Public Health

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital. NewYork-Presbyterian’s Senior Executive Sustainability Committee has strategic oversight of its sustainability program, NYPgreen. NYPgreen’s initiatives run the gamut of sustainability programs and policies, including participating in former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Hospital Challenge, aiming to reduce greenhouse gas emissions…

Minneapolis VA Health Care System. Sustainability is part of Minneapolis VA Health Care System’s day-to-day operations, according to the system’s Green Environmental Management Services Coordinator George Johnson, and it shows with its accomplishments. For instance, the system achieved 19.2 percent…

Metro Health Hospital (Wyoming, Mich.). Metro Health Hospital is the first full-service hospital in the state to earn LEED certification from the Green Building Council thanks to a number of green building features, including a 48,500-square-foot green roof that minimizes…

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City). Memorial Sloan Kettering established a Green Team in 2009 to find opportunities to reduce waste and improve sustainability. Since then, the hospital has implemented several sustainability projects, including composting food scraps, working…

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC (Pittsburgh). Several aspects of UPMC’s Pittsburgh campus are designed for sustainability, including Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC, which has a LEED Silver certification for its intensive care unit and patient care unit expansions. UPMC has been focused…

Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital. Littleton Adventist Hospital formed its Green Team in 2008 to establish an environmentally responsible culture and promote environmental awareness. This year, the team involved the community in Earth Day and added hydroponic grow towers to the…

Lakeview Hospital (Stillwater, Minn.). This hospital is part of Bloomington, Minn.-based HealthPartners, which earned a System for Change Award this year from Practice Greenhealth. However, the hospital itself is also dedicated to protecting the environment, as evidenced by its commitment…

Kaiser Permanente San Jose (Calif.) Medical Center. Kaiser Permanente San Jose hosts two weekly farmers markets on campus, serves hormone-free milk in cafeterias and offers Meatless Monday options to reduce meat consumption. These efforts helped the hospital earn a spot…

Kaiser Permanente Irvine (Calif.) Medical Center. The Kaiser Permanente system’s Environmental Stewardship program has lofty environmental goals, aiming, among other things, to become carbon net positive; recycle, reuse or compost 100 percent of its non-hazardous waste; and reduce water use 25…

Johns Hopkins Hospital (Baltimore). Johns Hopkins Hospital became a member of Practice Greenhealth in 2014 and has won the Greenhealth Emerald Award from Practice Greenhealth for three consecutive years, most recently in 2016. In 2015, the hospital’s green accomplishments include…