Sustainability and Healthcare Series: Improving Healing Environments

Sustainable Pittsburgh’s sustainable business network, Champions for Sustainability (C4S) has launched a series of workshops that advance the mutually reinforcing agendas of sustainability and healthcare.

The emphasis for each event involves articulating the health outcomes, healthcare benefits, and business case, as well as best practices, resources, examples, and how to get started.

Click here for the press release announcing this series.

Click here for the Sustainable Healthcare Series Planning Committee members

Watch a video from WPXI's "Our Region's Business" about this series.

Programs for the 2011 Sustainable Healthcare Series

Click on each item to access materials for each program or to learn more about upcoming programs

• June 2, 2011: Making the Business Case
• July 21, 2011: Strategic Operational Environmental Solutions (Energy, Waste, Procurement, Buildings)
• October 6, 2011: Understanding Patient and Family Centered Care for Sustainable Healthcare
• March 8, 2012: Building Value Chain Capacity: Sustainability's Role in Product Purchasing and Service Procurement for Healthcare

For more information, please contact:

Matthew M. Mehalik, Ph.D., Program Manager, Sustainable Pittsburgh mmehalik@sustainablepittsburgh.org