Virginia Mason Hospital & Medical Center (Seattle). Since beginning its journey toward sustainability in the 1980s, Virginia Mason’s conservation projects have grown into EnviroMason, the health system’s environmental stewardship initiative. Virginia Mason uses a “Lean and Green” approach to minimize…
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UW Medical Center (Seattle).The UW Medical Center has participated in numerous projects and green initiatives to improve the institution’s sustainability efforts. In 2013, the hospital diverted a total of 2,345 tons of waste from local landfills and reduced electrical power…
University of Vermont Medical Center (Burlington).The University of Vermont Medical Center’s sustainability and conservation efforts began with the work of one nurse in 1989. Now, the health system boasts a LEED Gold-certified oncology center and regularly engages in initiatives such…
St. Cloud (Minn.) VA Health Care System. St. Cloud VA Health Care System is engaged in several energy and water saving projects that led to an estimated $54,506 institutional savings on energy costs in 2016. St. Cloud VA upgraded its laundry…
Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Spectrum Health is committed to reducing its carbon footprint, keeping approximately 3.2 million pounds of garbage out of landfills through various recycling and reprocessing initiatives. Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital received Practice Greenhealth’s Greenhealth Emerald…
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Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital-Boston. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital opened a new 262,000-square-foot, 132-bed facility in 2013 designed with sustainability and environmentally friendly best practices in mind. The hospital includes an automatic management system that saves energy by opening and closing windows in accordance…
Seattle Children’s Hospital. Seattle Children’s Hospital promotes green initiatives inside its four walls that extend to staff members and the community. The hospital adopted the 2030 Challenge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions for new construction and generate renewable energy onsite. The hospital’s…
Regions Hospital (St. Paul, Minn.). HealthPartners’ Regions Hospital partnered with Xcel Energy in 2009 to improve energy efficiency through several unique initiatives, including replacing parking lot lamps with LED bulbs, installing occupancy sensors to control lighting across the hospital and converting…
Reading (Pa.) Health System. Reading HealthPlex for Advanced Surgical & Patient Care, opened October 2016, exemplifies the health system’s commitment to sustainable business practices. At 88,000 square feet, the facility boasts the third-largest green roof on a healthcare building in the…
Parkland Memorial Hospital (Dallas). Parkland Memorial Hospital established its sustainability program in 2013 and has since recycled or diverted more than 3,800 tons of waste through 30 different programs. The hospital’s laundry water reclamation system saves around 12 million gallons of water…