/ en Sat, 26 Apr 2025 10:27:45 -0500 Fri, 07 Feb 25 10:00:00 -0600 /sustainability/summit <div class="raw-html-embed"> <div> #main-content p, #main-content ol>li, #main-content ul>li{ font-size:16px } .BulletCircle ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px } .BulletCircle ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; } .BulletCircle ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color:#78be20; text-indent: -20px; /* key property */ margin-left: 20px; /* key property */ padding-right:10px } .BulletCircle ul li { text-indent: -40px; /* key property */ margin-left: 30px; /* key property */ } */ </div> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; top: 0px; height:100%; left:0px; } /* .LogoInsert img{ max-width:500px; max-height:125px; top:calc(50% - 125px/2); left:calc(100% + 50px); position:absolute; }*/ .LogoInsert img { max-width: 500px; max-height: 162px; top: calc(40% - 125px / 2); left: calc(100% + 50px); position: absolute; padding: 10px; border-radius: 30px 0px; background-color: #00584499; } .LogoInsert h1{ position:absolute; left:0px; bottom:0px; width:500px; opacity:0; margin: 0px; padding: 0; } @media (max-width:640px) { .LogoBG { object-fit: cover; height: 200px; } .LogoInsert img { max-width: 250px; left: calc(100% + 15px); top: calc(50% - 112px/2); background-color: #00584499; padding: 25px; border-radius: 30px 0px; } } @media (max-width:320px) { .LogoBG { height: 150px; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img alt="Banner Image - Glass Earth sitting in a hand over tall grass" class="LogoBG" src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/SustainabilitySummit2025_Web_1170x250.jpg"> <div class="LogoInsert"> <img alt="���������� Association | Sustainability Summit - July 19, 2025 - Nashville, TN - Logo" src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/SustainabilitySummit2025_Web_Logo_450x217.png"></div> </header> </div>.shcIntro{ background-color:#78be2022; padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h1, .shcIntro h2{ color: #005844; text-align: center; font-size: 28px; } .shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } .shcIntro p{ margin-bottom: 25px; } <div class="shcIntro BulletCircle"><h1>AHA Sustainability Summit</h1><p>The AHA Sustainability Summit brings together health care and sustainability leaders to address key challenges and formulate actionable strategies for sustainability in health care. Join us July 19 to connect with sustainability leaders, address key challenges, and celebrate success stories. Attendees will leave this one-day event with actionable strategies, new professional connections, and a recharged passion for the important work of creating more sustainable hospitals.</p></div><div class="container sp_CTA1"> @media (min-width:768px) { .sp_CTA1_holder { top: -45px } } @media (max-width:768px) { .sp_CTA1_holder { top: -1px; margin-bottom: 25px } } .sp_CTA1_holder { background-color: #fff; padding: 15px 0; position: relative; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; border: 5px solid #78be20; } .sp_CTA1 h2, .sp_CTA1 h3 { color: #002855; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; } .sp_CTA1 span { display: block; margin-top: 10px } .sp_CTA1 span a { color: #9d2235; } .sp_CTA1 span a:hover { color: #d50032; } .sp_CTA1 img { width: 100px; /*max-width: 85%;*/ margin-bottom: 10px; } /* changed class to sm so this css will not run */ @media (max-width:768px) and (min-width:361px) { .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-2 { width: 25%; left: 15px } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-10 { width: 70%; padding-right: 15px } } @media (max-width:360px) { .sp_CTA1 img { margin: auto; display: block } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-2 { width: 100%; } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-10 { width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0 25px } } .sp_CTA1 span { display: block; margin-top: 10px } .sp_CTA1 a span { margin-top: 5px; display: inline-block; color: #d50032; } .sp_CTA1 a:hover span { color: #651d32; } @media (max-width:360px) { .sp_CTA1 img { margin: auto; display: block } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-2 { width: 100%; } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-10 { width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0 25px } } .sp_CTA1 span { display: inline; /*float: right;*/ font-weight: 700; } <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1 sp_CTA1_holder"><div class="col-sm-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-take-action-300x300.jpg" alt="Hand holding a blowhorn"></div><div class="col-sm-10"><h3>Join us July 19, 7:00 am - 5:15 pm CST</h3><p>At the JW Marriott in Nashville, TN. The 2025 Sustainability Summit is slated to take place right before the <a href="https://leadershipsummit.aha.org/" target="_blank" title="Learn more about the AHA Leadership Summit on
July 20-22, 2025">2025 AHA Leadership Summit</a>.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="https://cvent.me/Pm0NeZ" target="_blank" title="Register for the 2025 Sustainability Summit">Register</a></p></div></div></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 0px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; position: relative; top: -25px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome:hover, .TocMini .TocMiniChild:hover { text-transform: ; color: #5fa1d0; } .TocMini .TocMiniActive { font-weight: 700; color: #5fa1d0; } /* TocMini // */ <div class="TocMini"> <div class="TocMiniBar"><a class="TocMiniHome" href="/sustainability" target="_blank" title="Home - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care">Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care </a> <div class="TocMiniGroup"> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability for Health Care Facilities">Sustainability for Health Care Facilities</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="/sustainability/glossary" target="_blank" title="Glossary">Glossary</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> .shcItemsExpand{ /*border: solid 2px #005844;*/ padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; border-radius: 75px 0px; /*margin-top:50px;*/ margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItemsExpand h2{ text-align:center; color:#005844; margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItemsExpand h3{ margin:0px; } .shcItemsExpand h4{ color:#78be20; } .shcItemsExpand .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItemsExpand img{ max-width: 150px; margin: auto; display: block; width: 100%; } <div class="row"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsExpand"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Keynote: Environmental Impacts on Health – Making the Case</h2></div></div><div class="row" id="Electrifying"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-3"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/Jonathan_Perlin_300x300.png" alt="Jonathan Perlin"><div class="raw-html-embed"> <span id="dots"></span> Expand for Full Bio ↓ #more { height: 250px; overflow: auto; min-height: 100px; } button#myBtn { margin: 10px auto; display: block; background-color: #78be2022; } function myFunction() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn"); if(dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "Expand ↓"; moreText.style.height = "250px"; moreText.style.overflow = "auto"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "Collapse ↑"; moreText.style.height = "100%"; } } </div></div><div class="col-sm-9 col-md-9 BulletCircle"><div class="more" id="more"><h3>Dr. Jonathan Perlin</h3><p>Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, MACP, FACMI, FAMIA became the seventh President and CEO of The Joint Commission Enterprise on March 1, 2022. The Joint Commission Enterprise includes The Joint Commission, Joint Commission Resources (JCR), Joint Commission International (JCI) and the National Quality Forum (NQF). Through these organizations, he launched the “HELP Agenda” domestically and internationally, providing strategic focus on Health equity, Environmental sustainability, Learning healthcare and responsible AI, and Performance integration, to better integrate improvement into normal healthcare operations.</p><p>Previously, as President, Clinical Operations and Chief Medical Officer, HCA Healthcare, Dr. Perlin led clinicians, data scientists and researchers in developing a learning health system model for improving care at the system’s 189 hospitals and 2,200 other locations. His team’s work achieved national recognition for preventing elective pre-term deliveries, reducing maternal mortality, using artificial intelligence to improve sepsis survival, and developing public-private-academic partnerships for improving infection prevention and treating COVID-19. Dr. Perlin’s CHARGE consortium partnered HCA, the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (AHRQ) and academia to create a reusable platform for accelerated research using real-world evidence from the care of over 400,000 COVID inpatients.</p><p>Before HCA, Dr. Perlin was Under Secretary for Health in the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) where, as CEO, he led the Veterans Health Administration (VHA) to national prominence for full implementation of a national electronic health record and benchmark clinical performance. He initiated what is now known as the “Million Veterans Program” (MVP), which has now reached its goal of mapping one million genomes to phenotypic data to better understand mechanisms of disease in Veterans and the broader population.</p><p>He has served on numerous Federal Commissions including as a Congressional Budget Office Health Advisor, a member of MedPAC (Medicare Payment Advisory Commission), and as chair of the VA Special Medical Advisory Group. An elected member of the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), he has co-chaired NAM action collaboratives on digital health, combatting opioids and, currently, the healthcare sustainability policy, finance and metrics workgroup through which he demonstrates leadership by having initiated sustainable healthcare certification programs for healthcare organizations domestically and abroad.</p><p>Dr. Perlin’s board service includes chairing Columbia University’s Health Policy and Management program, the Frist Center for Autism and Innovation at Vanderbilt University’s School of Engineering, and he served as a Trustee of Meharry Medical College for 15 years. Broadly published in the academic literature and widely sought as a speaker, Dr. Perlin is perennially recognized as one of the most influential leaders in healthcare (Modern Healthcare #15, #9, #16 in “Top 100” in 2022, ’23, ‘24). He also maintains faculty appointments at Vanderbilt University as a Clinical Professor of Medicine and Health Policy and at Virginia Commonwealth University as an Adjunct Professor of Health Administration.</p></div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/foreword-and-executive-summary-electrifying-heat-existing-hospital" title="Download the Foreword and Executive Summary - Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital">View Free Executive Summary</a></p> </div> <div class="col-sm-6"> <p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://ams.aha.