ARGENTINA | Hospital Universitario Austral
The hospital blood collection process was completely restructured at medical laboratories. This included updating technology, which is more efficient in terms of energy consumption and blood volume…
AUSTRALIA | Hunter New England
Hunter New England Local Health District (HNELHD) will be carbon and waste neutral by 2030 as part of the ambitious initiative, Sustainable Healthcare: Together Towards Zero. The organization will be…
AUSTRALIA | Royal Darwin Hospital
This volunteer-led initiative activated the community, health workforce, and climate researchers to implement low-cost biophilic native landscaping within constraints of legacy infrastructure and…
BRAZIL | Clinical Hospital of Botucatu Medical School (HCFMB)
This case study reports on the challenges and path that a large public hospital in Brazil faced to reduce GHG emissions by 33.40% in five years. Goals included measuring emissions with GHG protocol…
BRAZIL | Hospital Santa Izabel
The Santa Casa de Misericordia da Bahia – Hospital Santa Izabel (HSI) has structured a management program for the efficiency of its power grid, including photovoltaic plant generation, renewable…
BRAZIL | Rede D´Or São Luiz
Energy consumption in hospitals has a direct connection to lighting, air conditioning, heating, water pumping, elevators, and medical equipment. Through the efficient use of energy and pursuit of…
BRAZIL | Transplant Hospital Euryclides de Jesus Zerbini
This study includes actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, such as eliminating the use of nitrous oxide as an anesthetic gas, reducing energy consumption with the actions implemented to achieve…
COLOMBIA | San Rafael de Pasto Hospital
This case study highlights the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions in hospital industrial processes through the substitution of fuels and the use of renewable energy for laundry drying; a process…
COSTA RICA | Hospital Clínica Bíblica
Anesthetic gases represent 15% of the hospital's overall carbon footprint, thus the importance of reducing their use and finding alternatives to minimize the environmental footprint associated with…
INDIA | Aravind Eye Hospital
This case study highlights the implementation of energy conservation measures and use of renewable energy to increase efficiency. It also shows how the carbon footprint of Aravind Eye Care was…
INDIA | Thiruppuvanam Vision Centre of Aravind Eye Care
The implementation of satellite-assisted telemedicine centers provides subsidized primary eye care to peri-urban populations who previously did not have any eye care facilities in their region. This…
MALAYSIA | Sunway Medical Centre Velocity
Sunway Medical Centre Velocity (SMCV) is the first hospital in Malaysia to commit to Race to Zero by 2050. SMCV started to monitor carbon emissions via the climate impact checkup tool. Sustainability…
MEXICO | Centro Médico ABC
Implementation of actions targeted at reducing the climate footprint (and consequently the health impacts associated with climate change), including the consumption of energy from clean sources and…
NEPAL | Sindhuli Hospital
This case study reflects the health care waste management innovation of Health Environment and Climate Action Foundation (HECAF360) under the WASH SDG Innovation Fund in partnership with the local…
PHILIPPINES | Mary Johnston Hospital
This case study highlights MJH’s energy solutions in response to the global call for environmental stewardship. It will also discuss the challenges, opportunities, and outcomes from each phase of the…
PHILIPPINES | St. Paul’s Hospital of Iloilo
St. Paul's Hospital of Iloilo is a health facility that prioritizes environmental sustainability. The primary goal of this initiative is to alleviate financial and resource burdens that hospitals…
SINGAPORE | Khoo Teck Puat Hospital
The hospital developed an energy reduction plan that centered around the installation of a photovoltaic system to reduce energy use and carbon emissions of the hospital. A solar photovoltaic (PV)…
SOUTH AFRICA | Pholosong Hospital
The project aims to reduce the waste that ends up in a landfill, promoting the zero-waste-to-landfill site initiative and reducing greenhouse gas emissions. The project was adopted as part of the…
SOUTH AFRICA | George Regional Hospital
The transition from offsite and outsourced to onsite treatment of infectious waste has significantly reduced George Hospital’s carbon footprint. The installation of equipment that treats health care…
SPAIN | Galician Health Service
The Galician Health Service has introduced electric ambulances at the Ourense hospitals to address emissions from medical transport. The ambulances perform very well and help significantly reduce…
UNITED KINGDOM | NHS Highland
By removing high-emissions anesthetics from operating theatres and implementing low-flow anesthesia machines, Raigmore Hospital significantly reduced emissions produced by their operating theatres…
UNITED STATES | University of California San Diego Health
C San Diego’s commitment to the Cool Food Pledge has led the system to develop tools and programs to procure and serve more plant-based meals while increasing the use of local and seasonal offerings…
UNITED STATES | University of Vermont Medical Center
In an effort to seek data on the amount of nitrous oxide that was used by providers in 2021, the University of Vermont Medical Center (UVMMC) EPIC Optime analysts reviewed the hospital’s anesthesia…