $1.2 million thanks to ...
Two-Thirds of Healthcare Orgs Planning Efficiency Investments
Almost two-thirds of healthcare organization, 62 percent, said they plan to make capital investments in energy efficiency over the next 12 months, according to ...
Half of Hospitals Recycling At Least Some Medical Waste
About half of U.S. hospitals are recycling at least some of the medical supplies the would otherwise dispose of, as the health care industry is ...
New Mexico VA Hospital to Install State’s Largest PV System
The Department of Veteran Affairs (VA) Health Care System in Albuquerque, NM, announced it is installing a 3.2 MW solar photovoltaic (PV) system.
The system, ...
Baxter Sustainability Report: Water Use Down 9%, GHG Emissions Drop 5%
Baxter International has decreased water use by 9 percent in absolute terms and by 29 percent indexed to revenue compared to 2005, and has reduced ...
Health-Care Industry Needs Sustainability Managers
Three out of four survey respondents think hospitals need a sustainability manager, according to a survey of health-care professionals attending the "Energy, Economics & Environment: ...
Environmental Leader Introduces EL Insights – Data, Market Intelligence and Insights on Energy and Environmental Technology
Environmental Leader LLC is pleased to announce its latest offering for decision-makers, EL Insights, a subscription-based information source delivering critical data and insights on ...
Hospitals Can Cut Energy Use 60% by Redesigning their Energy Systems
Hospitals, which account for four percent of all energy consumed in the U.S., can achieve a 60 percent reduction in energy utility use by redesigning ...
Sustainability at Pfizer’s Belgium Operations
Promo video from Pfizer looking at sustainability at its Belgium operations.
Kaiser Permanente Unveils Sustainability Scorecard for Medical Products
Kaiser Permanente has unveiled its Sustainability Scorecard that requires suppliers to provide environmental data for medical equipment and products used in its hospitals, medical offices ...