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&ivd_prc_prd_key=7c7e2358-16cd-4910-99f7-174d8452884c" target="_blank" title="Purchase the Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital - Case Study">Purchase Case Study</a></p> </div> </div>--></div></div></div></div></div> .shcItems{ border: solid 2px #005844; padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; border-radius: 75px 0px; /*margin-top:50px;*/ margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItems h2{ text-align:center; color:#005844; margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItems h3{ margin:0px; } .shcItems h4{ color:#78be20; } .shcItems .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:50px; } <div class="row"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItems"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Attendee Experience</h2></div></div> <div class="col-md-12"> <div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/Jonathan_Perlin_300x300.png" alt="Jonathan Perlin"></div> <div class="col-md-10 BulletCircle"> <h3>Dr. Jonathan Perlin</h3> <p>Jonathan B. Perlin, MD, PhD, MSHA, MACP, FACMI, became the seventh President and CEO of The Joint Commission Enterprise on March 1, 2022. The Joint Commission Enterprise includes The Joint Commission, Joint Commission Resources (JCR), Joint Commission International (JCI), and the National Quality Forum (NQF).</p> </div> <div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div> </div> </div>--><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-healquest-300x300.jpg" alt="Icon Presentation"></div><div class="col-md-10 BulletCircle"><h3>What Will You Learn?</h3><p>Whether your health care organization is just starting to explore ways to become more sustainable or is already well on the way toward reaching decarbonization goals, you’re sure to find value at this event!</p><p>Attendance at the Sustainability Summit will include a simulation workshop exploring the impact of leadership decisions on sustainability initiatives, panel discussions with sustainability leaders that highlight the cross-functional perspectives on critical sustainability topics, and the opportunity to connect with other health care leaders about sustainability.</p><div class="shcItemsLine"> </div><h3>Who Should Attend?</h3><p>The ���������� Association and its professional membership groups are uniquely positioned to bring together key stakeholders in the health care and sustainability space. Together these leaders can work together to find solutions to advance sustainability at their organizations. To explore, set, and achieve sustainability goals, leaders must foster a culture of sustainability across multiple departments and stakeholders.</p><p>The types of leaders that should attend this event include: chief sustainability officers and other hospital sustainability leaders, CEOs, CFOs, and COOs, facility management leaders, supply chain leaders, environmental services leaders, strategic planners and business developers, risk managers and strategic partners interested in advancing health care sustainability.</p><p>The AHA Sustainability Summit takes place at the same location the day before the AHA Leadership Summit to make it easier for busy hospital leaders and strategic partners to attend this inaugural event.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="https://cvent.me/Pm0NeZ" target="_blank" title="Register for the 2025 Sustainability Summit">Register</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row sp_CTA5_holder sp_CTA5_holder_last spacer"> .sp_CTA5_holder { border-bottom: solid 1px #555; 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margin-top: 15px } <div class="panel panel-default" id="Saturday"><div class="panel-heading">Saturday | July 19, 2025</div><div class="panel-body"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">7:00 AM – 8:00 AM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Breakfast</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">8:00 AM - 8:15 AM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Welcome</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">8:15 AM – 9:15 AM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Panel Discussion #1: Intro to Health Care Sustainability</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">9:15 AM – 9:30 AM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Networking Break</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">9:30 AM – 11:00 AM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Workshop: Carbon Emissions Learning Lab (CELL) Workshop</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">11:00 AM – 11:15 AM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Networking Break</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">11:15 AM – 12:15 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Panel Discussion #2: Practical Steps to Engaging Executive Leadership</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">12:15 PM – 12:45 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Lunch</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">12:45 PM – 1:45 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Lunch Keynote: Environmental Impacts on Health – Making the Case</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">1:45 PM – 2:00 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Networking Break</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">2:00 PM – 3:00 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Panel Discussion #3: Sustainability in Rural Health Care</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">3:00 PM – 4:00 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Panel Discussion #4: Building Resilient Health Care: Addressing Regional Infrastructure and Health Challenges</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">4:00 PM – 5:00 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Panel Discussion #5: Partnering with Purpose: Strategic Engagements for Sustainable Health Care</h3></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-12 RuralAgendaSpacer"><div class="col-md-2 RuralAgendaTime">5:00 PM – 5:15 PM</div><div class="col-md-10 RuralAgendaTimeMulti"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h3>Closing</h3></div></div></div></div></div><div><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="https://web.cvent.com/event/6188a57a-5e39-42ac-ad94-d39c237a637b/websitePage:cdc126d4-de4d-472e-ad89-ac45242e2306" target="_blank" title="View the full agenda">View Full Agenda</a></p><p><em><small><strong>Note:</strong></small></em><small> Times may be subject to change. All times Central.</small></p></div></div></div></div><div class="container sp_CTA1"><div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1 sp_CTA1_holder"><div class="col-sm-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-success-300x300.jpg" alt="line art of a human with arm outstretched on a mound"></div><div class="col-sm-10"><h3>Engage with Sponsors</h3><p>Space is limited for this 1-day event focused on health care sustainability. Join sustainability leaders and health care executives as they address key challenges, celebrate success stories, develop professional connections, and recharge their passion for creating more sustainable hospitals.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide" href="https://www.ashemarketingsolutions.org/events/sustainability-summit-2025/" target="_blank" title="View the Sponsorship Opportunities">Sponsorship Opportunities</a></p></div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItems"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Other AHA Sustainability Resources</h2></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-basics-300x300.jpg" alt="Icon - Blocks"></div><div class="col-md-10 BulletCircle"><p>After registering for the AHA Sustainability Summit, check out other resources the AHA has developed to help hospitals meet their sustainability goals, including:</p><ul><li>The <a href="/sustainability" title="AHA Sustainability Roadmap">AHA Sustainability Roadmap</a>, which provides resources and tools to help hospitals become more sustainable.</li><li><a href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest</a>, a program to guide interdepartmental hospital teams through two days of hands-on activities to help make health care facilities more sustainable. </li></ul></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row spacer ttCollaboration shcIntro"><div class="col-sm-offset-4 col-sm-4"><a href="/sustainability" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" title="Supporting Your Sustainability Journey - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care - Achieving Your Sustainability Goals"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-09/sustainability-roadmap-logo-horizontal-345x195.png" alt="Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care - Achieving Your Sustainability Goals logo" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div><div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1"><p>The AHA Sustainability Summit is a not-for-profit event held with sustainability in mind.</p><p>The event was <strong>planned BY & FOR</strong> health care leaders.</p></div></div><div class="row spacer"><div class="col-sm-offset-5 col-sm-2"><a href="https://leadershipsummit.aha.org/" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank" title="Visit AHA Leadership Summit "><img src="/sites/default/files/styles/edp_header_logo/public/leadershipsummit/SummitLogo_262px_0.png" alt="AHA Leadership Summit logo" width="100%" height="100%"></a></div></div> Fri, 07 Feb 2025 10:00:00 -0600 Decarbonization /sustainability <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div>#main-content p, #main-content ol>li, #main-content ul>li{ font-size:16px }  .BulletCircle ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px } .BulletCircle ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; } .BulletCircle ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color:#78be20; text-indent: -20px; /* key property */ margin-left: 20px; /* key property */ padding-right:10px } .BulletCircle ul li { text-indent: -40px; /* key property */ margin-left: 30px; /* key property */ } */ </div>.Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; top: 0px; height:100%; left:0px; } .LogoInsert img{ max-width:500px; max-height:125px; top:calc(50% - 125px/2); left:calc(100% + 50px); position:absolute; } .LogoInsert h1{ position:absolute; left:0px; bottom:0px; width:500px; opacity:0; margin: 0px; padding: 0; } @media (max-width:640px) { .LogoBG { object-fit: cover; height: 200px; } .LogoInsert img { max-width: 250px; left: calc(100% + 15px); top: calc(50% - 112px/2); background-color: #00584499; padding: 25px; border-radius: 30px 0px; } } @media (max-width:320px) { .LogoBG { height: 150px; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img class="LogoBG" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sustainability-roadmap-web-home-banner-1170x250.jpg" alt="Banner Image - Glass Earth sitting in a hand over tall grass" width="1170" height="264"><div class="LogoInsert"><h1>Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care - Achieving Your Sustainability Goals</h1><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/SustainabilityRoadmap_Logo_Hor-white_700x217.png" alt="Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care | Achieving Your Sustainability Goals - Logo" width="700" height="217"></div></header>.shcIntro{ background-color:#78be2022; padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h2{ color:#005844; text-align:center; } shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } <div class="shcIntro BulletCircle"><h2>Supporting Efficiency Through Sustainability</h2><p>Environmental awareness within the health care sector is growing, benefiting our communities and creating a new avenue for savings. AHA is helping our members - more than 5,000 hospitals and health systems across the country - take meaningful actions to improve the health of all people — and the environment in which they live — by setting a sustainable course for the future.</p><p>Here, you’ll find insights and resources to embrace sustainability in health care across a hospital or health system enterprise – in operations, procurement, purchasing, maintenance and new models of care.</p></div><div class="container sp_CTA1"> @media (min-width:768px) { .sp_CTA1_holder { top: -45px } } @media (max-width:768px) { .sp_CTA1_holder { top: -1px; margin-bottom: 25px } } .sp_CTA1_holder { background-color: #fff; padding: 15px 0; position: relative; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; border: 5px solid #78be20; } .sp_CTA1 h3 { color: #002855; font-size: 1.4em; margin: 0px; } .sp_CTA1 span { display: block; margin-top: 10px } .sp_CTA1 span a { color: #9d2235; } .sp_CTA1 span a:hover { color: #d50032; } .sp_CTA1 img { width: 100px; /*max-width: 85%;*/ margin-bottom:10px; } /* changed class to sm so this css will not run */ @media (max-width:768px) and (min-width:361px) { .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-2 { width: 25%; left: 15px } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-10 { width: 70%; padding-right: 15px } } @media (max-width:360px) { .sp_CTA1 img { margin: auto; display: block } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-2 { width: 100%; } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-10 { width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0 25px } } .sp_CTA1 span { display: block; margin-top: 10px } .sp_CTA1 a span { margin-top:5px; display:inline-block; color: #d50032; } .sp_CTA1 a:hover span { color: #651d32; } @media (max-width:360px) { .sp_CTA1 img { margin: auto; display: block } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-2 { width: 100%; } .sp_CTA1 .col-xs-10 { width: 100%; text-align: center; padding: 0 25px } } .sp_CTA1 span { display: inline; /*float: right;*/ font-weight: 700; } <div class="col-sm-10 col-sm-offset-1 sp_CTA1_holder"><div class="col-sm-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-take-action-300x300.jpg" alt="Hand holding a blowhorn" width="300" height="300"></div><div class="col-sm-10"><h3>Join us July 19, for the 2025 AHA Sustainability Summit</h3><p>At the JW Marriott in Nashville, TN. The 2025 Sustainability Summit is slated to take place right before the <a href="https://leadershipsummit.aha.org/" target="_blank" title="Learn more about the AHA Leadership Summit on
July 20-22, 2025">2025 AHA Leadership Summit</a>.</p><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wide ext" href="/sustainability/summit" title="Learn More about the 2025 Sustainability Summit">Learn More</a></p></div></div><div class="col-sm-2"> </div></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 25px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome:hover, .TocMini .TocMiniChild:hover { text-transform: ; color: #5fa1d0; } .TocMini .TocMiniActive{ font-weight: 700; color: #5fa1d0; } /* TocMini // */ <div class="TocMini"> <div class="TocMiniBar"><a class="TocMiniHome" href="/sustainability" target="_blank" title="Home - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care">Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care </a> <div class="TocMiniGroup"><a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability for Health Care Facilities">Sustainability for Health Care Facilities</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="/sustainability/glossary" target="_blank" title="Glossary">Glossary</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></a></div> </div> </div> </div> </div>.shcHighlight h2{ color:#005844; } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-md-6"><h2>What is sustainability in health care?</h2><ul><li>In health care, sustainability refers to the implementation of cost-efficient, environmentally friendly practices to support healthy and resilient environments and communities over time.</li><li>Sustainability in health care is based on a simple principle: Everything that humans need for their survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on the natural environment.</li><li>To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-6"><h2>Why and how does environmental sustainability affect health care?</h2><p><span>Problem:</span> The environment contributes to people's wellbeing, contributing to chronic diseases, such as asthma and cancer, or to acute illnesses like heat exhaustion.</p><p><span>Solution:</span> Everyone, including hospitals, needs to be a part of the solution and make changes that will help improve the environment.</p><p><span>Premise:</span> Hospitals can reduce carbon emissions significantly with simple changes, such as reducing surgical waste, reducing toxic chemicals and installing life-saving renewable energy sources.</p><p><span>Reason:</span> Hospital and health systems engaged in sustainable practices are doing so largely because it aligns with their humanitarian and stewardship mission and vision. Becoming a positive force for environmental health leads to human health and wellbeing.</p></div></div>.shcItems{ border: solid 2px #005844; padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; border-radius: 75px 0px; margin-top:50px; margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItems h2{ text-align:center; color:#005844; margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItems h3{ margin:0px; } .shcItems h4{ color:#78be20; } .shcItems .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:50px; } <div class="row"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItems"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Getting Started</h2></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-basics-300x300.jpg" alt="Icon - Blocks" width="300" height="300"></div><div class="col-md-10 BulletCircle"><h3>The Basics</h3><p>“Where do we start?” is a common question when embarking on a sustainability journey. These basic concepts will help guide hospitals, health systems and their staffs as they practice environmental sustainability.</p><ul><li><a href="/sustainability/glossary" title="Sustainability Glossary">Sustainability Glossary</a>, for building effective sustainability communications across your organization.</li><li><a href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/guide" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability Guide">ASHE Sustainability Guide</a>, offering step-by-step directions on developing and executing a sustainability program.</li><li><a href="/sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide" title="The Health Care Leader’s Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Health Care Leader's Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship</a></li></ul></div><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-mapping-300x300.jpg" alt="Icon - Map" width="300" height="300"></div><div class="col-md-10 BulletCircle"><h3>Mapping Out Your Path Forward</h3><p>No two organizations embark on the same route to becoming sustainable, however the process for approaching the journey can be similar. Begin with an understanding of what has been done and what needs to be done, and develop and deploy a path forward using these tools.</p><h4>Targeted Tools and Resources:</h4><ul><li><a href="/education-events/financing-sustainability-through-inflation-reduction-act-making-case" target="_blank" title="Financing Sustainability through the Inflation Reduction Act: Making the Case">Financing Sustainability through the Inflation Reduction Act: Making the Case</a></li><li><a href="/sustainability/electrifying-heat-existing-hospital#Electrifying" title="Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital">Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital</a></li><li><a href="/sustainability/electrifying-heat-existing-hospital#Decarbonization" title="How to Prepare for a Decarbonization Study">How to Prepare for a Decarbonization Study</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ashe.org/decarbonizing-health-care-facilities" target="_blank" title="Decarbonizing health care facilities">Decarbonizing health care facilities</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/decarbonization-code-overlay" target="_blank" title="Health Care Decarbonization Code Overlay">Health Care Decarbonization Code Overlay</a></li></ul><h4>Opportunities for Change:</h4><ul><li><a href="https://www.ashe.org/opportunities-hospital-sustainability" target="_blank" title="Kickstarting your hospital’s hospital sustainability efforts">Kickstarting your hospital’s hospital sustainability efforts</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ashe.org/energytocare/sustainability-tips/you-win-with-people" target="_blank" title="Engaging people">Engaging people</a></li><li><a href="https://www.ashe.org/hospitals-reduce-their-carbon-footprints-sustainable-solutions" target="_blank" title="Reducing your facility’s carbon footprint with sustainable solutions">Reducing your facility’s carbon footprint with sustainable solutions</a></li></ul><h4>Collaborations:</h4><ul><li><a href="/sustainability/sustainability-accelerator-tool" title="Sustainability Accelerator Tool (SAT)">Sustainability Accelerator Tool (SAT)</a>, developed by the Geneva Sustainability Centre in collaboration to Deloitte. Use it to assess sustainability maturity, track progress and gain insights to accelerate action.</li><li><a href="/community-health-environment" title="Community Health and Environment">Community Health and Environment</a>: The AHA aims to offer resources to support hospitals' efforts to assess, plan for and respond to the impacts of the environment on communities' health.</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-xs-3 col-md-2"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-map-icons-healquest-300x300.jpg" alt="Icon Presentation" width="300" height="300"></div><div class="col-md-10 BulletCircle"><h3>HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></h3><p><a href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest</a> brings together hospital leaders and cross-functional teams for two-days of hands-on learning to promote cultural changes toward sustainability.