Public Health

Metro Health Hospital (Wyoming, Mich.). As a leader in sustainable healthcare, Metro Health’s list of green initiatives is long, including a hospitalwide carpooling program, waste reduction program and mercury elimination program. Metro Health Hospital is LEED certified and features a…

Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center (New York City). As a participant in former Mayor Michael Bloomberg’s Hospital Challenge, Memorial Sloan Kettering has increased the efficiency of its heating and cooling systems, installed energy-efficient lighting and committed to shutting off computers…

Memorial Hermann Health System (Houston). Memorial Hermann is a leader in the healthcare industry in benchmarking energy use and improving energy performance management. In 2015, the EPA recognized Memorial Hermann Health System as an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year-Sustained…

Massachusetts General Hospital (Boston). As a Boston-based Partners Healthcare institution, Massachusetts General Hospital is involved in many systemwide efforts to conserve water, recycle dinnerware and biodegradable garbage liners, and collaborate with local vendors and farmers markets. MGH also participates in…

Martha’s Vineyard Hospital (Oak Bluffs, Mass.). Martha’s Vineyard Hospital may not be very big — the critical access hospital has only 25 beds — but it is still a leader in environmental sustainability. In 2011, Martha’s Vineyard Hospital became the…

Magee-Womens Hospital of UPMC (Pittsburgh).The USGBC awarded Magee-Womens Hospital a LEED Silver certification for its intensive care and patient care unit expansions in 2013. The units incorporate materials that are both recyclable and free of hazardous chemicals in the flooring,…

Littleton (Colo.) Adventist Hospital. Littleton Adventist Hospital has been working to promote environmental awareness and develop innovative sustainable efforts since 2008, when it developed its Green Team. Since then, the hospital reduced its electricity consumption by 3 percent, amounting to…

Kaiser Permanente Westside Medical Center (Hillsboro, Ore.). Westside Medical Center — which opened in August 2013 — is Kaiser Permanente’s 38th hospital, but it’s the first hospital in the system to earn LEED Gold certification. It is one of fewer…

Kaiser Permanente San Jose (Calif.) Medical Center. Kaiser Permanente San Jose Medical Center is a 242-bed hospital that participates in all six HHI Challenges and was given the Healthy Food Circle of Excellence Award by Practice Greenhealth in 2015. The…

Johns Hopkins Sibley Memorial Hospital (Washington, D.C.). Sibley Memorial is a nonprofit, full-service, 318-bed community hospital that has served Northwest Washington, D.C., since it was founded in 1890. Today, Sibley Memorial Hospital strives to improving environmental health and sustainability by…