In this emergency medicine physician-led webinar, learn how climate change is impacting human health along with opportunities for physician advocacy through leadership, research, and education.

Learn how health professionals can build on the momentum of upcoming events for greater climate action in their workplaces and communities.

The recordings from CleanMed 2018 are now available. All the concurrent sessions were recorded and are available for free to Practice Greenhealth members.

Join us to examine the most recent Practice Greenhealth benchmark data and trends, and learn how health care facilities are saving more than $20,100 per operating room each year by implementing just a few of these strategies.

Health care and commercial sterilization facilities often use ethylene oxide (EtO) to sterilize moisture- and heat-sensitive medical instruments. The EPA updated EtO to a “human carcinogen,” while increasing its lifetime inhalation cancer risk estimate about 60 times. The new cancer potency information supports the need to reduce EtO air emissions.

New, tailored analysis on sustainability trends and emerging issues. The 2016 Sustainability Benchmark Report includes an analysis of the data from 322 hospitals that participated in Practice Greenhealth’s 2016 Environmental Excellence Awards. The Benchmark Report is the only report that shows comprehensive data illustrating the progress of sustainability across the health care sector. The report analyzes data provided by health care facilities of various types and sizes located across the country. In addition to reporting out on metrics, the report shares sustainability trends and emerging areas of focus.

This informal working session is an opportunity to bring your questions about the awards application process and hear other members’ questions. Call will last as long as there are viable questions from participants or 60 minutes.

Join Practice Greenhealth’s Hermine Levey Weston, Kim Ray from Dignity Health and Samantha McKeough from HealthPartners for some lively presentations and sharing of Earth Day events. Learn what your organization can do to engage your staff and community in environmental stewardship for this year’s celebration of our planet Earth.

Join Coro Strandberg, Transformational Leadership Consultant, to understand how to fully embed sustainability into Human Resources and foster a sustainable culture in your organizations.

Join this call to learn about a sustainability internship model that can help maximize work product and intern satisfaction.

Active engagement and support from an organization’s senior leadership and board of directors is vital to the long-term success of any sustainability program.

This informal working session is an opportunity to bring your questions about the awards application process and hear other members’ questions. Call will last as long as there are viable questions from participants or 60 minutes.

To learn more about maximizing the value of your membership, join our monthly Practice Greenhealth overview and orientation for new and renewing members.

It is common for health care leaders to challenge proposed energy projects. How does Al Neuner, VP of Facilities Operations at Geisinger Health System convince his leadership to say “yes” every time? Join in a dialogue to learn the innovations and approaches Geisinger Health System utilized enabling them to earn a 100 Energy Star score, while translating energy savings to human health impacts.

Join us to learn more about available tools for Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions data tracking, new resources, and recommended targets from Practice Greenhealth to get started on this journey.

Join us for a presentation by Providence St. Joseph Health on its new community health needs assessment that integrates climate and environmental assessment practices and train caregivers throughout the health system. We will also review the new Practice Greenhealth toolkit that is designed to help environmental leads introduce a new framing of climate and health to their community benefit colleagues.

Join Practice Greenhealth and the Health Care Plastics Recycling Council for a repeat of their sold-out CleanMed 2017 Pre conference. Hear the latest from both Practice Greenhealth and HPRC around data, initiatives and learning opportunities.

Join Crystal Saric Fashant, Hermine Levey Weston, and Janet Howard for a FREE webinar to learn more about the ways in which environmental stewardship is being embraced by the long term care community, and listen as Dr. Fashant presents key points from her doctoral dissertation study, Environmental Performance in Long Term Care Facilities.

Join the EPA as they explain how you can use the WARM tool to measure material and waste diversion efforts on greenhouse gas reduction and communication to key stakeholders.

Practice Greenhealth’s Less Food to Landfill Goal and Toolkit aligns with the Environmental Protection Agency’s Food Recovery Hierarchy. There is an expectation for top performers to have an idea of how much food waste is headed to landfill each year (or incineration if that is the case) and work to reduce this amount, year after year. Join Janet Howard to review the protocol for an annual 24 hour capture of food waste generated to find a way to measure progress, without the hassle of continuous measurement.

Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards are the premier source of recognition for hospital achievement in environmental stewardship. Come and learn how your organization can gain recognition for all of the sustainability programs it is putting into place.

Join Janet Howard, Director, Member Engagement and former health care Waste Manager for an overview of the categories that Practice Greenhealth has established in order for hospitals to use a standardized practice for measuring materials and waste.

Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards are the premier source of recognition for hospital achievement in environmental stewardship. Come and learn how your organization can gain recognition for all of the sustainability programs it is putting into place.

Most sustainability programs start from a variety of individuals from a variety of departments. There is no shortage of passionate people that have figured out creative ways to go green, often as volunteers and off their regular work hours. These programs will only bring a sustainability program so far. To get to the next level, leadership engagement is required. Practice Greenhealth has refreshed its engaged leadership challenge – consider it a prequel. The two-part goal starts with a step by step approach to help make the case to leadership for their support in taking departmental and pockets of success and using goals to create a foundation for a long term commitment.

Join Thresa Pattee to review the metrics and data collection requirements to track and report out on healthy food initiatives

To learn more about maximizing the value of your membership, join our monthly Practice Greenhealth overview and orientation for new and renewing members.

This webinar, featuring speakers from a variety of health care facilities, explores criteria and pathways for purchasing poultry and eggs raised without antibiotics.

A physician, pharmacist, nurse, or another allied health professional can sharpen and amplify the conversation around reimagined hospital food, showing how small changes can have an impact on individual and public health. This webinar will help you find the best pro for the job.

Most sustainability programs start from a variety of individuals from a variety of departments. There is no shortage of passionate people that have figured out creative ways to go green, often as volunteers and off their regular work hours. These programs will only bring a sustainability program so far. To get to the next level, leadership engagement is required. Practice Greenhealth has refreshed its engaged leadership challenge – consider it a prequel. The two-part goal starts with a step by step approach to help make the case to leadership for their support in taking departmental and pockets of success and using goals to create a foundation for a long term commitment.

Join Dave Maffeo of Boston Medical Center and John Stoddard of Health Care Without Harm and Higher Ground Farm in a visually delicious and interesting tour of the Boston Medical Center’s Rooftop Farm. Learn how they planned, funded and executed the project. See the garden plans, how they planted and tended the crops and integrated the produce into hospital menus. Demonstration kitchen, the food pantry as an innovative. How to integrate patients and staff in the healthy hospital farm experience.

Practice Greenhealth recently launched the Hand Hygiene Challenge to reduce the use of triclosan and triclocarban in the healthcare setting. In this session, learn how leading hospitals implemented policies to eliminate the use of triclosan and triclocarban in hand soaps, from commitment through implementation. Hospital leaders with direct experience will discuss best practices, steps for overcoming challenges, internal messaging, strategies for achieving the challenges, and key partnerships in the purchase of safer hand soaps.

Get an insider’s look at the contest. We explain the rules and showcase best practices that may give your entry an edge. Chefs share how culinary inspiration and creativity can create delicious, healthy, plant-forward meals.

To learn more about maximizing the value of your membership, join our monthly Practice Greenhealth overview and orientation for new and renewing members.

Join Janet Howard to understand the Practice Greenhealth Making Medicine Mercury Free Award Criteria and how to go about meeting the requirements to get recognition for this important work.

Join Janet Howard as she reviews these three areas, explaining how to access the data and where to find Practice Greenhealth resources to support success in tracking movement towards healthier materials. Improve your award application through understanding the data requirements for the Safer Chemicals Section of the Award!

Join us as we share the outcomes from two health care organizations that have used the Total Cost of Ownership Tool developed by Practice Greenhealth and Truecost. Both organizations will discuss where and how the tool was applied, the user requirements, the targeted products, the outcomes showing the comparison of costs and savings identified.

Most sustainability programs start from a variety of individuals from a variety of departments. There is no shortage of passionate people that have figured out creative ways to go green, often as volunteers and off their regular work hours. These programs will only bring a sustainability program so far. To get to the next level, leadership engagement is required. Practice Greenhealth has refreshed its engaged leadership challenge – consider it a prequel. The two-part goal starts with a step by step approach to help make the case to leadership for their support in taking departmental and pockets of success and using goals to create a foundation for a long term commitment.

Introducing the Practice Greenhealth Transportation Toolkit! This webinar will include an overview of the Practice Greenhealth Transportation Goals, identify key transportation performance metrics and data collection processes, and highlight available transportation resources.

Join us for a panel discussion with innovative transportation experts and leaders on the application of research findings and new transportation technologies for the health care sector.

To learn more about maximizing the value of your membership, join our monthly Practice Greenhealth overview and orientation for new and renewing members.

Most sustainability programs start from a variety of individuals from a variety of departments. There is no shortage of passionate people that have figured out creative ways to go green, often as volunteers and off their regular work hours. These programs will only bring a sustainability program so far. To get to the next level, leadership engagement is required. Practice Greenhealth has refreshed its engaged leadership challenge – consider it a prequel. The two-part goal starts with a step by step approach to help make the case to leadership for their support in taking departmental and pockets of success and using goals to create a foundation for a long term commitment.

