L’hôpital privé des Côtes d’Armor champion de la performance énergétique

L’hôpital privé des Côtes d’Armor (22), inauguré en 2016, est champion de la performance énergétique. Ce complexe high-tech de 27 600 m², comptant 300 lits et 15 blocs opératoires, est labellisé Bâtiment basse consommation (BBC 2005), c’est-à-dire que son besoin en énergie est inférieur à 50 % de la consommation conventionnelle de référence de la RT 2005.  

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L’AP-HP montre l’exemple en termes d’efficacité énergétique

Le premier employeur de la région parisienne montre l’exemple en termes d’efficacité énergétique. Dans le cadre de la Semaine européenne de l’énergie durable, l’AP-HP a organisé une journée dédiée, le 23 juin dernier, deux ans après l’adoption du volet « développement durable » de son plan stratégique 2015. Dans le cadre de ce dernier, elle s’est fixée pour objectif de faire baisser de 20 % ses dépenses annuelles en énergie.

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Clinique Pasteur - 100,000 low-carbon meals

As part of the "gourmet" 2017 European Sustainable Development Week, Clinique Pasteur (31) will be offering its employees and patients a tasty, low-carbon meal on June 3. This initiative, spurred on by COP 21 in 2015 by the clinic along with other private establishments in Toulouse, has federated other local players over the years. Also this year, 100,000 low-carbon meals will be prepared by the collective restaurants of Greater Toulouse, a large-scale operation supported by Ademe.

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More than carpooling

For the past five years, a dozen patients from the hemodialysis center at the Hôpital privé Nord Parisien have been sharing an ambulance. The reasons for adopting simultaneous transport of several patients are numerous: to reduce the number of transports and hence the cost to the health insurance system, to limit the production of greenhouse gases, and to create links between patients.

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A multi-rewarded eco-gymnasium

The sustainable development approach adopted by this MCO healthcare facility is comprehensive, but it is thanks to its HQE and BBC (Bâtiment basse consommation - low-energy building) certified eco-gymnasium that the St Roch clinic in Cambrai has made a name for itself in the press. After a "health" trophy awarded by the FHP, and a "business" trophy presented in person by Ségolène Royal, Minister of Ecology, it was the "Martin et Martine d'or" that Dr Joël Cliche, Director, received from the Mayor of Cambrai on January 22.

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SD Week 2016: Clinique du Pré's good ideas

For Clinique du Pré in Le Mans, Sustainable Development Week is a key component of its CSR approach. On the program: eco-mobility in all its forms, with a looped slide show on eco-driving and an information stand on electric vehicles; the opportunity for teams to get behind the wheel of the clinic's two electric vehicles, and a demonstration of electrically-assisted bicycle models on a test track set up outside in the parking lot; a presentation of the clinic's 22 sorting facilities and the fate of waste; and a special employee game on sorting DASRI.

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Working together to improve the energy efficiency of buildings!

C2DS is committed to the Plan Bâtiment Durable initiative, and invites its members to sign the charter for energy efficiency in public and private tertiary buildings launched under the aegis of the French Ministry for the Environment, Energy and the Sea. The charter is designed to encourage "a global movement to improve energy efficiency, the well-being of building users and the economic activity of the building and real estate sector".

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Investir pour économiser

Acteur de la première heure sur les questions environnementales, et fort de deux bilans carbone en 2008 et 2014, la Clinique Saint Roch (59) mesure aujourd’hui les résultats de ses investissements : la consommation de gaz est passée de 230 à 160 kwh/m2 par an entre 2013 et 2015, et la consommation énergétique de 107,06 kwh/m2/an est restée stable alors qu’un nouveau service de 2 500 m2 était ouvert et que l’activité était en hausse !

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Green growth: a zero-interest loan!

As we all know, climate change is caused in particular by greenhouse gas emissions resulting from increased consumption of fossil fuels. But it's up to healthcare professionals to pursue this line of reasoning, because while climate change has an impact on the environment, it also has numerous repercussions on human health and the cost of our healthcare system. Indeed, reducing direct and indirect fossil fuel consumption also means reducing asthma, allergies, vector-borne diseases, cardiovascular diseases and cancers in the long term, as well as optimizing healthcare expenditure.

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