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Hospital triples recycling efforts in just one month
Memorial Medical Center's recycling efforts helping to meet statewide waste-diversion goal
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SUSTAINABILITY
Hospital turns vacant lot into 10-acre community farm
Homestead Hospital says its garden has potential to grow 30,000 pounds of produce annually
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Energy efficiency
Hospital leverages statewide initiative to complete energy upgrades
Hospital replaces 10 percent of its steam trap system after completing an energy audit
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ASHE program garners EPA Energy Star Partner of the Year honor
American Society for Healthcare Engineering recognized for health care sustainability initiatives
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Sustainability manager amps up ASHE initiatives
ASHE's Energy to Care program going through revamp to increase member participation
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Energy management
Lighting retrofits at Mass General cut energy costs
Hospital projects annual energy savings for the entire project will total over 7 million kWh
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Sustainability
Ascension hits Better Buildings Challenge goal three years early
The system aligned its 141 acute care hospitals around a common goal
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Sustainability
Health care facilities take many routes to go green
Has your health facility established clear environmental sustainability goals?
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Boston hospitals continue to set the pace for reducing emissions
Health facilities cut energy use by 9.4 percent, emissions by 29 percent from 2011 to 2015
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Sustainability
Hospital celebrates Earth Day with cogeneration plant
Baltimore Washington Medical Center's new plant creates a more efficient, reliable power supply
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