</p><h4>4-tier Training Program Offers Guidance on:</h4><ul><li>Culture and accountability</li><li>Uncovering energy opportunities</li><li>Leadership engagement</li><li>Promoting behavior change</li><li>Leadership engagement</li></ul></div></div></div></div></div>.schOffer img { border-radius: 20px 0px; margin-bottom:15px; } .schOffer h2, .schOffer h3{ color: #005844; } .schOffer h2 { text-align: center; margin-bottom: 25px; } .schOffer h3 { margin-top:10px } .schOfferModal:hover h3, .schOfferDirect:hover h3{ color: #78be20; } .schOfferModal h3 a, .schOfferDirect h3 a { color: #005844; } .schOfferModal:hover h3 a, .schOfferDirect:hover h3 a { color: #78be20; } .schOfferModal, .schOfferDirect { border: solid 2px #fff; transition: transform .5s; padding-top: 10px; margin-bottom: 40px; border-radius: 50px 0px; } .schOfferModal:hover { border: solid 2px #005844; transform: scale(1.03); transition: transform 1s; cursor: help; /*https://www.educba.com/cursor-in-html/ */ border-radius: 50px 0px; z-index:100; } .schOfferDirect:hover { border: solid 2px #005844; transform: scale(1.03); transition: transform 1s; border-radius: 50px 0px; z-index:100; } .schOfferModal:hover[data-target="#*"] { color: red; } @media (min-width: 1200px) { .rowEqual_768 { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .rowEqual_768>[class*='col-'] { -ms-flex: 1; /* IE 10 */ flex: auto; width: calc(100%/3 - 2px) /*Safari Fix*/; } } @media (max-width: 1200px) and (min-width:768px) { .rowEqual_768 { display: -webkit-box; display: -webkit-flex; display: -ms-flexbox; display: flex; flex-wrap: wrap; } .rowEqual_768>[class*='col-'] { -ms-flex: 1; /* IE 10 */ flex: auto; width: calc(100%/2 - 2px) /*Safari Fix*/; } } <div class="row schOffer"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Learn How All Levels of Your Organization Contribute to Sustainability</h2></div><div class="row rowEqual_768"><div class="col-md-4 schOfferModal"><div class="row" data-target="#modal-Trustees" data-toggle="modal" title="View for more details"><div class="col-xs-3"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-photo-icons-trustees-300x300.jpg" alt="People around a conference table" width="300" height="300"></div><div class="col-md-9"><h3>Trustees</h3></div><div class="col-md-12"><p>Trustees are uniquely positioned to tackle sustainability in health care by articulating it’s value proposition and strengthening culture using these <a>resources</a>.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-4 schOfferModal"><div class="row" data-target="#modal-Executive" data-toggle="modal" title="View for more details"><div class="col-xs-3"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-photo-icons-executives-300z300.jpg" alt="Leaders talking together" width="300" height="300"></div><div class="col-md-9"><h3>Executive Leadership</h3></div><div class="col-md-12"><p>Hospital leaders must navigate a path forward to make health care sustainable a priority. Environmental sustainability can provide near- and long-term financial savings, improve patient care and increase workforce engagement.</p><p>These <a>resources</a> offer health care leaders actionable information driving positive changes.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-4 schOfferDirect"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-3"><a href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Health Care Facility Management"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-photo-icons-facilities-300x300.jpg" alt="Facility managers with blueprints" width="300" height="300"></a></div><div class="col-md-9"><h3><a href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Health Care Facility Management">Health Care Facility Management</a></h3></div><div class="col-md-12"><p>The American Society for Heath Care Engineering offers an environmental sustainability <a href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="repository">repository</a>, featuring the Energy to Care program, decarbonization resources and training, for facility management professionals.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-4 schOfferModal"><div class="row" data-target="#modal-Resiliency" data-toggle="modal" title="View for more details"><div class="col-xs-3"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-photo-icons-resilience-300x300.jpg" alt="Ambulance in a Hospital Emergency entrance" width="300" height="300"></div><div class="col-md-9"><h3>Resiliency and Preparedness</h3></div><div class="col-md-12"><p>In moments of crisis in a community, hospitals serve as the cornerstone of aid and recovery. Hospitals and health systems can prepare for extreme weather events by deploying proven sustainable and resilient practices. These <a>articles</a> provide best practice case studies of health care facilities deploying resilient solutions.</p></div></div></div><div class="col-md-4 schOfferDirect"><div class="row"><div class="col-xs-3"><a href="https://www.ahrmm.org" target="_blank" title="AHRMM"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sus-photo-icons-supplies-300x300.jpg" alt="Medial masks" width="300" height="300"></a></div><div class="col-md-9"><h3><a href="https://www.ahrmm.org" target="_blank" title="AHRMM">Supply Chain</a></h3></div><div class="col-md-12"><p>With scope 3 emissions representing the lion’s share of health care emissions, supply chain professionals play a critical role to create and maintain a more resilient and sustainable health care system. 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There had been extensive effort on guidance for decarbonizing new hospital buildings, but little information was available about the decarbonization of an existing hospital building. Additionally, there was speculation about the feasibility of decarbonizing an existing hospital from a technical and financial perspective.</p><p>As ASHE explored the concept of sponsoring a case study and investigating the feasibility of decarbonizing an existing hospital building, Providence was identified as a key partner due to its leadership in environmental sustainability and its desire to share lessons learned broadly with the field. Providence St. Peter Hospital (PSPH), a community hospital in Olympia, Wash., was selected for the case study project. The hospital is 733,000 square feet and has 372 licensed beds, and its first phase was built in 1969 during the Hill-Burton era when thousands of health care facilities were built nationwide. Geographical location and climate were considered when selecting a case study hospital and the mild climate of Olympia, Wash., was considered appropriate since it represents a baseline case study demonstrating the feasibility of decarbonizing in a temperate geographical location. In addition, the fact that PSPH was ahead of many others on its journey toward decarbonization was considered. The hospital has robust utility and building metering and utilizes 100% renewable power. As a health care system, Providence has developed a climate action plan that incorporates decarbonization strategies for anesthetic gases, transportation, waste and electricity. For PSPH, the missing piece from the overall decarbonization strategy was the thermal energy load. For that reason, the ASHE study investigated decarbonizing the thermal load specifically.</p></div> @media (min-width:768px){ .column2{ column-count: 2; } } <div class="col-sm-12 column2"><p><strong>The research for the case study took place over a year, and there were several key takeaways identified.</strong> <strong>First</strong>, it is technically feasible for PSPH to decarbonize the thermal load. However, due to the nature of the hospital as a patient care environment and the need for normal operations, it will take 10 to 15 years to achieve carbon neutrality for the thermal load. This is an important factor because it demonstrates the need for careful planning and early preparation as organizations seek to decarbonize.</p><p><strong>Second</strong>, for this hospital it is financially feasible to decarbonize the thermal load. The study estimated that full electrification of the thermal load would cost around $100/square foot in capital expenditures. Several financial mechanisms are available today that might help PSPH move forward with electrification, such as the incentives in the Inflation Reduction Act of 2022.</p><p><strong>Finally</strong>, it is noteworthy that technologies for decarbonization are emerging, continually changing and moving very quickly. Equipment that is on the cutting edge today will be out of circulation by the time the thermal system is fully electrified. This is a critical consideration and emphasizes the need to plan early and be mindful that technologies will shift.</p><p><strong>The case study provides a detailed outline of the steps one hospital is taking to achieve this feat. Yet, to be clear, this publication is not intended to be a playbook for electrifying any given hospital, nor is it meant to be a benchmark by which other hospitals pursuing this goal should be measured.</strong> The path to complete electrification is an extremely complex and bespoke process. Each electrification plan must be tailored to the specific goals of a given health care facility or system as well as regulatory requirements that govern that facility and the needs of the communities it serves.</p></div><div class="col-sm-12"><p>As a mechanical engineer who has built my career around environmental stewardship and sustainability in health care, this case study project, while a huge endeavor, was also a labor of love and a pleasure to be a part of. I would like to thank Fred Betz, Ph.D., for his tireless effort in leading the study as well as other contributors including Peter Dahl, define sustainability; Sagar Rao, NeuMod Labs; Walt Vernon, Mazzetti; and Kyle Victor, McKinstry. Other key contributors include Yousif Alshaba, Scott Acker and Mark Thynes, McKinstry; Jennifer Ashlock, Puget Sound Energy; Jeff Probst, Konvekta; and Tom Gelin, Air Flow, Inc. A huge thank you goes to the Providence Southwest Washington Foundation’s Environmental Stewardship Fund and the Washington State Society for Healthcare Engineering, whose gracious donations to support this important study ensured its completion. I would also like to thank my friends at Providence, including Ali Santore, Elizabeth Schenk, Ph.D., Dave Thomsen and Geoffrey Glass, for their leadership and commitment to the project. Lastly, I want to express my gratitude to the PSPH facilities team, including Clay Ciolek and Gregory Pries, whose dedication and expertise proved exceedingly valuable.</p><p>It is my hope that this case study will serve as a success story, meant to inspire and demonstrate that this feat, which not so long ago seemed impossible, might be, in fact, within reach. If hospital electrification were a competitive sport, PSPH would be an Olympic gold medalist. No doubt, the hospital’s incredible efforts have set a new standard and raised the caliber of what is possible in sustainability. While not every hospital can be held to the standard set by PSPH, their example should encourage more health care facilities to try. As they say, a rising tide lifts all boats.