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LED lighting improves safety, cuts energy in hospital parking garage
Reston Hospital Center improves lighting, cuts costs with one simple change
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Sustainability
Sustainability
New software tool calculates overall costs of green products
Practice Greenhealth unveils calculator to determine long-term costs of health care equipment
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Sustainability
Cleveland Clinic's green revolving fund delivers results
Health system pays for lighting retrofit, building automation upgrade largely with green fund
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Sustainability
Boston Medical Center uses 'Green Steam' to reduce carbon footprint
The new 20-year agreement will help the hospital to meet its sustainability goals
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Sustainability
By donating excess food, hospitals will feed hungry Americans
Practice Greenhealth partners with Feeding America on new hospital initiative
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Sustainability
Kaiser Permanente aims high in new sustainability initiative
Health system strives to become carbon positive, with full recycling of nonhazardous waste
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Sustainability
Gundersen's recycling pays off in more ways than one
The organization diverted 46 percent of its solid waste stream away from landfills last year
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Construction
Illinois hospital's expansion, renovation is Lean and green
Advocate Good Shepherd's new bed tower was designed to LEED Silver standards
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Sustainability
Hospitals travel many routes to go green in their physical environments
Has your health care organization adopted initiatives to improve indoor air quality?
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Interiors
Earth-friendly flooring for health care facilities
New materials can have a positive impact on patient care and the environment
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