A growing number of healthcare business leaders are stepping up to the climate-change challenge, embracing environmental stewardship as part of their commitment to improving health, according to an article on the Triple Pundit website.
Health systems, including California's Dignity Health, have installed energy efficient upgrades and renewable energy sources like photovoltaic, solar hot water, cogeneration and fuel cell technology across 35 percent of their properties.
Cleveland Clinic substituted more than 60,000 LED bulbs for nearly all the incandescent lights across their campuses and are dimming nighttime lighting in hospital corridors. The result was a savings of $4 million in energy costs per year.
Seattle Children’s Hospital began a transportation management campaign that encouraged cycling, walking and public transit. The hospital has helped to take 630,000 car trips off the roads, reducing vehicle miles traveled by 6.5 million miles and saving 235,000 gallons of gasoline, the article said.
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