</p><p><cite>Kara Brooks, MS, LEED AP BD+C, Senior associate director of sustainability, AHA </cite></p></div></div> .shcItems{ border: solid 2px #005844; padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; border-radius: 75px 0px; /*margin-top:50px;*/ margin-bottom:50px; padding-left:25px; padding-right:25px; } .shcItems h2{ text-align:center; color:#005844; /* margin-bottom:50px;*/ } .shcItems h3{ color:#005844; text-align:center; font-size:28px; } .shcItems h4{ color:#78be20; } .shcItems .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:50px; } .BulletCircle ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px } .BulletCircle ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; } .BulletCircle ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color:#78be20; text-indent: -20px; /* key property */ margin-left: 20px; /* key property */ padding-right:10px } .BulletCircle ul li { text-indent: -40px; /* key property */ margin-left: 30px; /* key property */ } .BulletCircle ol li::marker{ color: #78be20; font-weight:700; <div class="row" id="Summary"><div class="col-md-12 shcItems BulletCircle"><h3>Executive Summary</h3><p>The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) funded a decarbonization feasibility case study at Providence St. Peter Hospital (PSPH) in Olympia, Wash., with the goal of verifying the technical and financial feasibility of achieving Scope 1 and Scope 2 carbon neutrality at PSPH.<sup>1</sup> This facility was selected as a typical large inpatient hospital that represents a reasonable reference for the health care industry. The operations and unique features of hospitals, such as requiring steam for sterilization, makes them more complex to electrify than many other commercial buildings.</p><p>Two major challenges are addressed in this study: (1) determining pathways to achieve electrification of the heating plant while maintaining a resilient supply of energy and supporting a full service of operations and (2) determining the impact on the electrical utility supply to achieve beneficial electrification. The goal for PSPH is to eliminate combustion-based Scope 1 emissions by electrifying the heating plant that currently exists: two dual-fueled boilers. This goal also includes discontinuing the natural gas supply to eliminate the associated upstream methane leaks and complements the 100% renewable electricity already being purchased by the hospital.</p><p>The approach to assessing and decarbonizing PSPH was to carefully analyze the existing conditions, the energy use and peak heating demand by end-use. The next step was to identify approaches to reduce heating loads through investments in certain technologies and account for the overall impact. A calibrated energy model was developed per ASHRAE Guideline 14, Measurement of Energy, Demand, and Water Savings, requirements to fill in any data gaps and to further support energy and financial analyses.<sup>2</sup> The recommended strategy is based on a systems-thinking approach to address as many demand-side energy savings measures as feasible to reduce the plant load. The installed heating capacity is 25 million British thermal units (Btu) per hour (MMBtu/hr) or 7,327 kilowatts (kW), and the measured peak load was 20 MMBtu/hr (5,861 kW), which can be reduced to 11 MMBtu/hr (3,224 kW) if all demand-side measures are implemented. The reduced heating load will enable greater flexibility on the heating hot water (HHW) distribution side in terms of smaller pipe sizes and lower temperatures. The target peak HHW temperature is 140 F to achieve efficient heat pump operation. However, this is dependent on the level of implementation of demand-side measures, especially on the envelope upgrades. Upon completion of the distribution system upgrades, the heating plant can be upgraded with air-source heat pumps as the primary source of thermal energy for normal operation and augmented with a heat recovery chiller and 100,000 gallons of HHW storage.</p><p><strong>The implementation of the decarbonization strategy will need to be phased and may take several years to implement depending on available resources.</strong></p><h4 class="text-align-center">The recommended phasing is as follows:</h4><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><ul><li><strong>Demand-side upgrades (nine-year duration).</strong><ul><li>Implement air-side heat recovery upgrades.</li><li>Add insulation and glazing upgrades.</li><li>Upgrade process steam-using systems (kitchen and sterile processing areas).</li><li>Continue implementing other energy savings measures.</li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="col-sm-6"><ul><li><strong>Distribution system upgrades (one- to two-year duration).</strong><ul><li>Migrate loads to existing HHW pipes after demand-side upgrades are completed.</li><li>Replace steam pipes with HHW pipes (starting in springtime to have seven months of low heating demand before cold weather arrives in winter).</li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-sm-6"><ul><li><strong>Replace steam converters with heat exchangers for service hot water loops.</strong><ul><li>Add variable primary HHW pumping system.</li></ul></li></ul></div><div class="col-sm-6"><ul><li><strong>Plant system upgrades (three- to five-year duration).</strong><ul><li>Add a south expansion or penthouse to the central utility plant to house the air source heat pumps.</li><li>Upgrade electrical infrastructure, add generators and add generator jacket heat recovery.</li><li>Install air-source heat pumps.</li><li>Decommission boilers.</li><li>Install thermal storage or microgrid in boiler footprints.</li></ul></li></ul></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div><div class="col-sm-6"><p>There are two somewhat unique features at PSPH that simplify the electrification and decarbonization process. First, the hospital does not have humidification due to the marine climate not requiring it. Relative humidity data was analyzed that demonstrated compliance with a minimum 30% relative humidity for all hours with excursions below 30% for less than 12 hours per year. The relative humidity did not fall below 20%. Second, the service hot water (SHW) system operates at 120 F, which simplifies serving the SHW from the HHW loop rather than either running a warmer HHW loop or applying a stand alone heat pump system. Although it is more common to operate SHW systems at 140 F per Centers for Disease Control and Prevention guidance, no legionella concerns have arisen at PSPH at the lower temperatures.</p></div><div class="col-sm-6"><p>The resilience strategy is to maintain on-site diesel fuel storage that can support generators and boilers in the near term. The generators will be upgraded to include engine jacket water heat recovery to support the heating demand during a power outage when the plant is upgraded. The heat recovery effectively turns the generators into a combined heat and power system providing both electrical and thermal energy to the hospital during outages. The boilers will stay in place until operational proficiency is achieved with the heat pump plant and generator heat recovery. Current testing and emergency power use accounts for approximately 4% of annual on-site combustion emissions. Resilience solutions such as thermal storage and microgrids will be reevaluated to replace the boilers as the technology matures.</p><p>Microgrids are being implemented in a few hospitals today that can be referenced for this study and should align with this project’s timeline. For now, on-site fuel storage is being accepted as a resilience solution as it is a small emission source due to few run hours and it assists in eliminating the natural gas connection that results in methane leaks.</p></div><div class="col-md-12"><p><strong>The study investigated four potential scenarios for the hospital between 2024 and 2041 based on a regulatory framework of the recently passed Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard.</strong></p><ol><li><strong>Scenario 0</strong> is a business-as-usual case where the hospital accepts a onetime $7.5 million fine and makes incremental capital improvements over time.</li><li><strong>Scenario 1</strong> is the minimum disruption scenario that only replaces the existing dual-fuel boilers with two electric resistance boilers plus supporting generators and leaves the balance of the systems in place.</li><li><strong>Scenario 2</strong> implements demand-side energy savings measures on 100% outside air systems, electrified process loads with heat pumps or standalone electric boilers and a host of other demand-side energy savings measures. An air-source heat pump plant would then be implemented to support the 16 MMBtu/hr (4,689 kW) heating load.</li><li><strong>Scenario 3A</strong> adds envelope energy savings measures to replace single-pane windows and insulation to uninsulated or partially insulated walls. The envelope measures reduce the heating load to 11 MMBtu/hr (3,224 kW).</li><li><strong>Scenario 3B</strong> was broken out to isolate the impact of the insulation improvements as it is a costly upgrade with a poor return on investment.</li></ol><p>A third-party cost estimate was developed to inform the three decarbonization scenarios. A detailed list of systems, components and materials is described in Chapter 7, Capital Equipment and Costs. The capital cost for Scenario 1 was estimated to be $57,711,000, or $79/ft<sup>2</sup>, for Scenario 2 was estimated to be $62,171,000, or $85/ft<sup>2</sup>, for Scenario 3A was estimated to be $80,425,000, or $110/ft<sup>2</sup>, and for Scenario 3B was estimated to be $68,400,000, or $93/ft<sup>2</sup>. For reference, a full tenant improvement (TI) on a hospital is between $100/ft<sup>2</sup> and $150/ft<sup>2</sup>. However, the square footage is the entirety of the hospital or 733,000 ft<sup>2</sup>. Also, the TI is nearly exclusively focused on infrastructure enhancements, which is atypical for a TI.</p><p>A cost model using 2024 dollars was built for a 17-year time frame that compiled capital cost, energy cost and carbon fines using the cost estimate, energy models and an estimate of a future Olympia, Wash., carbon fine based on the current Seattle Building Emissions Performance Standard fine structure. The cost results are compiled in the following figure.</p><div class="col-md-12 spacer"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-01/Electrifying-Heat-in-an-Existing-Hospital_Chart-01-v2_1170x588.jpg" alt="Providence St. Peter Hospital Cost Model Scenarios From 2024 to 2041 | Cost numbers per square foot for BAU ($62, 10, 20) Scenario 1 ($85, -, 79), 2 ($69, -, 83), 3a ($65, -, 110), 3b ($65, -, 93) in Utilitay Cost, Carbon Fines, and Capital"></div><div class="col-md-6"><p><strong>The total cost of ownership over 17 years for each case is as follows:</strong></p><ul><li><strong>Scenario 0:</strong> $67.2 million ($92/ft2)</li><li><strong>Scenario 1:</strong> $124.2 million ($169/ft2)</li><li><strong>Scenario 2:</strong> $112.6 million ($154/ft2)</li><li><strong>Scenario 3A:</strong> $130.0 million ($177/ft2)</li><li><strong>Scenario 3B:</strong> $118.4 million ($162/ft2)</li></ul></div><div class="col-md-6"><p>The most cost effective fully electrified solution is Scenario 2, though it is still $45 million more costly over 17 years than Scenario 0, the business-as-usual case. It is worth noting that this study does not include utility rate escalations or utility incentives. Furthermore, some of the capital equipment, such as heat pumps, may decline in cost as the market matures. More cost details are available in Section 2.4.