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It's Time to Address Energy Efficiency in Health Care... In our latest publishing in Buffalo Business First, Stark Tech's Health Care Subject Matter Expert Scott Drabek, LEED AP discusses Decarbonization and Energy Efficiency Strategies for Health Care Facilities. Check it out here: https://ow.ly/rFer50RC8Ps This article discusses: - Transitioning to net-zero emissions - Strategies for energy conservation - Designing sustainable and resilient health care systems #BBF #BuffaloBusinessFirst #Decarbonization #Healthcare

🌍 Project Spotlight: CommonSpirit Health & Earth Savers 🌍 We’re excited to share our project spotlight with CommonSpirit Health on a national LED lighting retrofit project! By upgrading lighting across 142 facilities, we’ve helped boost energy efficiency, cut costs, and improve lighting quality, all while minimizing disruptions to healthcare services. This collaboration underscores our commitment to sustainable solutions that support healthcare excellence. Discover more about this impactful project: https://lnkd.in/gMpR4M_d #Sustainability #HealthcareInnovation #LEDRetrofit #EarthSavers

If your healthcare organization disappeared overnight, would it be missed? For hospital-based health systems that provide essential medical care to lower-income patients in urban areas in the United States, the answer is a resounding yes. These organizations not only care for marginalized populations, they also train new generations of physicians, nurses, and allied health professionals. Yet, enormous financial and operational forces jeopardize the survival of these institutions. To sustain U.S. health care for the long term, businesses and governments as well as these health systems themselves must be frank about the challenges — and must innovate deftly to find solutions that can actually be implemented. Many healthcare systems across the country are tackling energy efficiency and decarbonization head on, realizing the financial, operational, and environmental benefits. For some, it's not so easy. We're here to help.

At Carbon Solutions, we believe that data isn’t just informative—it’s transformative. A recent study by Rewiring America underscores this point: electrifying home appliances could prevent 3,400 premature deaths, reduce 220,000 asthma attacks, and generate $40 billion in annual health benefits. These figures highlight the profound impact of decarbonization on public health and community well-being. Are you ready to explore how air quality improvements and decarbonization can shape the future of your community? Our 𝐿𝑂𝐶𝐴𝐸𝑇𝐴 tool is designed to support informed decision-making for meaningful change in the area of air quality and health co-benefits to decarbonization, particularly for the industrial and power sectors. Connect with our project team to start a conversation: Amy Jordan, Bjorn Brooks, Jessi Eidbo, Veronica Wilde, Kelly A. Graham, PhD Access the full report here: https://lnkd.in/gEPdHTYg Learn more about 𝐿𝑂𝐶𝐴𝐸𝑇𝐴 here: https://lnkd.in/e-QvSCBu

Please check out this important article (Pathways to Green, Navigating the ins and outs of sustainable certifications in #healthcare projects) co-authored by SMRT's #sustainability leader Bradley Baker!

I'm excited to share a new article I co-authored with John Hyde at Chapman Construction/Design on achieving sustainability in the healthcare industry! The article explores the significant potential for emissions reduction through building retrofits. This approach is particularly valuable for healthcare facilities, which historically have high energy consumption. Retrofitting offers a scalable solution, and when combined with comprehensive energy and whole life carbon assessments, can lead to: ✅Reduced operational costs ✅Lower greenhouse gas emissions ✅A healthier environment for patients and staff

My new artical highlights the impotance of the environmental considerations into the healthcare systems design, which is lead to promoting population health, enhancing sustainability, and addressing health inequities. #EnvironmentalConsiderations #HealthcareDesign #PopulationHealth #Sustainability #HealthInequities #HealthcareSystems #EnvironmentalHealth #PublicHealth #DesignThinking #HealthcareEquity

Did you know that the healthcare industry accounts for nearly 8.5% of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions? (Source: Health and Human Services Department) In a recent article for Medical Construction & Design magazine, industry sustainability experts John Hyde of Chapman Construction and Bradley Baker of SMRT Architects & Engineers outline actionable steps that healthcare facilities can take to reduce their environmental impact and create a healthier planet and healthier patients. https://lnkd.in/eZb6XGCE This article explores: 🏥 Practical decarbonization strategies for healthcare facilities 🏥 Smart renovation techniques to reduce environmental impact 🏥 Selecting sustainable materials 🏥 Balancing sustainability with cost and performance #ExceedExpectations #HealthcareSustainability #GreenHospitals #ClimateAction

The Biden Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services have issued a call to all healthcare stakeholders to tackle the climate crisis through a new initiative and pledge aimed at reducing emissions across the healthcare sector. The Joint Commission, an accreditor, collaborator and evaluator of healthcare systems, as well as similar accrediting organizations, quickly moved to join what became known as the Health Sector Climate Pledge. They pledged to reevaluate their criteria for hospital systems’ environmental impact evaluations. Evolving state codes, accrediting body evaluations, and movement at the federal level have made it clear: healthcare systems and their stakeholders must commit to aggressive change in their carbon footprint. Some of the most impactful changes they can make are at the facilities level. The challenge is substantial, and for many systems, these waters have gone uncharted. Like anything unknown, myths have built up around what is and isn’t possible. My colleague and healthcare design thought leader, Tim Hurvitz, has dispelled the myths around reducing emissions by 2030. Read about it here: https://ow.ly/Qz2n50RMXqL #HEDadvances #positiveimpact #healthcaredesign #carbonreduction

The Biden Administration and the Department of Health and Human Services have issued a call to all healthcare stakeholders to tackle the climate crisis through a new initiative and pledge aimed at reducing emissions across the healthcare sector. The Joint Commission, an accreditor, collaborator and evaluator of healthcare systems, as well as similar accrediting organizations, quickly moved to join what became known as the Health Sector Climate Pledge. They pledged to reevaluate their criteria for hospital systems’ environmental impact evaluations. Evolving state codes, accrediting body evaluations, and movement at the federal level have made it clear: healthcare systems and their stakeholders must commit to aggressive change in their carbon footprint. Some of the most impactful changes they can make are at the facilities level. The challenge is substantial, and for many systems, these waters have gone uncharted. Like anything unknown, myths have built up around what is and isn’t possible. My colleague and healthcare design thought leader, Tim Hurvitz, has dispelled the myths around reducing emissions by 2030. Read about it here: https://ow.ly/WU8g50RIKq4 #HEDadvances #positiveimpact #healthcaredesign #carbonreduction