Public Health

Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital (Grand Rapids, Mich.). Spectrum Health Blodgett Hospital was one of 10 hospitals in the United States to receive Practice Greenhealth’s Leadership Circle of Excellence Award in 2015. Sustainability programs and steps that helped the facility become…

Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston. Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital Boston is one of the largest inpatient rehabilitation facilities in the country and the official teaching hospital of the Harvard Medical School Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation. When the hospital was built,…

Seattle Children’s Hospital. Seattle Children’s Hospital is a 2015 Practice Greenhealth Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award honoree as well as the recipient of two Circle of Excellence Awards for tracking its greenhouse gas emissions and green building achievements. The hospital’s…

Ridgeview Medical Center (Waconia, Minn.). In 2015, Ridgeview Medical Center was named a Practice Greenhealth Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award honoree for the second consecutive year. The medical center also received Circle of Excellence Awards for its efforts in waste…

Orlando (Fla.) Regional Medical Center. Orlando Regional Medical Center is one of the largest tertiary facilities in the region, with more than 800 beds. In January, the medical center opened a new 245-bed patient tower that is referred to as…

Orlando (Fla.) Health-Dr. P. Phillips Hospital. Dr. P. Phillips Hospital — a full-service medical and surgical facility that serves Southwest Orange County and Orlando’s growing tourist population — has implemented many changes over the years to become a green facility.…

NorthShore University HealthSystem-Evanston (Ill.) Hospital. Evanston Hospital is home to the LEED Silver-certified Kellogg Cancer Care Center. The hospital participates in all six HHI Challenges and is a member of the Evanston Green Ribbon Committee, a group that seeks to…

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital (New York City). Despite being the largest nonprofit, non-sectarian hospital in the country by bed count and among the top two percent of energy users in the New York City metropolitan area, NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital works hard to reduce…

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…