</p></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div><div class="col-md-12"><h3><cite>Notes</cite></h3><ol><li><cite>EPA. “Scope 1 and Scope 2 Inventory Guidance.” </cite><a href="https://www.epa.gov/climateleadership/scope-1-and-scope-2-inventory-guidance" title="EPA | Scope 1 and Scope 2 Inventory Guidance"><cite>EPA Center for Corporate Climate Leadership</cite></a><cite>.</cite></li><li><cite>ASHRAE. </cite><a href="https://technologyportal.ashrae.org/journal/articledetail/2473" title="ASHRAE | ASHRAE Technology Portal"><cite>ASHRAE Technology Portal</cite></a><cite>.</cite></li></ol></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Dec 2024 16:16:53 -0600 Decarbonization /sustainability/electrifying-heat-existing-hospital <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div> #main-content p, #main-content ol>li, #main-content ul>li { font-size: 16px } .BulletCircle ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px } .BulletCircle ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; 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The case study provides a detailed outline of the steps one hospital is taking to successfully achieve this feat — something once thought impractical by many in the health care facilities management field.</p><hr><p><em>Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital</em> is a groundbreaking and comprehensive analysis conducted in partnership with Providence St. Peter Hospital that establishes the feasibility of electrifying the existing hospital building’s thermal load. While previously there has been extensive guidance for decarbonizing new hospital buildings, little information was available about the decarbonization of an existing hospital building. Additionally, there was speculation about the feasibility of electrifying the thermal load and decarbonizing an existing hospital from a technical and financial perspective.</p><p><strong>This case study, written by the American Society for Health Care Engineering, shows:</strong></p><ol><li>It is technically feasible to electrify the Providence St. Peter Hospital building’s thermal load:<ul><li>The project will need to be done in phases over approximately 10-15 years.</li><li>Decarbonization planning needs to begin early.</li><li>The building must be optimized concurrently with other decarbonization planning, which includes ventilation, energy conservation measures, the building envelope, etc.</li></ul></li><li>It is financially feasible to electrify Providence St. Peter Hospital’s existing building:<ul><li>Electrifying the thermal load would cost around $100/square foot.</li></ul></li><li>Full decarbonization includes factors beyond the thermal load, however decarbonizing the thermal load has been seen as the most difficult and has the most naysayers. Other systems to decarbonize include:<ul><li>Deactivating piped nitrous systems.</li><li>Removing desflurane from drug formulary.</li><li>Electrification of the transportation modes.</li><li>Less waste to the landfill.</li><li>Purchasing renewable energy.</li></ul></li></ol><p>The book provides a detailed outline of the steps one hospital is taking to achieve this feat. Yet, to be clear, this publication is not intended to be a playbook for electrifying any given hospital, nor is it meant to be a benchmark by which other hospitals pursuing this goal should be measured. The path to complete electrification is an extremely complex and bespoke process. Each electrification plan must be tailored to the specific goals of a given health care facility or system as well as regulatory requirements that govern that facility and the needs of the communities it serves. That said, this case study does serve as a success story meant to inspire and demonstrate that this feat, which not so long ago seemed impossible, might be, in fact, within reach.</p><h4>Table of Contents Overview</h4><ol><li>Introduction</li><li>Results</li><li>Facility Description</li><li>Performance and Load Testing</li><li>Decarbonization Studies</li><li>Resilience</li><li>Capital Equipment and Costs</li><li>Construction Phasing</li></ol></div><div><div class="col-sm-6"><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="/foreword-and-executive-summary-electrifying-heat-existing-hospital" title="Download the Foreword and Executive Summary - Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital">View Free Executive Summary</a></p></div><div class="col-sm-6"><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://ams.aha.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&ivd_prc_prd_key=7c7e2358-16cd-4910-99f7-174d8452884c" target="_blank" title="Purchase the Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital - Case Study">Purchase Case Study</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItemsLine"> </div><div class="row" id="Decarbonization"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-sm-3 col-md-3"><img src="/sites/default/files/2024-12/How-to-Prepare-for-a-Decarbonization-Study_300x300.png" alt="Icon Presentation"><div class="raw-html-embed"> <span id="dots2"></span> Expand for More Info ↓ #more2 { height: 220px; overflow:auto; min-height: 100px; } button#myBtn2 { margin:10px auto; display:block; background-color: #78be2022; } function myFunction2() { var dots = document.getElementById("dots2"); var moreText = document.getElementById("more2"); var btnText = document.getElementById("myBtn2"); if (dots.style.display === "none") { dots.style.display = "inline"; btnText.innerHTML = "Expand ↓"; moreText.style.height = "20vh"; moreText.style.overflow = "auto"; } else { dots.style.display = "none"; btnText.innerHTML = "Collapse ↑"; moreText.style.height = "100%"; } } </div></div><div class="col-sm-8 col-md-8 BulletCircle"><div class="more" id="more2"><h3>How to Prepare for a Decarbonization Study</h3><p>This guide outlines the steps a hospital team can take to initiate a decarbonization study at their facility. As a companion piece to the American Society for Health Care Engineering’s book <em>Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital</em>, which describes the pathway one existing hospital is taking to achieve decarbonization, this publication provides suggestions to health care executives, facilities managers and sustainability managers on how to start planning, and budgeting, for a transition to clean energy.</p><hr><p>Infrastructure investments in a hospital building’s systems that support a safe patient environment can also reduce carbon emissions and life-cycle costs. This monograph outlines the steps a hospital team can take to initiate a decarbonization study. As a companion piece to the American Society for Health Care Engineering’s book <em>Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital</em>, which describes the pathway one existing hospital is taking to achieve decarbonization, this piece provides suggestions to health care executives, facilities managers and sustainability managers on how to start planning, and budgeting, for a transition to clean energy.</p><p>Insights are shared on how to develop a business case for a decarbonization study at an existing hospital. Recommendations are also made to help define the scope of a decarbonization plan, develop a budget, engage with other important stakeholders and contract with external engineering support.</p><p><strong>Topics include:</strong></p><ul><li>The value of decarbonization</li><li>Budgeting</li><li>Internal collaboration</li><li>Contracting with an engineering team</li><li>Financial incentives for energy efficiency</li><li>Sample language for a decarbonization study RFP</li><li>Key deliverables for a decarbonization study</li></ul></div><div><div class="col-sm-6"><p><a class="btn btn-primary " href="/system/files/media/file/2024/12/How-to-Prepare-for-a-Decarbonization-Study.pdf" target="_blank" title="Free for Members Only: How to Prepare for a Decarbonization Study">Free AHA Member Version</a></p></div><div class="col-sm-6"><p><a class="btn btn-primary" href="https://ams.aha.org/EWEB/DynamicPage.aspx?WebCode=ProdDetailAdd&ivd_prc_prd_key=005e0d4b-2cb1-472a-93ca-b5e0dba00307" target="_blank" title="Purchase: How to Prepare for a Decarbonization Study">Non-member: Purchase the Guide</a></p></div></div></div></div></div></div></div> Mon, 02 Dec 2024 09:02:45 -0600 Decarbonization /sustainability/health-care-leaders-guide <div></div><div> #main-content p, #main-content ol>li, #main-content ul>li{ font-size:16px } </div> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; top: 0px; height:100%; left:0px; } .LogoInsert img{ max-width:500px; max-height:125px; top:calc(50% - 125px/2); left:calc(100% + 50px); position:absolute; } .LogoInsert h1{ position:absolute; left:0px; bottom:0px; width:500px; opacity:0; margin: 0px; padding: 0; } @media (max-width:640px) { .LogoBG { object-fit: cover; height: 200px; } .LogoInsert img { max-width: 250px; left: calc(100% + 15px); top: calc(50% - 112px/2); background-color: #00584499; padding: 25px; border-radius: 30px 0px; } } @media (max-width:320px) { .LogoBG { height: 150px; } } <header class="Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar"><img class="LogoBG" src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/sustainability-roadmap-web-home-banner-1170x250.jpg" alt="Banner Image - Glass Earth sitting in a hand over tall grass"><div class="LogoInsert"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-03/SustainabilityRoadmap_Logo_Hor-white_700x217.png" alt="Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care | Achieving Your Sustainability Goals - Logo"></div></header> .shcIntro{ background-color:#78be2022; padding: 5px 50px 15px 50px; margin-bottom:20px; } .shcIntro h1, .shcIntro h2, .shcIntro h3 { color: #005844; text-align: center; } .shcIntro h1{ font-size:2em; } .shcIntro h2{ font-size:1.6em; } shcIntro ul{ color: grey; } <div class="shcIntro"><h1>The Health Care Leader’s Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship</h1><h2>Communicate Goals and Actions in Environmental Stewardship</h2></div><div class="raw-html-embed"> <div class="row"> /* TocMini */ .TocMini { margin: 0px auto 25px; padding-bottom: 5px; color: #005844; letter-spacing: 1.5px; font-weight: 400; font-size: .7em; width: 80%; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar { border: 1px solid #78be20; padding: 5px 10px; overflow: auto; border-radius: 20px 0px; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:after { content: "|"; padding: 0 3px 0 6px; color: #253b80; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniBar .TocMiniGroup