Join Iqbal Mian and Hermine Levey Weston to understand the expectations of the Practice Greenhealth award application as it pertains to water.

This webinar will highlight the process by which these organizations came together to collaborate and the ways that regional collaboration strengthens and improves environmental sustainability initiatives for all involved.

Join the Practice Greenhealth Sector Performance Team to review your integrated data package and realize the true value of your membership.

Learn how benchmarking plays an instrumental role for hospitals in how they can reduce energy consumption while selecting conservation projects that make business sense for the campus.

The recordings from CleanMed 2017 are now available. All the Concurrent Sessions were recorded and are available for free to CleanMed 2017 Full-Conference Member and Sponsor Attendees.

Most sustainability programs start from a variety of individuals from a variety of departments. There is no shortage of passionate people that have figured out creative ways to go green, often as volunteers and off their regular work hours. These programs will only bring a sustainability program so far. To get to the next level, leadership engagement is required. Practice Greenhealth has refreshed its engaged leadership challenge – consider it a prequel. The two-part goal starts with a step by step approach to help make the case to leadership for their support in taking departmental and pockets of success and using goals to create a foundation for a long term commitment.

Join Chris Bodkin, Data Coordinator for Sector Performance & Recognition and Iqbal Mian, Member Engagement Manager at Practice Greenhealth as they team up with the EPA’s Health Care Portfolio Manager staff to de-mystify the process of energy benchmarking by discussing the goals, measures and calculation details needed to move along the three levels.

Join us as for a conversation on how to effectively manage waste anesthesia gas.

Most sustainability programs start from a variety of individuals from a variety of departments. There is no shortage of passionate people that have figured out creative ways to go green, often as volunteers and off their regular work hours. These programs will only bring a sustainability program so far. To get to the next level, leadership engagement is required. Practice Greenhealth has refreshed its engaged leadership challenge – consider it a prequel. The two-part goal starts with a step by step approach to help make the case to leadership for their support in taking departmental and pockets of success and using goals to create a foundation for a long term commitment.

Have you heard about the Practice Greenhealth’s “Green Employee Benefit” program? Join us for a webinar as we show you how this program can provide health systems with meaningful opportunities to engage employee’s on low cost or no cost strategies to promote climate change solutions.

This sharing call is a follow-up to the March 15 th sharing call and presentation at AORN 2017 in Boston. Make sure to review that presentation recording and complete the HVAC Setback Worksheet before this call.

ACCO and Practice Greenhealth invite you to take advantage of complimentary trial access to a 6-course online training program.

Join us for a deep dive into the HVAC system and how energy- saving programs in the OR can be implemented safely.

Join Hermine Levey Weston and others to learn what your peers are planning for Earth Day April 22, 2017

This sharing call will provide an overview of available assessment, procurement, installation, and general best practice resources. Gather your Facilities, Community Benefit, HR, Supply Chain, and Finance colleagues and hear from Practice Greenhealth members about their experience and perspectives on assessment, planning, installing and maintaining EV charging stations on their campuses.

Join us for a presentation by Dr. Frampton, President of Planetree, as she discusses how Patient and family engaged care (PFEC) brings a shift in the role patients and families play on their own care teams, as well as in quality improvement and care delivery efforts

Practice Greenhealth is pleased to announce the release of the 2016 Sustainability Benchmark Report, highlighting health care sustainability trends and emerging areas of focus. The 2016 Sustainability Benchmark Report includes an analysis of the data from 322 hospitals that participated in Practice Greenhealth’s 2016 Environmental Excellence Awards. The Benchmark Report is the only report that shows comprehensive data illustrating the progress of sustainability across the health care sector. The report analyzes data provided by health care facilities of various types and sizes located across the country. In addition to reporting out on metrics, the report shares sustainability trends and emerging areas of focus.

Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Awards are the premier source of recognition for hospital achievement in environmental stewardship. Come and learn how your organization can gain recognition for all of the sustainability programs it is putting into place.

This sharing call will help equip facility leaders with best water management practices for achieving health and safety, environmental and financial goals.

Overview of the categories that Practice Greenhealth has established in order for hospitals to use a standardized practice for measuring materials and waste.

Explore the health concerns of styrofoam food service wares and the options available to operators looking to move away from styrofoam.

Learn from leaders in health care who have implemented comprehensive, defined IPM programs at health care facilities. Learn about strategic partnerships to advance IPM, purchasing guidance, best practices, and strategies to overcome barriers.

Join us on the part one of a two-part series which aims to equipping facility leaders with best water management practices for achieving health and safety, environmental and financial goals.

Part II: 2016 Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Animal Agriculture Webinar Series

Join us for Part III of a three-part training series on how to use the Greenhealth Cost of Ownership (GCO) Calculator.

Join us for Part II of the three part training series on how to use the Greenhealth Cost of Ownership Calculator.

This Sharing Call will describe why endocrine disruptors are a growing concern and ways to address the topic in the healthcare setting to create a healthier environment for patients, staff and visitors.

Join us for Part I of the three part training series on how to use the Greenhealth Cost of Ownership Calculator.

Part I: 2016 Improving Antibiotic Stewardship in Animal Agriculture Webinar Series

Chris Bodkin, Data Coordinator for Sector Performance & Recognition and Iqbal Mian, Member Engagement Manager at Practice Greenhealth, team up with the EPA's Health Care Portfolio Manager staff to de-mystify the process of energy benchmarking by discussing the goals, measures and calculation details needed to move along the three levels.

This sharing call highlights a theme of actions that can be used at work and at home such as unplugging vampire devices when not in use, using Energy Star rated appliances, dressing appropriately in layers during seasons to even how using the AC in your car saves 10% on fuel efficiency.

Join the Practice Greenhealth Sector Performance Team to review your integrated data package and realize the true value of your membership.

Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) can be the key to reducing solid waste generation by minimizing materials and packaging while also saving time and money. But with hundreds of procured products to consider for improvement opportunities, how do you decide where to focus? This session will dive into two case studies where purchasing decisions were used to reduce waste generation but each approached this opportunity from different angles.

Hospital acquired infections (HAIs) are an urgent health care and public health priority with significant consequences for morbidity, mortality and health care costs. New technologies, including adding antimicrobial agents to hospital furnishings and interiors are being promoted to help address this pressing problem.

This webinar-based course will take the participants through the process of establishing a Strategic Energy Master Planning program within their organizations. Over four 90 minute interactive sessions, the course will cover: - Building a SEMP team and fostering organizational buy-in - Creating organization specific objectives and goals for the plan - Documenting current energy use & energy projects completed to date - Building an energy project pipeline - Establishing a project proposal decision process - Developing full cashflow and lifecycle financial views in proposals - Developing organizational commitment for funding the plan * The course will include "homework" assignments on key topics. Each class is a prerequisite for the following class. * certificate of completion will be awarded. Class size is limited.

Join us to discuss how to develop your marketing communications plan, outline the communications vehicles that are available to you, and determine how to maximize your outreach. This is an exceptional opportunity to get publicity and recognition for your efforts.

This webinar presents the first in a series of Green Employee Benefits for Practice Greenhealth members: Employee Home Solar Discount program.

Learn how Kaiser Permanente uses visioning and formal goals to drive environmental performance across the system.

Join us on the last part of this five-part series to take the next step in climate action by diverting food waste from landfills and nourishing soil and animals.

Join us for a discussion led by Robin Guenther on why resilience planning in the health care sector is a vital practice. Paul Linzmeyer of Thedacare will join her to discuss his lessons learned from using the extensive toolkit.

The recordings from CleanMed 2016 are now available. All the Concurrent Sessions were recorded and are available for free to CleanMed 2016 Full-Conference Member and Sponsor Attendees.

CleanMed 2016 Session

The part one of the five-part series is dedicated to sharing the high-level findings of the ReFED Roadmap to Reduce U.S. Food Waste by 20% which was launched in March to develop a plan for action for all stakeholders committed to reducing waste along the food value chain.

Join us on the part four of this five-part series to learn how to capture and manage food waste through on-site digestion process for reduced costs and diversion from landfills.

Join us on the part three of this five-part series to learn about the benefits of establishing a food donation program and how any hospital can begin donating unused food, demonstrate mission and community benefit through food recovery and donation to the community.

Join us on the part two of the five-part series to learn how to assess food waste opportunities, change behaviors, and how hospitals have saved between 2% and 6% on food purchase spending.

Join Advocate Health Care's York Chan, Ascension Health's Lois Sechrist and Jon Villani of Grumman Butkus as they share their proven strategies. Speakers will review specific strategies and common barriers to HVAC setbacks, LED lighting, and retrofitting sterilization equipment with water economizer features HVAC setbacks save approximately $2,000 to $3,200 per OR per year, and yet only 36.8 percent of Practice Greenhealth award winners had an HVAC setback program in place. Team up Facilities, Infection Prevention and with Operating Room leaders and join Ascension and Advocate Health Care in their energy and water conservation success.

