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Green+ Hospitals
Sustainable Healthcare Infrastructure.
More than just Green.
Hospitals need to cope with various challenges in order to be sustainably profitable and thus fulfill economic as well as ecological requirements. To address these challenges, being a green hospital is not enough. Therefore a program called Green+ Hospitals was set up by Siemens.
It encompasses the following critical success factors for sustainable healthcare infrastructure:
- Green
- Efficiency
- Quality
Interested? Do the Green+ Check.
As part of our comprehensive Green+ Check analysis, we work with you to review your hospital’s strengths and weaknesses in the areas of Green, Quality, and Efficiency and then determine your sustainability index. All results are shown in the Green+ Radar.
A Green+ Check generally includes the following steps:
- Evaluation of a questionnaire that you have completed
- Kick-off meeting with all participants in the project
- On-site visit and interviews in all major departments of your organization
- Determination of your individual hospital’s sustainability index (Green+ Score)
- Recommendation of more in-depth analyses and specific steps for improvement
The Green+ Check gives you more than just a clear picture of the current condition of your institution, including comparisons with other hospitals. It also recommends a starting point for sustainable improvements.
Benefits
A Green+ Hospital can benefit in various ways:
Cost Reduction
- Green Building:
- Total Building Solutions from Siemens increases the value and the efficiency of hospitals throughout their whole life cycle, while providing more comfort and more security
- Significant energy savings for new and existing buildings thanks to a comprehensive energy concept
- Performance contracting provides significant guaranteed energy savings to pay for a project
- Green Support Processes:
Significant reduction of energy consumption for IT and communication systems - Green Medical Equipment:
Energy and resource efficiency
Reputation – Green Certification
Holding an international accredited certificate supports good reputation and attracts additional patients:
Certificates, e.g. LEED, GreenBuilding, BUND Gütesiegel, Green Star
Additional Funding
Realizing energy saving and environmentally friendly programs are funded by e.g. EU, German Federation, and KfW-Bank.
Sustainability and Quality
- Society – Environmental care and living standards improved
- Patients – Smooth and high-quality medical treatments provided
The Siemens Green+ Hospitals approach not only focuses on the obvious “green hospital” aspects. There is also a broad variety of levers required to address the various challenges to fulfill ecological requirements, optimize efficiency, and increase quality.