a:last-child:after { content: ""; } .TocMini .TocMiniGroup { float: right; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome { text-transform: uppercase; color: #005844; font-weight: 700; } .TocMini .TocMiniChild { font-weight: 500; opacity: .9; color: #555; } .TocMini .TocMiniHome:hover, .TocMini .TocMiniChild:hover { text-transform: ; color: #5fa1d0; } .TocMini .TocMiniActive{ font-weight: 700; color: #5fa1d0; } /* TocMini // */ <div class="TocMini"> <div class="TocMiniBar"> <a class="TocMiniHome" href="/sustainability" target="_blank" title="Home - Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care">Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care</a> <div class="TocMiniGroup"> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability" target="_blank" title="ASHE Sustainability for Health Care Facilities">Sustainability for Health Care Facilities</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="/sustainability/glossary" target="_blank" title="Glossary">Glossary</a> <a class="TocMiniChild" href="https://www.ashe.org/sustainability/healquest" target="_blank" title="HealQuest">HealQuest<sup>TM</sup></a> </div> </div> </div> </div> </div> .shcHighlight h3{ color:#005844; font-size:2em; } .shcHighlight span{ font-weight:700; color:#78be20; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-sm-9"><p>In navigating the complex landscape of sustainability and environmental stewardship within the health care field, engaged, effective leadership is key. Leaders set goals, such as reducing energy consumption, waste generation and greenhouse gas emissions. In addition, leaders foster cultures of innovation and collaboration by encouraging interdisciplinary teams to explore and implement environmentally friendly solutions throughout their organizations. <em>The Health Care Leader’s Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship</em> provides a toolkit of tangible action items for CEOs, boards and trustees, sustainability teams, COOs, and CFOs, demonstrating how each can lead the charge in environmental stewardship.</p><ul><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf#page=10" target="_blank" title="Jump to: Reinforcing the Mission"><strong>Learn more about Reinforcing the Mission</strong></a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf#page=7" target="_blank" title="Jump to: Why"><strong>Articulating the “Why”</strong></a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf#page=17" target="_blank" title="Jump to: The Business Case"><strong>The Business Case</strong></a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf#page=2" target="_blank" title="Jump to: Creating Value"><strong>Creating Value</strong></a></li><li><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf#page=11" target="_blank" title="Jump to: Leading toward Sustainability"><strong>Leading toward Sustainability</strong></a></li></ul><p><a class="btn btn-primary btn-wid" href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download The Health Care Leader’s Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship">Download the Guide</a></p></div><div class="col-sm-3"><p><a href="/system/files/media/file/2025/03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship.pdf" target="_blank" title="Download the Guide: The Health Care Leader’s Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship"><img src="/sites/default/files/2025-03/Leaders-Guide-Environmental-Stewardship-600x777.jpg" alt="The Health Care Leader’s Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship" width="100%"> </a></p></div></div> Wed, 28 Feb 2024 11:00:00 -0600 Decarbonization /sustainability/sustainability-accelerator-tool <div class="raw-html-embed"> </div><div> #main-content p, #main-content ol>li, #main-content ul>li{ font-size:16px } </div> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; 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color:#78be20; } <div class="row shcHighlight BulletCircle"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1"><h3>Learn How You Compare to Organizations Worldwide</h3><p>The International Hospital Federation’s Geneva Sustainability Centre has collaborated with Deloitte to launch a new platform to digitally empower hospitals and health care leaders to drive sustainable, low-carbon, equitable, and resilient healthcare.</p><p>The Sustainability Accelerator tool (SAT) is a subscription-based program that enables executives to report a hospital's performance against core indicators and compare it to other health care organizations worldwide. The SAT provides hospital and health care executives with a comprehensive solution to assess organizational sustainability maturity and track progress against key performance indicators. See how <a href="https://ihf-fih.org/news-insights/accelerating-sustainable-healthcare-in-the-us-driving-change-in-west-virginia/" title="IHF | Accelerating sustainable healthcare in the US: Driving change in West Virginia">Wheeling Hospital, West Virginia Medicine</a> has used the SAT to support its sustainability journey.</p></div></div><div class="col-md-4 col-md-offset-4"><div class="col-sm-6"><a href="https://ihf-fih.org/what-we-do/geneva-sustainability-centre/" target="_blank" title="Geneva Sustainability Centre" rel="noopener nofollow"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-11/geneva-sustainability-centre-gsc-logo-834x313.jpg" alt="Geneva Sustainability Centre Logo" width="100%"></a></div><div class="col-sm-6"><a href="https://www2.deloitte.com/" target="_blank" title="Deloitte" rel="noopener nofollow"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-11/deloitte-logo-834x313.jpg" alt="Deloitte Logo" width="100%"></a></div></div> /* quoteLG - used with Slider_AssociateSponosor */ .quoteLG { padding: 30px; border: solid 2px #69b3e7; overflow:auto; } .quoteLG .quoteLG_copy { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; padding-top:15px; } .quoteLG p.quoteLG_author{ font-size: 21px; font-weight:700; color: #253b80; margin-top:30px } .quoteLG img{ margin:0px } /* quoteLG - used with Slider_AssociateSponosor // */ /* quoteCtr */ .quoteCtr { padding: 30px !important; /*border: solid 2px #69b3e7;*/ overflow:auto; margin-bottom:50px; margin-top:25px; border: solid 2px #78be20; border-radius: 75px 0px; } .quoteCtr .quote_copy { color: #63666A; font-weight: 300; line-height: 1.4; font-size: 21px; font-style: italic; } .quoteCtr p.quote_author{ font-size: 21px; font-weight:700; color: #005844; margin-top:30px } .quoteCtr img{ margin:0px; border-radius: 50%; max-width: 125px; } /* quoteCtr // */ <div class="item"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-2"> </div><div class="col-md-8 quoteCtr"><p class="quote_copy">"Working to reduce the environmental impact from hospitals fits squarely into the mission of hospitals and health systems – that is to care for, serve and advance health for their communities. At the AHA, we recognize the progress being made in the hospital field to reduce emissions and promote environmental stewardship, social equity and fiduciary responsibility to support healthy and resilient environments. We’re pleased to be promoting this new SAT to our members to accelerate this effort."</p><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-10/Hood_Michelle_300x300%20%282%29.jpg" alt="Jay Bhatt speaking" align="right"><p class="quote_author">Michelle Hood</p><p>EVP, COO of AHA</p></div><div class="col-md-1"> </div></div></div></div></div> .shcItems{ border: solid 2px #005844; padding-top: 25px; padding-bottom: 25px; border-radius: 75px 0px; /*margin-top:50px;*/ margin-bottom:50px; } .shcItems h2{ text-align:center; color:#005844; /* margin-bottom:50px;*/ } .shcItems h3{ color:#005844; } .shcItems h3{ margin:0px; } .shcItems h4{ color:#78be20; } .shcItems .shcItemsLine { border-bottom:solid 1px #78be20; margin-top:25px; margin-bottom:50px; } <div class="row"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItems"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Evaluate your sustainability performance across three domains</h2></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-md-3"><img src="/sites/default/files/2023-11/Sustainability-Accelerator-Tool-Data-480x280.png" alt="SAT"></div><div class="col-md-9 BulletCircle"><h3>The SAT enables hospital and health system leaders to track performance in terms of:</h3><ul><li>Environmental Impact</li><li>Health, equity and wellbeing</li><li>Leadership and governance</li></ul><p>In addition to understanding your organization’s current maturity, you can access IHF, Geneva Sustainability Centre, and Deloitte sustainability educational resources, insights, and best practices to get expert guidance.</p><p>The SAT is a subscription-based service. A free demo is available so that you can explore the tool to see how it can benefit your organization.</p><p><a class="btn btn-wide btn-primary" href="https://ihf-fih.org/what-we-do/geneva-sustainability-centre/sustainability-accelerator-tool/" target="_blank" title="ihf | Sustainability Accelerator Tool (SAT)">Learn More and Access the Free Demo</a></p></div></div></div></div></div><div class="row" id="webinar"><div class="col-md-10 col-md-offset-1 shcItems"><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><h2>Learn How You Compare to Organizations Worldwide</h2></div></div><div class="row"><div class="col-md-12"><div class="col-md-6"><div class="embed-responsive embed-responsive-16by9"></div><figure><figcaption><em>Replay of a recent live demonstration from June 10, 2024.</em></figcaption></figure></div><div class="col-md-6"><p>The <a href="https://ihf-fih.org/what-we-do/geneva-sustainability-centre/" target="_blank" title="Geneva Sustainability Centre" rel="noopener nofollow">International Hospital Federation’s Geneva Sustainability Centre</a> has collaborated with <a href="https://ihf-fih.org/press-and-media/geneva-sustainability-centre-launches-sustainability-accelerator-tool-for-hospitals/" target="_blank" title="Geneva Sustainability Centre launches Sustainability Accelerator Tool for hospitals" rel="noopener nofollow">Deloitte</a> to launch a new platform to digitally empower hospitals and health care leaders to drive sustainable, low-carbon, equitable, and resilient healthcare.</p><p>The Sustainability Accelerator tool (SAT) is a subscription-based program that enables executives to report a hospital's performance against core indicators and compare it to other health care organizations worldwide. The SAT provides hospital and health care executives with a comprehensive solution to assess organizational sustainability maturity and track progress against key performance indicators.