Green Efficiency
IHA is collecting resources on environmental impact for hospitals.

Environmentally Sustainable Health Care
Hospitals and health systems are working to reduce their environmental footprint by concentrating on five core areas: (1) waste management, (2) energy management, (3) environmentally preferred purchasing, (4) building design and construction, and (5) toxicity and volatile organic compound reduction.

NEW! Healthier Hospitals Initiative
A new coalition of hospitals and organizations committed to improving sustainability across the health care sector have joined together to create an agenda which provides a path to a healthier, more sustainable, and more cost effective health care system.

Practical Tools to Use

 

  • Guidebook for Hospital Waste, An Ounce of Prevention: Waste Reduction Strategies for Health Care- American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services
  • Recommended Practice for Integrated Pest Management and Becoming a Mercury Free Facility- American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services
  • Healthcare Energy Guidebook-American Society for Healthcare Engineering

To order these and other titles call 800/242-2626 or fax in an order form to  866/516-5817or online at www.ahaonlinestore.com

Resources:
PurdueTAP-Energy Efficiency and Sustainability
American Society for Healthcare Environmental Services
American Society for Healthcare Engineering
Association for Healthcare Resource and Materials Management

* Content on this page provided by Hospitals & Health Networks Magazine of the American Hospital Association. Read more.