| Publication type: | Conference other |
| Type of review: | Peer review (abstract) |
| Title: | Green hospital : bringing life cycle innovation into the healthcare sector |
| Authors: | Muir, Karen Stucki, Matthias Keller, Regula |
| Conference details: | 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018 |
| Issue Date: | 31-Aug-2018 |
| Language: | English |
| Subjects: | Hospital; Health care; Environmental impact; Life cycle assessment; Resource efficiency |
| Subject (DDC): | 338.927: Environmental economics and sustainable development 362.11: Hospitals and related institutions |
| Abstract: | Which processes in a hospital are particularly resource-intensive? How can cost-efficiency in hospitals be increased and environmental impact be reduced? How can life cycle innovation be applied in the health care sector in order to increase its sustainability? These questions were addressed in the project “Green Hospital”. Environmentally speaking, healthcare is the fourth most relevant consumer sector (after food, mobility and housing). However, there have been very few comprehensive environmental assessments of this sector. As a result, it is unclear where the greatest scope for improvement lies and how improvements could be implemented. To date, efficiency analyses in the hospital sector have only focussed on economic aspects: none have taken environmental impacts into account. The specific goals of the project “Green Hospital” were: (1) to develop consistent and comprehensive knowledge concerning resource consumption end efficiency in Swiss hospitals (2) to analyse determinants of life cycle environmental impacts in the health sector and hospitals (3) to compile a list of environmental best practices and investigate the currently realisable options (4) to test hands-on applications for environmentally optimised processes The Life Cycle Assessment research group of the Zurich University of Applied Sciences analysed Swiss hospitals from an environmental perspective using life cycle assessment. Catering, infrastructure, energy use and the provision of medical treatment (medicine, medical equipment etc.) were determined to be particularly relevant. Additionally, they are working together with partner hospitals to develop and test innovative approaches within the hospital setting. |
| Further description: | Oral presentation |
| URI: | https://digitalcollection.zhaw.ch/handle/11475/10553 |
| Fulltext version: | Published version |
| License (according to publishing contract): | Not specified |
| Departement: | Life Sciences and Facility Management |
| Organisational Unit: | Institute of Natural Resource Sciences (IUNR) |
| Published as part of the ZHAW project: | Green Hospital |
| Appears in collections: | Publikationen Life Sciences und Facility Management |
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Muir, K., Stucki, M., & Keller, R. (2018, August 31). Green hospital : bringing life cycle innovation into the healthcare sector. 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018.
Muir, K., Stucki, M. and Keller, R. (2018) ‘Green hospital : bringing life cycle innovation into the healthcare sector’, in 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018.
K. Muir, M. Stucki, and R. Keller, “Green hospital : bringing life cycle innovation into the healthcare sector,” in 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018, Aug. 2018.
MUIR, Karen, Matthias STUCKI und Regula KELLER, 2018. Green hospital : bringing life cycle innovation into the healthcare sector. In: 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018. Conference presentation. 31 August 2018
Muir, Karen, Matthias Stucki, and Regula Keller. 2018. “Green Hospital : Bringing Life Cycle Innovation into the Healthcare Sector.” Conference presentation. In 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018.
Muir, Karen, et al. “Green Hospital : Bringing Life Cycle Innovation into the Healthcare Sector.” 1st Life Cycle Innovation Conference (LCIC), Berlin, 29-31 August 2018, 2018.
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