Join us to hear from Dignity Health and Johnson and Johnson as they share why sustainability reporting is important to their respective organizations.

Join us to learn how Evive Station's wellness program can assist your facility in achieving your HHI goals for "Healthy Food and Beverages' and the 'Less Waste Challenge".

Join two experts, one from the US EPA's WaterSense and one from Practice Greenhealth's Circles of Excellence in Water, Luther Midlefort Mayo Clinic, as they share their knowledge and experience. Be prepared to share your successes and challenges with water management.

Learn how Kaiser Permanente created a structure to support continued environmental improvement with a top-down, bottom-up approach to aligning sustainability with their other strategic priorities.

Learn how hospitals in the US and across the World are saving water, saving money, reducing their environmental impacts and improving their resilience to climate change.

Join us while we share what we will present in March for CFOs on on the importance of investing in energy efficiency projects.

Join Janet Howard and Lauren Kleinman for a review of the highlights of the three-year initiative, review the refreshed six Challenge areas and learn about the power of aggregate data through the focused goals of the new Market Transformation Group.

Join Ms. Kirsi Aryan-Edwardson, Director of Nutrition Services, Environmental Services and Sustainability at Littleton Adventist Hospital as we get ready for 2016 Earth Day!

Recorded on 01/27/16 - Jeff Thompson, MD will share his tips for leadership and sustainability programming – for the bottom line, for the community, for staff, patients and the planet.

Join Practice Greenhealth’s Janet Howard, Director, Member Engagement and Nancy Larson, Director of the K-state Pollution Prevention Institute for a review of Practice Greenhealth’s new Sustainability Intern Toolkit and tips for sustainability internship success. Nancy will share successes from partnerships between Kansas State University and Via Christi around energy and water conservation as well as solid waste reduction.

Join Practice Greenhealth’s Janet Howard for a review of the new challenge goals, its associated tools and step by step guidance on how to use the Engaged Leadership challenge to do just that – engage leadership! Join us!

Recorded on 11/18/15 - Proper tracking and management of materials and wastes is on the mind of all hospitals – regardless of how “sustainable” a hospital may be. The Joint Commission requires that every hospital have a Hazardous Material and Waste Management Plan and a process for managing materials and wastes.

EPA has proposed a new rule for how health care facilities must manage their hazardous waste pharmaceuticals. One of the authors of the new proposed rule will explain the main provisions of the proposal.

The regulations implementing the Secure and Responsible Drug Disposal Act became effective in October, 2014. The regulations require controlled substances inventory be disposed of in specific ways. Pharmaceutical wastage is not considered inventory.

Join Marc Morgan, Dartmouth Hitchcock's Manager of Waste, Recycling and Training as we walks us through the process of conducting a baseline analysis and continuously tracking materials and wastes.

Is your organization applying for an Environmental Excellence award this year? Considering applying for the first time? This sharing call is designed to answer your toughest (and most basic) awards questions.

Join us for expert input on what happens with materials after they leave the facility – Learn about material recovery facilities, the reality of marketing materials, what materials are successfully recycled and which are more challenging. Learn how this knowledge can inform conversation with purchasing and a push towards increasing recyclability of plastics.

Healthcare facilities can make a profound difference to our health and our environment through the choices made in menuing, serving and purchasing food.

Join Helen Wirth of Stanford University Medical Center to learn how to achieve benchmarks beyond the Healthier Hospitals Food Challenge by creating an internal team and setting annual goals, engaging your food business suppliers and collaborating with other partners.

Recorded on 09/24/2015 - The Greening the OR Symposium celebrates progress and milestones made on the journey to promoting environmentally friendly practices in the operating room and invites new thinking in innovative ideas to overcome our challenges, and strategies that will result in new areas to address to drive further progress.

Recorded on 09/23/2015 - Hospitals can now measure how well their suppliers are addressing the use of toxic chemicals and moving toward safer alternatives. A new initiative launched this year called the Chemical Footprint Project will provide a tool to assess leadership efforts and support purchasing decisions.

Recorded on 09/22/2015 - During this one-hour webinar, we will be providing hospital staff with in-depth information on what to do once you have benchmarked your hospital into ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager.

Recorded on 09/10/2015 - Social media is quickly rising to prominence as the most impactful way to disseminate and share news, opinions, and hold meaningful conversations. Businesses, including health systems, are leveraging social media to contribute to these conversations.

Recorded on 09/09/2015 - Why do companies care about employee engagement? Do sustainability programs provide breakthrough employee engagement opportunities? Using documented examples, Bob Willard will connect the dots between smart sustainability programs, employee engagement, employee productivity and innovation, and company bottom-line results.

Recorded on 09/02/2015 - Leading Change by Changing the Way You Lead is a dynamic presentation around the strategy of adopting an engaging leadership style focused on empowering people and developing an inspiring workplace culture.

Recorded on 07/29/2015 - The Practice Greenhealth community cares about water, even if pricing in many areas is perversely low. A healthy water supply is essential for heating, cooling and sanitation. Hospitals use a lot of water in these operations and therefore must be good stewards for their community, especially when there is external stressors to the system by record busting drought and heat.

North Shore-LIJ has an ambulance fleet of over 100 vehicles that drive over 2.5 million miles per year, consuming over $1.8 million worth of fuel annually. These ambulances, when deployed, are required to run 24-hours a day, idling in order to maintain all of the on-board systems including controlling the climate for both medicinal purposes and patient comfort.

Recorded 06/30/15 - Health care professionals, grounds staff, managers, volunteers and sustainability teams will experience best practices in two Portland, Oregon health care systems. The presenters have a combined 28 years of experience in health care garden design, programming and evaluation.

Leverage your facility investments by developing a comprehensive energy management plan for your hospital or medical center. Reducing energy usage reduces a hospital's operational costs and carbon footprint.

Recorded on 06/09/2015 - Climate change is having a direct impact on human health. Rising temperatures and increasing levels of greenhouse gases (GHGs) are impacting everything from the nutritional value of food, vector borne diseases, air quality, and mental and behavioral health. And as with many societal challenges, vulnerable populations are disproportionately affected by these changes.

Recorded on 5/28/2015 - This case study demonstrates the deployment of video-equipped robots into the air ducts of a major medical center which resulted in the discovery that the newly upgraded exhaust systems were designed without due consideration of existing systems.

Recorded on 5/28/2015 - Over the past decade, the acceptance and popularity of third-party reprocessing of single-use medical devices (SUD) has grown dramatically. This success is largely driven by the program's ability to safely prevent thousands of tons of medical waste from going into landfills and save healthcare systems hundreds of millions of dollars every year.

Recorded on 5/27/2015 - 3 MBA Students. 9 Months. One Sustainability Challenge. Find out what happened! Seattle Children's Hospital has pioneered a Sustainability Fellowship Program in partnership with Pinchot University's Bainbridge Graduate Institute.

The recordings from CleanMed 2015 are now available. All the Concurrent Sessions were recorded and are available for free to CleanMed 2015 Full-Conference Attendees.

Recorded on 5/6/2015 - Energy benchmarking tools keep evolving, and water is an increasingly precious resource that also merits analysis. Checking your patterns of consumption and comparing them with those of your peers in the healthcare industry can provide invaluable insight, and spark ideas for money-saving improvements.

GreenCity Power designs, builds, owns, operates and provides all the capital to install high-efficiency, natural gas fired co-generation (electricity, heating and chilling) projects that work in parallel with hospital’s existing grid connection and back-up life-safety generators. Increase hospital profitability – by cutting energy expense No capital investment required by hospital Green the hospital – by cutting its CO2 footprint and reducing water consumption HHI Leaner Energy Challenge: Most clients achieve a 3-5% reduction in energy use Improve power reliability and security by having on-site generation, in event of an electric grid outage

Recorded on 05/05/2015 - GreeenCity Power designs, builds, owns, operates and provides all the capital to install high-efficiency, natural gas fired cogeneration (electricity, heating and chilling) projects that work in parallel with hospital’s existing grid connection and back-up life-safety generators.

The recordings from CleanMed 2012 are now available. All the Concurrent Sessions were recorded and are available for free to members.

Recorded on 4/16/2015 - This session has been approved for 1.0 AIA credit - Biophilic design responds to this affinity by bringing elements of nature - views, patterns, textures, materials, sounds, and more - into a building's interior, allowing an occupant to experience aspects of nature even while within a built space.

​Recorded on 4/15/2015 - In order to truly integrate sustainability into hospital operations, effective engagement of front-line leaders is required. Senior leadership endorsement is a necessary prerequisite, but champions who are leaders of front-line staff are critical to educate and engage.