</p></div></div></div></div></div> Wed, 15 Nov 2023 13:41:54 -0600 Decarbonization /sustainability/glossary <div></div> <div> #main-content p, #main-content ol>li, #main-content ul>li{ font-size:16px } .BulletCircle ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px } .BulletCircle ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; } .BulletCircle ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color:#78be20; text-indent: -20px; /* key property */ margin-left: 20px; /* key property */ padding-right:10px } .BulletCircle ul li { text-indent: -40px; /* key property */ margin-left: 30px; /* key property */ } */ </div> .Banner_Title_Overlay_Bar { position: relative; display: block; overflow: hidden; max-width: 1170px; margin: 0px auto 0px auto; } .LogoInsert { position: absolute; 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} /* For Indented Bulleted List */ .bullet-list-optA{ list-style: none; } .bullet-list-optA>li{ margin-bottom:15px; } .bullet-list-optA h3{ margin-bottom:0px; margin:0px; } .bullet-list-optA h4{ margin:0px; font-size:; } .bullet-list-optA li ul li a{ font-weight:700; } .bullet-list-optA li ul li p{ margin-bottom: 0px; } RegistrationGeneralHealth & Safety </div>--> <div class="tabcontent" id="Registration"> .BulletCircle ul { list-style: none; /* Remove default bullets */ padding-left: 0px } .BulletCircle ul li { margin-bottom: 7px; line-height: 1.5em; } .BulletCircle ul li::before { content: "●"; font-size: 1em; position: relative; top: 0px; color: #78be20; text-indent: -20px; /* key property */ margin-left: 20px; /* key property */ padding-right: 10px } .BulletCircle ul li { text-indent: -40px; /* key property */ margin-left: 30px; /* key property */ } <ul class="a-container"> <li class="a-items"> Carbon Credits <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>Credits purchased from low- or zero-emissions electricity providers by paying for emissions reductions.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Carbon footprint (aka Greenhouse gas inventory) <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>A measure of the carbon dioxide equivalents emitted by an organization, individual or country due to the consumption of fossil fuels.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Carbon Negative <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The removal of more carbon dioxide equivalents than those produced.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Carbon Neutral <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>A status achieved when an organization’s carbon dioxide equivalent emissions are equal to the amount removed from the atmosphere, either through that organization’s efforts or offset to make overall emissions zero.</li> <li>In addition to energy consumption (scope 1 and 2 emissions), carbon neutrality includes emissions beyond the entity's direct control (scope 3 emissions).</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Carbon Offsets <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The production of sustainable energy to counterbalance the use of fossil fuels.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Carbon Zero <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>A state wherein carbon dioxide equivalent emissions are not being produced.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Climate Action <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The effort to reduce greenhouse gases emissions and integrated into strategies and planning.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Decarbonization <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The process to phase out carbon dioxide equivalent emissions, in the form of both operational and embodied carbon.</li> <li>Encompasses removing carbon from the process chain as well as carbon released from producing building materials.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Electrification <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The process of replacing technologies that use fossil fuels with technologies that use electricity as a source of energy.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Embodied Carbon <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The greenhouse gas emissions associated with the manufacturing, transportation, installation, maintenance and disposal of purchased products/materials.</li> <li>Includes indirect emissions, such as construction materials.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>A framework used by organizations to define organizational strategy and report performance to stakeholders.</li> <li>Recognizes that sustainability goes beyond environmental issues.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Global Warming Potential (GWP) <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The measure of how destructive a climate pollutant is. The GWP of a gas refers to the total contribution to global warming resulting from the emission of one unit of that gas relative to one unit of the reference gas, CO2, which is assigned a value of 1.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Greenhouse Gas Protocol <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>A widely accepted metric for accounting and reporting emissions. The protocol classifies emissions as scope 1, 2 or 3: <ul> <li><strong>Scope 1:</strong> Direct emissions. Emissions emanating directly from health care facilities and health care-owned vehicles.</li> <li><strong>Scope 2:</strong> Indirect emissions. Indirect emissions from purchased energy sources such as electricity, steam, cooling and heating.</li> <li><strong>Scope 3:</strong> The lion’s share of emissions derived from the health care supply chain through the production, transport and disposal of goods and services, such as pharmaceuticals and other chemicals, food and agricultural products, medical devices, hospital equipment and instruments.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Net Zero Energy <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>A state achieved when an entity achieves balance between emissions produced and removed from the atmosphere.</li> <li>When describing a building, it means the building generates as much energy as it uses.</li> <li>Not the same as “carbon neutral.”</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Operational Carbon <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The greenhouse gas emissions associated with daily operations.</li> <li>Includes direct and indirect emissions. For example: <ul> <li>Building energy consumption.</li> <li>Anesthetic gases.</li> <li>Refrigerants on-site.</li> <li>Staff commuting.</li> <li>Business travel.</li> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Resiliency (Health Care-specific) <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>The capacity of a system to maintain function in the face of complex hazards that challenge accepted baseline assumptions for infrastructure capabilities, redundancies and disaster preparedness and response.</li> </ul> </div> </li> <li class="a-items"> Sustainability <div class="a-content BulletCircle"> <ul> <li>In health care, refers to the integration of environmental stewardship, social equity and fiduciary responsibility in health care organizations to support healthy, equitable and resilient environments and communities maintained over time.</li> <li>Based on a simple principle: Everything that humans need for their survival and well-being depends, either directly or indirectly, on the natural environment.</li> <li>To pursue sustainability is to create and maintain the conditions under which humans and nature can exist in productive harmony to support present and future generations.</li> </ul> </div> </li> </ul> </div> function openCity(evt, cityName) { var i, tabcontent, tablinks; tabcontent = document.getElementsByClassName("tabcontent"); for (i = 0; i < tabcontent.length; i++) { tabcontent[i].style.display = "none"; } tablinks = document.getElementsByClassName("tablinks"); for (i = 0; i < tablinks.length; i++) { tablinks[i].className = tablinks[i].className.replace(" active", ""); } document.getElementById(cityName).style.display = "block"; evt.currentTarget.className += " active"; } // Get the element with id="defaultOpen" and click on it document.getElementById("defaultOpen").click(); </div> Wed, 08 Mar 2023 11:01:39 -0600 Decarbonization /news/headline/2022-09-30-agency-releases-guide-reducing-carbon-emissions-health-care <p>The Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality recently released a <a href="https://www.ahrq.gov/healthsystemsresearch/decarbonization/index.html" target="_blank">guide</a> to help health care organizations reduce their carbon emissions. The guide offers strategies, examples from the field, and measures to track progress in six areas: building energy; transportation; anesthetic gas; pharmaceuticals and chemicals; medical devices and supplies; and food.</p> Fri, 30 Sep 2022 15:48:10 -0500 Decarbonization /press-releases/2022-04-22-aha-statement-hhs-pledge-initiative-mobilize-health-care-sector-reduce <p class="text-align-center"><strong>Rick Pollack<br /> President and CEO<br /> ���������� Association</strong></p> <p class="text-align-center"><strong>April 22, 2022</strong></p> <p>America’s hospitals and health systems see the public health effects of climate change first-hand, from buildings damaged during natural disasters to increases in asthma and other chronic conditions due to poor air quality. The social and structural factors that influence health, access to health insurance, exposure to pollution and other factors also result in some communities bearing a disproportionate burden from extreme climate-related events. That is why the AHA and our professional membership groups are already taking steps to help hospitals reduce the carbon footprints of facilities. The hospital field is committed to doing our part to reduce emissions and promote environmental stewardship, but we know we cannot do this alone. We urge the Biden Administration to pursue a collaborative approach with input from the entire health care field, regulators and experts as it identifies which tools and resources will be most helpful moving forward. We appreciate the Administration’s focus and dedication to this critical issue and, working together, we can maintain high standards for patient care and safety while taking steps to operate in a more sustainable way and reducing the impacts of climate on the health of all communities.</p> <p class="text-align-center">###</p> <p>Contact:      Sean Barry, <a href="http://sbarry@aha.org" target="_blank">sbarry@aha.org</a>                   <br />                     Marie Johnson, <a href="http://mjohnson@aha.org" target="_blank">mjohnson@aha.org</a></p> <p><strong>About the ���������� Association</strong><br /> The ���������� Association (AHA) is a not-for-profit association of health care provider organizations and individuals that are committed to the health improvement of their communities. The AHA advocates on behalf of our nearly 5,000 member hospitals, health systems and other health care organizations, our clinician partners – including more than 270,000 affiliated physicians, 2 million nurses and other caregivers – and the 43,000 health care leaders who belong to our professional membership groups. Founded in 1898, the AHA provides insight and education for health care leaders and is a source of information on health care issues and trends. For more information, visit the AHA website at <a href="http://www.aha.org" target="_blank">www.aha.org</a>.</p> Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:26:17 -0500 Decarbonization