Environmental footprinting of hospitals: Organizational life cycle assessment of a Canadian hospital
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Assessing Hospital Carbon Footprint
Carbon footprint refers to the total amount of greenhouse gases (including carbon dioxide and methane) that are generated by our actions. Researchers from the University of Waterloo studied a hospital in British Columbia during its 2019 fiscal year and identified energy and water use and purchasing of medical products as the hospital’s primary hotspots, accounting for over half of the yearly footprint, totalling 3500-5000 tons of carbon dioxide (CO2) equivalent. For the study, published in the Journal of Industrial Ecology, researchers calculated the carbon footprint by assessing thousands of unique products purchased by hospitals and using a combination of statistical sampling and calculations of carbon intensity -- CO2 equivalent per dollar spent -- for the sampled products.
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‘Although the transportation of patients, hospital supplies, and medical waste are readily apparent environmental concerns, there are less conspicuous aspects, such as the supply chains of medical products, that may exert a significantly larger environmental footprint. #carbonfootprint’
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“In our work, we often find that the biggest environmental footprints are where you least expect them to be. As the adage goes: out of sight, out of mind. The goal is to make hidden environmental footprints more visible so that we can start to manage them," said Alex Cimprich, a postdoctoral fellow in the School of Environment, Enterprise and Development. The new method brings an unprecedented level of comprehensiveness and detail to hospital emissions data that can equip administrative leaders to assess which improvements to focus on to meet their environmental commitments.
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- Environmental footprinting of hospitals: Organizational life cycle assessment of a Canadian hospital - (https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1111/jiec.13425)
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