Thirty hospitals around the world were recently recognized for their environmental efforts by the Healthcare Administration Degree Programs website. The hospitals were selected based on criteria including certifications from environmental bodies, recycling efforts, green construction and innovative energy saving features, according to an article on the site.

"Power-guzzling hospitals around the world are increasingly going green in an attempt to minimize their carbon footprints. We created this list for budding healthcare administrators to showcase 30 forward-thinking hospitals that are doing their bit to help save the planet," said article author Tom Stevens. 

Here is a list of the facilities in reverse order.

30. Rush University Medical Center, East Tower, Chicago, Ill. 

29. Great Ormond Street Hospital, Morgan Stanley Clinical Building, London, U.K.

28. Johnston Memorial Hospital, Abingdon, Va.

27. Bronson Methodist Hospital, Main Building, Kalamazoo, Mich. 

26. Women & Infants Hospital of Rhode Island, South Pavilion, Providence, R.I.

25. Boulder Community Foothills Hospital, Boulder, Colo.

24. Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, Ga.

23. Anne Arundel Medical Center, Hospital Pavilion South, Annapolis, Md.

22. Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Md.

21. University of Colorado Health, Medical Center of the Rockies, Loveland, Colo.

20. Sentara RMH Medical Center, Harrisonburg, Va.

19. Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre, Toronto, Canada

18. University Hospital of South Manchester: Wythenshawe Hospital - Manchester, U.K.

17. Dana-Farber Cancer Institute: Yawkey Center for Cancer Care, Boston, Mass.

16. St. Elizabeth Hospital: Heart, Lung & Vascular Center, Appleton, Wis.

15. Helen DeVos Children's Hospital, Grand Rapids, Mich.

14. Mount Elizabeth Novena Hospital, Novena, Singapore

13. Martha's Vineyard Hospital, Oak Bluffs, Mass.

12. UF Health Shands Cancer Hospital, Gainesville, Fla.

11. Joe DiMaggio Children's Hospital, Hollywood, Fla.

10. St. Mary's Hospital, Sechelt, Canada

9. Muskogee Community Hospital, Muskogee, Okla.

8. North Shore University Hospital: Katz Women's Hospital, Manhasset, N.Y.

7. West Kendall Baptist Hospital, Miami, Fla.

6. Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center - Vancouver, Wash.

5. NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital: Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center - New York, N.Y.

4. Kiowa County Memorial Hospital, Greensburg, Kan.

3. Providence Newberg Medical Center, Newberg, Ore.

2. Dell Children's Medical Center of Central Texas, Austin, Tex.

1. Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pa.

Read the article.