Public Health

Children’s Health (Dallas). As of July, about a quarter of Children’s Health’s total electricity use is backed by renewable energy credits, equivalent to removing more than 16 million pounds per year of carbon dioxide from nature. Additionally, according to data…

Bronson Methodist Hospital (Kalamazoo, Mich.). Bronson Methodist Hospital is a sustainability leader in its community, starting on its sustainability journey in 1996 when it began a mercury-free initiative. Also, Bronson Methodist was Kalamazoo’s first LEED-certified healthcare facility and was also…

Brigham and Women’s Hospital (Boston). Brigham and Women’s physical buildings, as well as its policies, are committed to protecting the environment. For instance, its Shapiro Center is LEED Silver certified, and the Brigham Building for the Future, set to open…

Boston Medical Center. Boston Medical Center received the City of Boston Carbon Cup in 2015 for its commitment to reducing greenhouse gas emissions in half by 2020. The hospital partnered with Gloucester fishermen’s Wives Association to provide fresh fish to…

Bon Secours St. Mary’s Hospital (Richmond, Va.). St. Mary’s Hospital is part of Marriottsville, Md.-based Bon Secours Health System, which received Practice Greenhealth’s 2016 System for Change Award for the sixth year in a row. Not only has the system…

Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside (Greenville, S.C.). St. Francis Eastside has a variety of sustainability projects and initiatives in place to help save energy and be more efficient. For instance, St. Francis Eastside saved 8.3 million gallons of water by…

Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak (Mich.). This hospital’s Green Team is 700 members strong, and the team volunteers their time to implement waste-reducing, energy-conserving solutions and to educate colleagues on conservation. The hospital is a mercury-free environment, has a medication and…

Aspen (Colo.) Valley Hospital. This hospital earned LEED Gold certification in 2014 for its new hospital construction, becoming just the second hospital in the state to earn that designation. It received such high recognition from the USGBC in part because…

Advocate Trinity Hospital (Chicago). This Advocate hospital on the South Side of Chicago established its Green Committee in 2008 to work with the system’s Green Council to build a culture of environmental awareness. In its early years, for instance, the…

Advocate Lutheran General Hospital (Park Ridge, Ill.). In 2010, Advocate Lutheran General Hospital became the first hospital in the Midwest to achieve LEED Gold certification. It’s commitment to green building practices was also recognized this year, when Practice Greenhealth placed…