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The Living City

The Living City is a collaborative initiative among business, communities, governments and other stakeholders to create and deliver programs that achieve significant, measurable change in the sustainability of city regions

Under this sustainable community banner, hospitals are invited to work together through Greening Health Care towards excellence in energy efficiency and environmental management

This collaborative model is being extended to hospitals across Ontario

Energy & Environmental Performance

Energy use and environmental impact of a hospital facility are determined by the nature and scale of its services; facility design,

condition and operations; and the actions of staff, patients and visitors

Energy use and environmental impact of a hospital facility are determined by the nature and scale of its services; facility design,

condition and operations; and the actions of staff, patients and visitors

Design Age & condition Retrofits

Operations Maintenance

Actions by staff, patients & visitors

Hospital type Hospital services Medical equipment

Greening Health Care

A program to help hospitals work together to improve energy and water use efficiency, lower emissions of solid waste and pollution, and be recognized for fiscal and environmental

stewardship

Workshops

Benchmarking

Funding & Resources

lower energy & operating costs

reduced environmental impact

infrastructure renewal government &

utility funding fiscal & environmental

stewardship

Participating Hospitals (June, 2005)

Baycrest Centre for Geriatric Care

Markham Stouffville Hospital

North York General

Providence Centre

Rouge Valley HS

Scarborough Hospital

St. Joseph's Health Centre

St. Michael's Hospital

Sunnybrook & Women's College Health Sciences Centre

Toronto Rehabilitation Institute

University Health Network

West Park Healthcare Centre

York Central Hospital

Working Together

Greening Health Care Website

utilities management system

performance benchmarking

best practices checklists

energy targeting and action planning

monitoring actual savings

on-line utility budgeting and analysis tools

networking

Benchmarking

Benchmarking energy and water use and waste production identifies best practices, and highlights opportunities for savings

Benchmarking energy and water use and waste production identifies best practices, and highlights opportunities for savings

energy

water

waste

load factor

power factor

annual trends

seasonal patterns

Overall Change

+6,092,863 ekWh

+4.2%

Year 2 vs. Year 1

Peer Learning

facilitated workshops

sharing knowledge with peers

engagement with technical experts

action plan development

review and analysis of savings

problem-solving

networking

Collaborative Projects

Where common opportunities are identified, collaborative projects are developed:

participant-directed

evaluation of new technologies

auditing and implementing common measures

engaging product and service suppliers and funding agencies

shared resources

economies of scale

group purchasing

Keeping the Score

Monitoring actual monthly savings, normalized for weather and pricing differences, highlights successes

Monitoring actual monthly savings, normalized for weather and pricing differences, highlights successes

Recognition

Awards

Program Reporting

Newsletters

Media

Events

demonstrating and celebrating fiscal and environmental leadership within each hospital, to governments, and to local communities

Most energy efficient hospitals in 2004:

West Park Healthcare Centre (chronic care) and

Scarborough Grace Hospital (acute care)

For more information on Greening Health Care or The Living City, contact:

For more information on Greening Health Care or The Living City, contact:

Bernie McIntyreToronto & Region Conservation(416) 661-6600 Ext 5326bernie@thelivingcity.org