Recorded on 2/26/2015 - Join Christina Vernon, AIA, LEED AP BD+C AVP for a Healthy Environment of Carolinas HealthCare, Lisa S. Burch, MPH Director, Sustainability and Social Responsibility North Shore-LIJ Health System as they share the exciting Earth Day of the past and plans for April 22, 2015

Conducted on 2/12/2015 - With the support and guidance of the George Mason University Center for Climate Change Communications, the National Medical Association, a society of African American physicians, and the American Thoracic Society, recently conducted surveys of their members to assess the impact climate change is having on patients and patient care. Both studies showed that a majority of respondents are already observing health impacts of climate change among their patients.

Recorded on 1/27/15 - This is a rebroadcasting of webinar conducted in May, 2014 but featuring live Q&A section. Methodist Olive Branch Hospital, opened August 26, 2013 in Olive Branch, MS, features several green design innovations only rarely seen in the U.S., and is currently on track for LEED Gold certification under the LEED HC rating system.

Recorded on 08/22/14 - Health professional education provides the opportunity to empower health practitioners of the future to build a practice based on knowledge and best practices in environmental stewardship and implement ecologically sound and healthy alternatives to health care practices that pollute the environment and contribute to disease.

Health professional education provides the opportunity to empower health practitioners of the future to build a practice based on knowledge and best practices in environmental stewardship and implement ecologically sound and healthy alternatives to health care practices that pollute the environment and contribute to disease.

Recorded on 1/7/15 - The content is a repeat of webinars held on 12/17/2014 but featuring with new Q&A.

Recorded on 12/18/2014 - The Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Awards recognize outstanding efforts in sustainability across the health care sector. Businesses that supply the health care sector are encouraged to apply for a Champion for Change Award.

Recorded on 12/17/2014 - Is your hospital looking to get some recognition for its environmental stewardship work? Join us to learn about how you can apply for a Practice Greenhealth Environmental Excellence Award.

Recorded on 12/02/2014 - Wellness initiatives are getting a lot of attention right now, due to the obesity epidemic and costs associated with treatment of chronic disease. Sustainability initiatives are also getting increased attention with a level of leadership engagement like we’ve never seen before.

The recordings from CleanMed 2013 are now available. All the Concurrent Sessions were recorded and are available for free to members.

Recorded on 04/25/2013 - The presentation will explore the history of the program, why it was created, metrics used, current participants and future implications.

​In this presentation, we will share our road map for our full-circle approach to our food policies and practices.

A panel of SEED members representing four major hospital systems will illustrate how their experiences and partnerships have translated into a myriad of original and impactful best practices at sites across the country.

This presentation will focus on the story of a Canadian GPO that turned this barrier into an opportunity to generate more than $1 million for local farmers in Ontario.

In this interactive workshop you will learn about the link between lean and sustainability and how to use lean principles to further sustainability within your organization.

How to start a blue wrap recycling program in your OR. We'll talk about how to engage the OR staff in the collection process, how to collect and sort the blue wrap and how to find a recycler in your area.

This panel will provide an overview of the US Green Building Council's LEED for Healthcare, its uptake in the marketplace, and its evolution with the release of LEEDv4 anticipated in June 2013.

Join us for a step by step approach to developing and implementing a cohesive plan at your facility.

This session will explore tools and techniques to assist facility leaders and designers when establishing materials standards for organizations and specifying healthy building materials during the design process.

Recorded on 11/13/2014 - When you embark on a journey, using a map to chart the course and reach your desired destination is smarter than aimlessly meandering. If your sustainability program is ready to go to the next level and sustain the successes already gained, it's time to think about defining a vision of how the program will mature and develop over at least the next five years.

Recorded on 11/06/14 - Transportation is often overlooked when identifying pollution sources and opportunities for improved environmental performance in health care, yet cars contribute to smog, poor visibility and poor air quality, especially in congested areas. While one can’t smell carbon monoxide, it is emitted from cars and impact people through reducing the amount of oxygen that is transferred to muscles and to the organs. Those at greatest risk are those with heart or respiratory disease.

Recorded 11/04/14 - Selecting food service vendors - particularly food suppliers - that align with a hospital’s local and sustainable food service goals is critical to building a successful program. In this session we will introduce you to a sophisticated tool that Kaiser Permanente has developed and used in their recent supplier Request for Proposal process.

Recorded on 10/29/14 - Many industries are already utilizing standards to incorporate environmentally preferable attributes. The Association for the Advancement of Medical Instrumentation (AAMI*) Sustainability Committee is developing a Technical Information Report (TIR) that will address sustainability across the total medical device product life cycle.

Recorded on 10/21/2014

Recorded on 10/21/2014 - Join York Chan Administrator of Facilities from Advocate Health Care and Austin Rennick, Manager of Energy Solutions at Advocate Health Care for a discussion on Energy Efficiency.

Recorded on 10/20/14 - Leaders from Saint Joseph Mercy Health System will share their story, which includes The Farm at St. Joe's, a 364-acre farm and educational experience on the grounds of St. Joseph Mercy in Ann Arbor, MI, where organic planting methods provide patients, staff, volunteers and visitors an experiential way to understand the link between fresh air, exercise, fresh food, good nutrition and good health.

Recorded on 10/15/2014 - Join Practice Greenhealth and industry expert Charlotte A. Smith, R. Ph., M.S., for an overview of the revised Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) rules regarding controlled substance disposal.

Recorded on 09/23/14 - With tremendous cost pressures within the U.S. health care system, healthcare providers are looking at different ways to save money.

Recorded on 08/06/14 - The Healthier Hospitals Initiative places hospital sustainability programming within the context of a national quality improvement effort. Not only can HHI help to prioritize sustainability initiatives, it can also serve as a framework for regular, system-wide communication on progress and help to define a broad and specific group of stakeholders to share ownership of sustainability initiatives.

Recorded on 7/22/14 - The Enterprise's crew is falling ill to a mysterious illness that re-appears moments after repeated surface disinfection with Trizz, the latest Starfleet approved triple threat compound to neutralize bacteria, virus and spores. If Spock, Kirk and McCoy can't eradicate it the ship's mission and survival is at risk.

Recorded on 12/16/15 -Sponsored by the Health Care Climate Council*, this webinar will introduce the three pillars of climate resilience - mitigation, adaptation, and leadership.

30-minute module defines the interrelationship between sustainability and public health.

This module will highlight the different healthcare-specific drivers for integrating sustainability across the organization—with an emphasis on pinpointing the right drivers to “sell” the concept to different leaders across the organization.

This module will lay out a framework for building an infrastructure to support sustainability in healthcare institutions.

This module will walk participants through a framework for developing a baseline for sustainability.

This module will assist participants in developing appropriate metrics for different sustainability areas and benchmarking progress against industry standards.

Recorded on 7/16/14 - The Health Product Declaration (HPD) is an objective tool for the accurate reporting of product contents and how each ingredient relates to the bigger picture for human and ecological health. It increases the transparency and accuracy of product content and associated health information by ensuring that they are reported in a consistent manner.

Recorded on 5/21/2013:Healthcare organizations run intense operations - often open 24/7, using vast amounts of energy and resources, all while working to serve the local community. Often the largest employer in a community, healthcare organizations have the opportunity to drive positive change and promote sustainability initiatives. A key component to ensuring sustainability initiatives result in successful programs is through the commitment and support of leadership, constant engagement of key stakeholders, and ongoing communication celebrating and promoting these successes. Learn some strategies for effective employee engagement and build that into your HHI goals!

Recorded on 6/17/2014: Join energy experts Kim Shinn and Tim Peglow and learn a few tips and tricks to reduce energy consumption in hospitals by 10 percent or more.

