Health care's role in environmental and health equity
The severe impacts of climate change in every region of the country are apparent. In 2021, the Federal Emergency Management Agency recorded more than 100 emergency and disaster declarations, including severe flooding from Hurricane Ida in the South and Northeast, wildfires throughout the Western United States and ice storms in Texas that paralyzed the state’s utility infrastructure.
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Reduce energy consumption at your health care facility with Operation Decarobonization: A Sustainability Game Plan for Health Care Facilities.
Education & Events
Promote a culture of sustainability in health care and reduce your facility's carbon footprint with the HealQuest program.
Monograph
This code overlay will assist health care systems with their decarbonization efforts
Compliance Tools
Use this tool to assess your level of adoption of the most common energy conservation measures.
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