Sustainable Operations - November 2013
Isolated Colorado hospital braces for winter after surviving flood
One road into Estes Park Medical Center remains drivable, but it is a circuitous route down the mountain that turns a 45-minute trip into a few hours
11/26/2013
Alternatives to incineration sought for medical waste
Clean air advocates argue for alternatives as other states send their waste to Utah for incineration
11/26/2013
Ontario hospital lauded for going green
Lakeridge Health Oshawa named Green Hospital of the Year by the Ontario Hospital Association
11/26/2013
Designer talks about effects of Affordable Care Act
Initiative seen as a wake-up call for facility managers, urging them to become leaders with more responsibility for patient advocacy
11/25/2013
Nyack Hospital to install more than $1 million in energy and water conservation measures
Facility expects to conserve an estimated 12.4 million gallons of water and avoid the creation of 1,616,357 pounds of carbon dioxide annually
11/6/2013
Design decisions can help make hospital labs greener
Laboratory space is one of the worst offenders in energy and water use
11/6/2013