The recordings from CleanMed 2014 are now available. All the Concurrent Sessions were recorded and are available for free to members.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - As sustainability begins to become standard practice in health care, it will require a standard system of measuring progress. Practice Greenhealth has spent the past ten years collecting data on sustainability performance in the health care sector.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - Chilled beam technology yields lower first cost, lower energy costs, saves embodied energy, uses less space, eliminates recirculated air concerns, enhances occupant wellbeing and comfort, and creates quieter spaces.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - Join in for two viewpoints on Cytotoxic Drug Innovation – One from University Hospital Health System’s Geauga Medical Centeron dose distribution to prevent waste generation and pharmaceutical footprint and the second with Pharma-Cycle on proper protocol for safe handling of cytotoxic drugs and other materials in the home, for safety of patient and family, after the patient leaves the facility.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - Climate change is an issue that directly links environmental and human health and the health care industry has a unique responsibility to lead in this important global issue. The presentation will outline a set of external and internal engagements designed to address climate change risks.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - What we buy matters in health care and is a key part of any sustainability journey. A hospital's mission is to protect health, and this mission applies to patients, staff and the entire community. And yet every year, the health care industry spends hundreds of billions of dollars on medical products that have significant environmental impacts. High usage of energy and water, exposure to harmful chemicals and emissions, and tons of waste and pollution created by the products used then become exposure and environmental concerns for patients, staff, and surrounding communities.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - Can new, green hospital spaces improve productivity and patient recovery rates? Come learn about two different case studies at UPMC that statistically compare traditional and new, green spaces. Participants will be guided through the principles of evidencebased design, appropriate study methods and analyses, and encouraged to express their own experiences in traditional or green hospital spaces.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - Physicians are well-poised as leaders to advocate for sustainability as an opportunity for improved health and health care delivery, yet it continues to be rare to find physicians that are actively engaged in the sustainability movement.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - Implementing an Environmentally Preferable Purchasing (EPP) program has consistently been perceived as a daunting task. Often, organizations have many EPP opportunities; but, little resources to manage and implement the work. In this session, audience members will learn how to leverage resources, work cohesively with their Group Purchasing Organization (GPO), categorize their EPP opportunities, create a multi-year, sustainable pipeline of projects, and successfully manage their portfolio through a high level yet comprehensive metrics dashboard.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - This session will highlight best practices for carbon accounting in health care. Carbon accounting principles managed properly in health care lay the foundation for effective enterprise energy management.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - Learn how to become your facility's single use device reprocessing champion. Hear about Sterilmed's 50 point implementation process as well as clinical testimonials and ways to increase surgeon participation.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - This session by a nursing administrator and a leading research and practice based architect will explore the evolution of a new practice model based on simulation. Together they will explain a process which results in high-performing projects by integrating a series of analysis and synthesis tools.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - The Healthier Hospitals Initiative's Engaged Leadership Challenge can be used as more that a static "check the boxes" reporting framework. It can effectively be employed as a tool to motivate ongoing engagement of leaders and staff at all levels, accelerating progress toward a truly embedded culture of sustainability with a hospital organization.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - The health care sector bears the burden of treating diseases associated with a broken food system. Obesity, diabetes, malnutrition, heart diseases, childhood cancer and other chronic diseases are the costly consequences of a food system that favors nutritionally poor processed foods and relies on heavy use of pesticides and other chemicals. Upstream solutions are needed to change this landscape.

Recorded on 06/05/2014 - This session explores the unique issues involved when taking what we have learned from the successful Greening the OR® Initiative to our energy intensive hospital laboratories. Hospital laboratories are unique in their consumption of disposable goods, their waste generation, and their exposure to biologic tissues and chemical compounds.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - During a pilot a case study was born. Ridgeview followed a step-by-step plan focused on gaining leadership support and buy-in, identifying and implementing no- and low-cost operational strategies, and utilizing tools and materials for employee awareness and engagement.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Lead your facility to a new level of compliant and sustainable practices for managing pharmaceutical waste streams throughout your hospital to protect the environment and your bottom line.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Gundersen Health System has successfully created a comprehensive waste program, integrating laboratory, pharmaceutical, patient care, environmental health and services, and facility operation waste streams to reduce cost and environmental impact.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Building materials and furniture are complex. Understanding the health impacts of the products specified every day is even more complex. Join two well-known leaders in sustainable health care design and two sustainable leaders in the furniture and flooring product industries to learn more about the Health Product Declaration (HPD): an objective tool for accurate product content reporting and the relationship of product content to human and ecological health.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - This session will focus on how members of the Catholic Health Association have worked with community members to improve community health by addressing environmental factors.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - A multidisciplinary panel, including representatives from administration, supply chain, facilities as well as a general surgery resident from a leading health system will present action oriented strategies and organizational approaches toward Greening the OR.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - This session will discuss the impacts of climate change on healthcare organizations; explore ways to reduce the contributory impact of the health care sector to these phenomena; and propose long term strategies and short term implementation plans to make the delivery of health care services more resilient in the face of these challenges.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - The health care industry accounts for 8 percent of United States greenhouse gas (GHG) production. This estimate does not, however, account for inhaled anesthetics which are potent greenhouse gases. New Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) research shows that inhaled anesthetics are responsible for the single most significant environmental footprint within the operating room, and may account for as much as a staggering 1 percent of the health care industry's total GHG production.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Partnerships with community organizations can help advance sustainability efforts within a hospital and build healthier communities.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Healthy interiors can contribute to healthier workplaces and to reduced patient exposures. Reducing harmful chemicals in furnishings is an important part of a move to healthy interiors. Health care leaders are increasingly seeking products with a safer environmental profile to meet environmental and safety goals.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Ever wondered why sustainability leaders report? Because it's a valuable management tool! In this ninety-minute session, we will discuss the benefits of leveraging reporting frameworks such as SASB and GRI and how they help leaders in health care focus on what matters and organize for success.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Environmental sustainability will be an essential component of successful health care organizations in the future. Sustainable decision-making has both a direct and indirect impact on patients' experience.

Recorded 06/04/2014 - This will be a panel discussion amongst four to six nurse leaders focused on climate change and health. The speakers are involved in regional, national, and global efforts to increase climate awareness and mitigate climate change via innovative projects and advocacy efforts.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - At the North Shore-LIJ Health System, getting the message about sustainability out to 45,000+ employees can be a challenge. Learn how, with consistent messaging, use of social media, partnering with community based organizations, and innovative programming, they were able to start the conversation about sustainability and create green champions across the system.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - In response to tremendous cost pressures, health care providers have pursued significant savings initiatives including operational efficiencies, staffing reductions, and supply chain efficiency, including rationalization and reduction in price points.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Due to increased organizational awareness, consumer demand and changing regulations, leading product manufacturers, suppliers, and health care organizations are highly motivated to eliminate chemical hazards from their supply chains and identify and use safer alternatives.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - The Menu of Options panel will provide participants with information about how hospitals and health systems have committed to improving their food service operations, purchasing and serving healthier food to their patients, staff and the community, and how their efforts contribute to building a healthier food system.

Recorded on 06/04/2014 - Sustainability is a platform that bridges patient-centered care, evidence based design and design innovation. This session will bring together a diverse group of views, all with a goal of advancing the quality of health care through design.

Recorded on 06/03/2014 - Common knowledge dictates that sustainability initiatives require grassroots support, but who supports the grassroots? Approaching the question from a cultural standpoint this panel will explore common characteristics of leadership in the sustainable health care initiatives of three hospitals.

Recorded on 06/03/2014 - This session will detail UH's case study of implementing the HHI Leaner Energy challenge through collaborating with internal and external stakeholders and creating a system wide energy management plan,

Recorded on 06/03/2014-This session will share a case study from Baptist Health South Florida and will focus on implementation strategies for an efficient and compliant pharmaceutical waste reusable bin management program, including team development, identification of business partners, medication labeling, bin placement, training and ongoing monitoring.

Recorded on 06/03/2014 - Global Green and Healthy Hospitals (GGHH), founded by Health Care Without Harm in 2012, is a worldwide network of hospitals, health systems and health organizations committed to sustainability.

Recorded on 06/03/2014 - The Healthier Hospitals Initiative (HHI) represents a shared leadership to promote healthier communities, including reductions in exposures to harmful chemicals. In this session, Beaumont Health Systems and Kaiser Permanente will serve as case studies for how to implement the Safer Chemicals Challenge, discussing best practices, steps for overcoming challenges, internal messaging, strategies for achieving the challenges, and key partnerships with vendors in the purchase of safer materials.

Recorded on 06/03/2014 - On average, Americans eat 33 percent more meat than is recommended by the USDA. This meat-heavy diet has negative environmental and public health impacts. Globally, livestock for meat and dairy production accounts for 18 percent of the world's greenhouse gases. In addition, approximately 80 percent of all of the antibiotics used in the U.S. are used in agriculture, primarily for meat production, which is contributing to a sharp increase in antibiotic resistant bacteria.

Recorded on 06/03/2014-As an increasing number of hospitals plan for energy related projects, this session will clearly illustrate the many advantages to peer-to-peer communications and how hospitals can build on one another's successes through project visibility.

Recorded on 5/29/14: This presentation will address some of MOBH's most innovative green design features, including a geothermal HVAC system and dynamic, photoelectric glass that automatically adjusts its tint to reduce solar gain.

Recorded on 5/15/2014: Join Clark Reed, U.S. EPA's National Program Manager for Health Care, to get an understanding of how EPA's ENERGY STAR Portfolio Manager tool can help provide a foundation for your energy management program.

Recorded on 5/6/2014: In 2014 furniture suppliers can meet a new flammability standard without harmful flame retardants. Gain helpful tools to help minimize toxic exposure and reduce expenses.

Recorded on 05/06/2014 - ​Join Inova Health System’s Carolyn Billetdeaux who will be sharing information about Inova’s newly implemented Green Ambassadors program for employees.

Recorded on 4/30/2014: Learn about the environmental and public health benefits of purchasing sustainably produced food. Hear case study examples from across the country of hospitals increasing their sustainable food purchasing efforts. Be introduced to key resources for goal setting, implementing, tracking and reporting for successful hospital sustainable food purchasing initiatives.

Recorded on 4/9/2014: View this informative webinar to learn how University Hospitals are accelerating environmental purchasing in their supply chain.

Recorded on 4/2/2014: This session provides a review of the potential for environmental and human healing with landscape management with a case study from various ecosystem based projects.

Recorded on 03/26/2014 - Are you planning on celebrating Earth Day 2014 on April 22?Need some new ideas? Did you do something very successful last year that you’d be willing to share with your colleagues? Are you shy, and would enjoy listening to inspiring ideas from others? Then this call is for you!

