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A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. How Can You NOT Green Your Hospital?. April 2, 2012. What are you already doing?. A teaching hospital of Harvard Medical School. Raise your hand if you have: Any sustainability work going on in your hospital Any recycling programs - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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What are you already doing?
Raise your hand if you have:
Any sustainability work going on in your hospital Any recycling programs Any energy or water conservation projects Any waste reduction projects A green mission statement A green team A sustainability strategic plan An understanding of what green initiatives save money Buy-in from a CEO/COO/Senior Leader A part or full-time sustainability position
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I would starting greening my hospital tomorrow, if only ____
When I think about starting to green my hospital, I worry about ____
I want to green my hospital but I am not sure about_____
Fill in any one of following statements:
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Initiative Savings
Recycled Paper $45,759
Recycled Cardboard $17,270
Reprocessed Devices $240,842
Shuttle Fuel $21,015
Shift to online referral guide $36,500
Stop defrosting meat w/running water $14,000
Single Stream Recycling $25,910
Metal Recycling $11,213
Wood Recycling -$503
Donations $9,209
E-waste recycling $5,987
Reduced Paper Use $13,532
Reupholstery $15,920
Total FY Savings $456,654
The real question is can you afford NOT to do this work?
Proposed ChangesAnnual Savings
Reduced Bottled Water Use $50,000
Convert Water Filters $70,000
Eliminate Cooler cups, except in patient areas $18,000
Eliminate paper Radiology & Pathology reports $115,000
Bring parking subsidies in line with T-pass and vanpool subsidies $400,000
Keep research fume hoods closed $60,000
Total $713,000
Actual BIDMC FY11 Savings
Not Sure We Can Afford It
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Projected BIDMC Future Savings
We Don't know Where to Start
Saves Money
Easy to Accomplish
Meets Employee Expectations
Start with the tactics that are easy to accomplish, save money and meet employee expectations for a green hospital.
This area of overlap is the goal
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It's OverwhelmingThe Practice Green Health Eco Checklist Includes 146 possible changes you can make to your hospital, broken into 11 broader categories.
Completing that list is too big a task for people just starting out - so just pick a few items:
Print it out. (It’s a PDF so it can’t be manipulated on screen) Check off the items you have already done Cross off the items you aren’t going to touch right now because:
They are too hard to do…• Too labor intensive• Require input from too many people• Require technical skills you don’t currently have
They are too expensive to do They aren’t important to your employees
Keep crossing off items until you only have about 5-30 left, depending on your tolerance/capacity for multitasking.
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This should create a manageable work load.
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Questions:
• What makes an effective manager?
• If you are a manager, what skills do you need to be effective at your job?
Skill Reason
We Don't Have Expertise In-House
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We Don't Have Expertise In-HousePractice Green Health has done all the leg work on the “green” issues. The only expertise you need is how to make changes at your own hospital.
Communicate
Thank people
Facilitate meetings
Train employees
Empathize, cheerlead, advocate
Manage expectations
Event plan
Create and manage web presence
Collaborate with other institutions
Build alliances across the hospital
Communicate successes at all levels of the hospital
Strategic planning
Frame and prioritize issues
Analyze data
Collect data
Compute ROI
Publish quarterly report card
Problem solve
See possibilities and remove roadblocks
Design and implement systems
Find money
Negotiate/compromise
Comply with regulatory standards
How We Do It
Reduce waste
Increase recycling
Reduce the number of commuters who drive alone
Increase our green purchasing
Reduce the presence of hazardous chemicals in the hospital
What We Do
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No One Has Time
Somewhere in your hospital there is an employee who is passionate about the environment and is willing to make the time to do the coordinating/leg work because it is important to him/her. Everyone else just has to show up once per month.
People make time if they believe it is well spent. Ask an experienced/skilled facilitator to help guide your process Measure results and share progress
Ask people to focus on what they think they can do. Ask people to focus on projects that are in areas they control and can be folded into
the rest of their job. Eliminate Styrofoam in the cafeteria Set up single stream recycling
Look for projects that don’t take a lot of time to set up or complete. An early win bolsters confidence and makes people want to get more invested. Reupholstering exam tables Donating medical equipment Setting up a scrap metal program
Everyone has time for things they believe are productive, worthwhile and achievable.
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1. This is important because it matters to your staff.
2. This is patient care. It’s simply a shift to focusing on wellness and prevention.
Every truck or car you take off the road lowers asthma and stroke rates.
Reduced energy consumption either through lower utility consumption, reduced transport or more recycling means a smaller impact on global warming, which is connected to an increase in a variety of medical conditions: Increased allergies due to increased pollen levels Increases in vector-borne diseases (Malaria, West Nile, Lyme) Increased skin cancer rates
Reduced energy consumption exposes fewer employees to toxins in the extraction and production processes.
Not a Priority - We are Focused on Patient Care
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