Recorded on 3/18/2014: Take away tips to link employee wellness to health care spending. Understand one organization's success in linking wellness with environmental stewardship activities.

Recorded on 3/13/2014: Attendees will come away with a much clearer understanding of the effectiveness of sustainable laundry care products and the importance of their use in protecting people and the planet.

Recorded on 3/4/2014: ​Understand how single-use device reprocessing has become an essential component to hospitals sustainability programs as they attempt to do more with less.

Recorded on 2/27/14: Hear from the State of Vermont, as a leader in food waste composting, with a case study by Fletcher Allen on their food waste composting. Join us to take the next step in climate action by diverting food waste from landfills and nourishing soil.

Recorded on 2/20/2014: o meet this demand, internationally recognized tools and methods are required by the sector to facilitate cost effective management of GHG emissions.

Recorded on 1/28/2014: Join us to hear the findings of a new study from the Harvard School of Public

Recorded on 1/22/2014: In this workshop we'll share how we've embraced this model of distributed leadership in our Green Team and experienced improved engagement.

Recorded on 1/15/2014:This discussion will look at the best techniques for engaging stakeholders, identifying reporting needs, managing data and disclosure across a large organization and its supply chain.

Recorded on 12/20/2013: Join Gary and Seema and be part of the transformation that is sweeping the world.

Recorded on 12/12/2013: The dynamic format of this session will include direct project experience and feedback on the use of the LEED for Healthcare rating system since its launch at CleanMed in 2011.

Recorded on 12/11/2013 - Join Brenna Davis, Director of Sustainability at Virginia Mason for a discussion on Patient /Family Housing Energy and Water Upgrade.

Recorded 11/18/2013: Discuss strategies for successful implementation of recycling and regulated medical waste minimization programs.Highlight Johns Hopkins Health System case study, cost savings, successes and lessons learned.

Recorded on 11/14/2013: Learn how the Military Health System's World Class guidelines, the US Army Medical Command's sustainability vision, LEED for Healthcare, USGBC Pilot Credits and Evidence-Based Design methodology merged to create a vision for a whole-campus approach to healthcare design.

Recorded on 11/13/2013: Join us to learn more about Beaumont Health System's robust sustainability program and strategies for ongoing success

Recorded on 11/7/2013: This webinar will explore the potential for the health sector to take steps for creating fossil free portfolios and expanding clean tech investments.

Recorded on 11/6/2013: This third and final webinar in the series underscores the importance of developing comprehensive evaluation criteria to be used as an iterative process, rather than one that is linear or sequential.

Recorded on 12/17/2013: The Safer Chemicals challenge of the Healthier Hospitals Initiatives looks to reduce the use of these chemical exposures.

Recorded on 10/31/2013: LED technology has a number of benefits, allowing the equipment to pay for itself with supply savings, energy efficiency improvements, clinical performance improvements and clinician comfort.

Recorded on 10/29/2013 Learn how Cleveland Clinic and Inova Health System have developed comprehensive strategies, from employee surveys and events to community farmer's markets and local press - to drive sustainability and the Healthier Hospitals Initiative.

Recorded on 10/23/2013: Learn how to harness these benefits to create environments that are healthier for patients and employees.

Recorded on 10/22/2013: Learn ways to prioritize your efforts and the best practices to gain support from key stakeholders.Hear EPP case studies that could be considered in your organization

Recorded on 10/16/2013: Learn from two nurses' and two physicians' strategies for engaging various types of clinicians, successes, and suggestions for overcoming barriers.

Recorded on 10/15/2013: Obtain tools and ideas for implementing the concepts to create more sustainable healthcare spaces.

Recorded on 10/10/2013:Learn about day-to-day sustainable operations and facilities management in a green-designed, healthier environments hospital.

Recorded on 10/09/2013:During this call they will share their personal reasons for engagement, their successes, future plans and answer questions. Bring your leadership, your challenges, and your questions and join the conversation.

Recorded on 9/27/2013: This session will provide tools to "Sustain the Surge" within your dynamic healthcare environment as you "Surge" ahead with your own positive efforts

Recorded on 9/24/2013:The team will present and discuss approaches, results, suggested strategies through a digital tool developed for implementing Targeting 100!

Recorded on 9/19/2013: Apply the concept of Life Cycle Analysis to institutional purchasing practice guidelines.

Recorded on 9/18/2013:This session, by Kaiser' Permanente's Executive Director for National Facilities Services and the leaders of one of the competition finalists will examine KP's goals for the project, the kinds of responses received, and the thinking embedded in the three final submissions.

Recorded on 9/17/2013: Join this webinar to learn more about these strategies to reduce waste, and how other organizations have achieved this goal!

Recorded on 9/12/2013: To fully realize its benefits, sustainability must evolve beyond being a separate initiative or as an add-on to an organization’s current business model. In this webinar series, we’ll explore how companies can integrate sustainability into three key phases of their business planning process: planning, implementation, and evaluation.<br /><br />This second webinar of the series will focus on how to take the plan and put it into action. Many plans that look brilliant on paper end up gathering dust on the shelf, eventually becoming irrelevant. Find out how to implement a plan in a way that balances the discipline and flexibility needed to stay focused on goals within the midst of changing circumstances.

Recorded on 9/10/2013:Healthier Hospitals Initiative's framework with the Triple Aim - and how it can play an integral role in healthier environments for patients, staff and communities.

Recorded on 8/15/2013: ​The webinar will focus on how to conduct a survey to gauge employee interest and engagement in sustainability.

Recorded on 08/08/2013 - Join Carolyn Billetdeaux, Sustainability Associate at Inova Health System and Justin Graves, Sustainability Coordinator at University of Maryland Medical Center for a discussion on farmers' markets for all.

Recorded on 7/31/2013: In this webinar series, we’ll explore how companies can integrate sustainability into three key aspects of their business planning process: planning, implementation, and evaluation

Recorded on 7/29/2013: Come learn how community benefit and the Healthier Hospitals Initiative align, and discuss what the next generation of environmental health community benefits should look like.

Recorded on 7/26/2013: This webinar will present an overview of packaging waste in hospitals, review the possibilities of reusable packaging in hospitals, provide a step-by-step method for achieving success, identify pitfalls to avoid and hear from two of the pilot facilities, New Haven Hospital and University of Missouri Health Care

Recorded on 7/24/2013:This presentation shows how to build a business case for sustainability and use the Triple Bottom Line to illustrate and measure performance.

Recorded on 7/23/2013:Maintaining the gains from a sustainability project is often an "after thought" or not considered at all.

Recorded on 7/18/2013: ​In the modern era, no pharmaceutical substance has ever been successfully recovered and reused in patient care.

Recorded on 6/26/2013: Five new/pace-setting world-class healthcare case studies of projects in the New England/Mid Atlantic climate zones will be offered in the form of unsolved energy and interior finish design challenges.

Recorded on 6/25/2013:This webinar will address some of the confusion around BPA and provide guidance in the face of uncertainty

Conducted on 06/21/2013 - Join Dan Bolton, PhD, Group Leader for Plasticizers Technical Service and Application Development at Eastman Chemical Company for a discussion on how suppliers go DEHP-free.

Conducted on 06/20/2013 - Join Shirley Jones, RN, IBCLC, RLC to learn how she brought the Baby Friendly Hospital Initiative to Magee Womens Hospital of UPMC.

Recorded on 6/11/2013: This seminar will provide an insider's perspective where Administrators and Clinicians can positively impact the Sustainability of a new building or renovation project.

Recorded on 6/3/13: This session was conducted by two world recognized healthcare architects and leaders in sustainable healthcare consulting, will feature a new generation of inspiring hospitals and other healthcare facilities from around the world.

Recorded on 5/28/2013: This webinar will explore key concepts outlined in EcoCaregiver(TM) and how participation in the program supports development of an informed workforce.

We will discuss our recently published study of cost savings from hospital implementation of energy use reduction, waste reduction, and more efficient purchase of operating room supplies.

​The presenters explore leadership priorities through sustainability, beginning with the journey of a leader, Knox Singleton, the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Inova, a community health system based in Virginia.

Recorded on 5/23/2013: Using our success as a catalyst, we'll discuss how anyone can launch a reuse store and in broader terms, how healthcare can gain control of the excesses beyond the recycling bin.

Recorded on 5/15/2013:This webinar will address the process of activating a plastics recycling program in a patient care setting from initial planning and business decisions through program implementation and improvement considerations.

Recorded on 5/09/2013:This presentation addresses how to minimize your organization’s electronic waste by allowing for the reuse of all functioning equipment at the time that it is ‘retired’ from use, and to ensure that what must be sent for recycling is processed by a responsible and properly certified recycler.

Recorded on 5/02/2013: Attendees will leave this presentation with an understanding of the commissioning/retro-commissioning process as it applies to healthcare environments.

This session will provide participants with an understanding of the TCO concept and detailed case studies based on implementation strategies.

Recorded on 04/26/2013 - The session will raise awareness of climate change and encourage debate regarding the need to appraise the carbon footprint of pharmaceutical and medical devices.

Recorded on 04/26/2013 - Use this session to get a handle on the many opportunities and issues, including state and federal incentives, interconnection, standby rates and utility interface.

We will discuss strategies and opportunities for physician involvement, explore ways to overcome barriers to participation and discuss next steps for bringing physicians to the forefront of the health care sustainability movement.

Learn how to make the case for funding a position and how to build the kind of green team that ensures the coordinator's success.

This program will provide participants with examples of how a healthcare facility implemented a program that engaged hospital leaders and shifted the culture to a "we're all in this together" mentality for managing waste.

This session will outline these concepts and discuss user experiences in learning and implementing flexible sustainability reporting that informs staff, patients, employees, communities and other interested stakeholders about the processes, procedures, initiatives and involvement that make hospitals a responsible and sustainable member of their community.

The panel will discuss some new innovative approaches to sourcing seafood that matches social, economic, nutrition, environmental and food system values shared by many health care facilities.

Physicians are uniquely positioned to drive change toward healthier, more sustainable and cost-effective solutions within the operating room.

This session by two world recognized healthcare architects and a leader in sustainable healthcare consulting will feature a new generation of inspiring hospitals and other healthcare facilities from around the world.

The session will highlight seed funding opportunities, project selection, fund management, and the committee formation process.

Participants will be guided through life cycle thinking exercises, and based on the results of the Magee-Womens Hospital case study, we will debate potential strategies for sustainable improvements in the OR.

​This session will explore the imperative for a new thinking about health and nutrition to include a critical framing around a healthy food system.

Come hear answers and discuss what the 'next generation' of environmental health community benefits should look like.

This session will review the common sustainability metrics used in the healthcare sector and evaluate the feasibility of using these and other new metrics to accurately measure sustainability performance.

​Five new/pace-setting world-class healthcare case studies of projects in the New England/Mid Atlantic climate zones will be offered in the form of unsolved energy and interior finish design challenges

This workshop will provide insight into the evolving insurance provider view of environmental sustainability as a business and health imperative, discuss ways the industry would like to contribute to the CleanMed community, and engage the audience in an important conversation around sustainable value creation in health care.

In this session, Beaumont Health System and Kaiser Permanente will serve as case studies for how to implement the Safer Chemicals Challenges, discussing best practices, steps for overcoming challenges, internal messaging, strategies for achieving the challenges, and key partnerships with vendors in the purchase of safer materials.

The session will explore internal team building as well as connections in the community, to build and effective sustainable food service operation.

This session will explore emerging models that consider materials as part of a larger ecosystem, or "ecological metabolism."

Together product manufacturers, suppliers, and health care organizations are collaborating on this effort to improve the health outcomes of patients, workers, and communities by reducing the use of hazardous chemicals in products, consequently our environment.

Recorded on 04/25/2013 - Join us as we compare the anatomies of Boston and Chicago hospital energy management.

See it all coming to reality in the ground breaking Gundersen Lutheran Critical Care Tower expansion in LaCrosse, Wisconsin, as Gundersen Lutheran stays on track to become energy independent by 2014.

Participants will broaden their concept of recycling and reuse of materials and see the environmental, economic and community benefit of waste management and also for system-wide contracting for improved environmental performance and cost savings.

Join us for two win-win strategies, where less is definitely more.

​This session will feature Boston's Partners Healthcare and California's Kaiser Permanente in their use of lean principles to improve waste reduction efforts.

Panelists will discuss specific sustainability initiatives from around the world, the development of the global network, and the role of US hospitals and health systems in the effort.

In a panel discussion format, find out what the GPOs have accomplished, how your organization can play a role and the steps hospitals can take to support market change.

The session will explore strategies for success, challenges, and ways that the organizations are striving to improve the health of not only hospital patients, but the entire community.

Attendees will be obtain "take home" implementation ideas for their water conservation programs.

The goal is to 'hard wire' sustainable food into the food distribution and food services industries.

Information on developing purchasing and contracting strategies to maximize purchasing efficiencies both economically and environmentally will be presented.

The discussion will cover energy conservation successes, tracking and reporting, funding mechanisms, making the case for energy investment and staff engagement.

Greening The OR: What's Next?

​This exciting session features sustainability champions from two hospitals affiliated with famously competitive educational institutions.

This session will explore this initiative, and efforts in New England to aggregate institutional demand to build a regional food system.

Come hear from three leading healthcare organizations as they share strategies and stories about their implementation of the HHI Food challenge.

The program aims to building a healthier population by bringing together youth, senior citizens, educators and volunteers to learn how to grow, prepare and distribute nutritious, organic, sustainable foods and increase physical activity for all involved.

Learn how to prioritize and uncover opportunities, negotiate ideal terms and conditions with suppliers, and work best with sourcing managers to gain support from all stakeholders.

Recorded on 4/19/2013:In this presentation learn how one organization, of over 10,000 employees, energized the work force, and set up processes to succeed with Green and Sustainable initiatives.

Recorded on 4/3/2013: ​Most furniture, computers, mattresses, television sets and other items have flame retardants in them to ensure they meet fire safety standards. The challenge is that the fire retardants start to degrade right away.

Recorded on 3/28/2013: ​This presentation covers the following special areas: HIPPA, confidential paper recycling, bin size issues, fire codes, OR & procedure room recycling, pill bottles, labels, needles, medical products, plastics, education, hazardous waste, electronic waste, reusable waste, cafeterias.

Recorded on 3/27/2013: We will present the strategies to achieve the ambitious energy reduction goal and review the funding methods used to pay for energy efficiency projects and the selection and implementation process used for the Preferred Energy Consulting Firm engagement.

Conducted on 03/21/2013 - Join Andrew Hagedorn from Schneck Medical Center and John Drigot of University of Colorado North Medical Center for a conversation on Earth Day ideas.

Designed for pharmacists, this self-paced, knowledge-based course will explore the issues of pharmaceuticals and the environment.

Designed for pharmacists, this self-paced, knowledge-based course will explore why pharmaceuticals in the environment is an emerging issue of concern.

Designed for pharmacists, this self-paced, knowledge-based course will provide an overview of pharmaceuticals in the environment and why this is an issue.

Recorded on 2/20/2013: ​This webinar offers a road map and instructions for new and returning members of Practice Greenhealth.

Recorded on 2/14/2013:This presentation will discuss how to create high performance, healing environments, not just buildings, from an institutional masterplanning perspective.

Recorded 2/07/2013: This webinar will be an introduction to the Healthy Beverages initiative, the science behind it, and how hospitals are participating in Healthy Beverages.

Recorded on 2/05/2013: The webinar will provide an introduction to GRFs and discuss seed funding opportunities, project selection, collaboration with leadership and administration, the committee formation process, and provide a few case studies.GRFs not only streamline the financing and cost-saving tracking process but also provide a perpetual financing source for sustainability projects. Ultimately, GRFs make sense economically and socially; they have robust ROIs and improve overal

Recorded on 1/31/2013:Futurecast 2030: Sustainable Healthcare Design will enable attendees to envision the environmental expectations on the healthcare design sector in 2030, and how to begin building that capability in projects today.

Recorded on 10/18/12 - In the operating room, the stakes are high and moments count. Great measures are taken to prevent bad outcomes. At the same time, the most recent and conservative Practice Greenhealth (PGH) estimate places annual hospital waste at 5.9 million tons per year in the United States alone. Perioperative services is the single largest clinical generator of trash in all of health care, responsible for upwards of 30% of hospital waste, and making the operating room a critical target for sustainability efforts.

Recorded on 1/16/2013: ​This webinar will take participants step by step through the Healthier Hospitals Initiative’s Smarter Purchasing Challenges’ Electronic Products Environmental Assessment (EPEAT) tool.

Recorded on 1/16/13: Viewers will walk step by step through the Healthier Hospitals Initiative’s Smarter Purchasing Challenges’ Electronic Products Environmental Assessment (EPEAT) tool.

Conducted on 01/09/2013 - Learn more about how to two large healthcare organizations have developed a carbon footprint for their healthcare operations.

Conducted on 12/12/2012 - Join Deborah Keane, RD, LD, Director of Nutritional Services from Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center for a discussion on healthy beverage.

Recorded on 12/11/12:This webinar will ask leaders in the industry to look at the issue in depth and to answer the following questions: what is driving these EPP decisions, what role does EPP have in the day to day operations, what are best practices for successful implementation and how to best partner with suppliers.

Recorded on 12/06/12:The session will include specific best practices to control the quantity of runoff leaving your site as well as structural and programmatic solutions to keep pollutants out of runoff.

Recorded on 11/08/12 - Reprocessing/remanufacturing programs – when executed effectively – not only produce substantial cost savings for hospitals, but also reduce environmental impact more significantly than most other ‘green’ programs since it requires no up-front capital investment.

Recorded on 11/01/12 - The presentation will discuss the process of what is involved in conducting a water usage audit, discussion the various solutions and the economics and sustainability impacts of these solutions.

Recorded 10/23/12 - Interest in identifying alternatives to medical devices and supplies containing PVC has grown for several reasons. In addition to the hazardous compounds formed by its incineration, PVC manufacture requires ethylene dichloride, a likely human carcinogen, and vinyl chloride monomer, a known human carcinogen. Workers in PVC manufacturing and fence line communities next to these facilities are at risk for exposure to these chemicals. Many uses of PVC require the addition of plasticizers to the polymer to impart flexibility. Diethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), a member of another family of chemicals of concern, is the most common plasticizer used.

Recorded on 10/16/12 - Health care has significant purchasing power, representing 17 percent of the marketplace. The surgical department represents a considerable portion of hospital purchases, with estimates suggesting the OR is responsible for approximately 33 percent of all hospital supply costs. Within the OR, supply costs can comprise more than 50% of the departmental budget.

Recorded on 09/20/12 - Today, engineering systems are being challenged both from a first cost and life cycle cost perspective. Hence, the goal is provide nimble, yet responsive systems that improve efficiency and efficacy including with existing installations.

Recorded on 09/18/12 - The Leaner Energy Challenge engages hospitals to use Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager to measure their building’s performance and to join a community of hospitals working together to conserve energy use through a menu of options. The three levels in this challenge are further reduction in energy use over time.

Recorded on 09/13/12 - Hospitals and healthcare systems have the opportunity to support a sustainable food system through their purchasing decisions. By procuring and serving sustainably-produced and seasonal foods, healthcare institutions can provide direct benefits to their patients and staff; while also boosting the larger economic, ecological, and public health of their communities. Developing and implementing sustainable food policies can support and drive these sustainable procurement efforts.

Recorded on 09/13/12 - This presentation will examine a hospital’s various stakeholder groups and identify ways to successfully communicate with each of them. It will also review common obstacles to employee engagement and discuss tactics for overcoming them to create a sustainability program which successfully engages employees.

Recorded on 08/30/12 - Healthy local farmland is an essential ingredient in providing healthy local food to health care institutions, strengthening the local economy, and enhancing communities. Learn how health care professionals and food service providers can support farm-to-table initiatives and maintain efficient, resilient, and reliable links between farmers, distributors, institutions, and consumers.

Conducted on 08/22/2012 - Join Thora Khademazad, Manager at Health Enhancement of Tenet for a discussion on wellness and sustainability.

Recorded on 08/16/12 - Healthcare organizations are increasingly pressured to deliver better patient outcomes with fewer resources. By applying Lean principles to improve physical processes within the OR, facilities can see a reduction in waste and incur cost savings - further driving sustainability in the surgical department while increasing overall efficiency. Learn about Lean tools and strategies, such as rigid sterilization containers, from MetroWest Medical Center’s experience and how these principles can be applied at your facility.

Recorded on 08/02/12 - It’s no coincidence that the most successful sustainability initiatives have leadership engagement and support. The Engaged Leadership Challenge is the foundation for the other interventions. Engaged Leaders have taken the time to create a firm structure to support the ongoing work.

Recorded on 07/25/12 - The Greening the OR Initiative was launched with a focus on acute care settings, primarily in hospitals. As this Initiative progresses, we feel it makes sense to include all facilities with surgical environments, including outpatient centers, surgery centers, physician offices and more. These non-hospital settings face many of the same sustainability issues and challenges as hospitals.

Recorded on 7/12/12: This webinar will be an introduction to the Healthy Beverages initiative, the science behind it, and how hospitals are participating in Healthy Beverages

​Recorded on 7/12/12: This webinar will delineate the science linking climate change impacts to human health and provide climate mitigation strategies for the health care sector by examining current energy consumption and pinpointing energy saving measures.

Conducted on 07/11/2012 - Join Jeff Rich, Executive Director of Envision Program at Gundersen Health for a discussion on renewable energy.

Recorded on 6/20/12: This presentation will provide an overview of anesthetic gas systems, their environmental impact, and the available mitigation strategies.

Recorded on 06/18/2012 - Join Joshua Miller of Spectrum Health, Tom Kelly of Montefiore Medical Center and Mike Geller of Providence Health and Services for a discussion on human resource.

Recorded on 5/31/12: Acoustics are an integral part of the overall goal of providing an optimum environment of care for healthcare professionals and patients.

Recorded on 5/17/12: In a 2007 study of products in stores by Terra Choice, all but one of the 1,018 products examined had environmental claims that were noticeably false or risked misleading intended audiences. Come hear from two experts in the field how not only to buy “green” but also how to market products as “green” to avoid being duped.

Recorded on 4/17/12: Join the Healthier Hospital Initiative’s Co-Directors, Seema Wadhwa and Janet Brown as they introduce the three-year Healthier Hospital Initiative.

Recorded on 4/11/12: This presentation is an overview of 4 important topics: waste reduction, energy reduction, toxic and biohazard materials, and responsible purchasing.

Recorded on 3/29/12: A case study- Gundersen Lutheran waste is tracked according to how much is being thrown away and why.

Recorded on 3/22/12: An overview of nanosilver, the potential benefits and risks it may pose and the regulatory aspects that arise.

Recorded on 3/21/2012: Take a look at the casual relationship between health care and climate change.

ractice Greenhealth launched the Greening the OR Initiative in response to member requests and compelling research indicating the operating room, while a huge revenue generator, is also a significant contributor to the hospital’s waste, supply, and energy streams, thus a high-impact area for greening efforts.

Recorded on 02/09/12 - Disposable blue sterile wrap, made of polypropylene plastic (#5) , is used to wrap kits for different procedures prior to sterilization and delivery to the surgery suite. After the kit is opened, the sterile blue wrap is thrown away, creating approximately 19% of the waste generated in surgical services .

Recorded on 01/19/2012 - Join Bill Solberg, Director, Community Services Department at Columbia St. Mary’s and Dan Simpson, Chief Development Officer for the Dispensary of Hope for a discussion on surplus medication donation.

Recorded on 12/13/2011 - Join Julie Marth, Education and Outreach Coordinator from Office for a Healthy Environment at Cleveland Clinic for a discussion on staff engagement & environmental sustainability.

Recorded on 12/20/2011 - Join Michael Geller from Providence Health & Services and Josh Miller from Spectrum Health as they share their insights on the ROI of a system wide membership with Practice Greenhealth.

Recorded on 12/07/11 - Healthcare organizations are increasingly recognizing that third-party reprocessing of medical devices labeled “single use” is a safe and effective process that can help redirect valuable financial resources back into patient care while significantly reducing the volume of regulated medical waste generated by the organization and reducing the operating room’s (OR) supply budget.

Recorded on 11/22/211 - Join our presenters for a discussion on electrical vehicle charging stations.

Recorded on 01/18/2011 - Join our presenters for a discussion on ethylene oxide use reduction and elimination.

Recorded on 11/17/11 - The operating room (OR) is the epicenter of today’s hospital with a recent study by the McKesson Group estimating that the OR generates 42% of the hospital’s revenue. A primary source of hospital admissions, the OR also drives significant costs related to equipment, supplies and personnel — the OR is the leader in medical supply usage for the entire hospital.

Recorded on 10/19/2011 - Join Paul Kelley, Director of Biomedical Engineering and Green Initiative on a call where he shared details of the Washington Hospital's Medication Take-Back Program.

Recorded on 9/21/2011: This presentation will describe the visual workplace, including an overview of the lean system of 5 S in the hospital setting and discuss the interrelationship between lean and environmental sustainability.

Recorded on 08/15/2011 - Join Denise Choiniere, Sustainability Manager of University of Maryland Medical Center as we learn more about the Farmer's Markets with University of Maryland Medical Center.

Recorded on 08/05/2011 - Join Alison Waske from Metro Hospital and Chris Parkinson from Cleveland Clinic on a discussion on how to breaking the 25% recycling ceiling.

Recorded on 07/28/2011 - Join John D'Angelo, Senior Director of Facilities at Cleveland Clinic as he shared the success at his facility.

Recorded on 07/26/2011 - Join Dr, Mark Repenshek from Healthcare Ethicist as we took a closer look at Columbia St. Mary's Sustainability Survey on environmental behaviors, attitudes and understandings.

Recorded on 06/17/2011 - Join Josh Miller, Sustainability Coordinator at Spectrum Health on a discussion on leadership's role in sustainability initiatives.

Recorded on 06/08/2011 - Join Jessica Prata, Sustainability Officer at New York Presbyterian on a discussion on employee engagement.

Recorded on 05/20/2011 - Join Mike Geller from Providence Health & Services and Josh Miller from Spectrum Health on a discussion on hazardous pharmaceutical waste.

Recorded 2/22/2011 - Join Jonathan Huls, Manager of Plant Operations and Barbara Hamilton, Sustainability Manager from Palomar Pomerado as we learn more about their In-House HIPAA compliant shredding truck operation.