A quick visit to the Facebook site of the Paul-Coste Floret Hospital (34) is well worth the detour. Reflecting the hospital's commitment to subjects as diverse as art, well-being at work, the right to health and other civic and ecological commitments, the site features a highly pragmatic energy project.
"Air washes with air"
Read the interview with Dr Philippe Carenco, Hospital Hygiene Department, Hyères Hospital. He talks about air quality issues in hospitals.
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.
Integrating environmental considerations into the new construction of Almaviva Santé Group facilities
In 2013, the Clinique Juge took on the challenge of extending its outpatient department by more than 500 m2 in a short space of time, while minimizing environmental impact. The clinic's management, advised by a firm of architects, opted for a low-energy construction using solid wood panels pre-cut and assembled on site in record time (Bordeaux company).
One beef-free day a month!
Toulouse's Clinique Pasteur has introduced a beef-free day every month to reduce the greenhouse gas emissions produced by beef. The meat is replaced by white meat!
Breaking the sound barrier: Gundersen, the world's 1st energy-independent healthcare facility
Gundersen Hospital in La Crosse, Wisconsin, USA, is the first and probably only hospital in the world to take up the challenge of energy autonomy.
Testimonial A2L DTSU, 1st C2DS Partners' Club evening
Read what the director of A2L DTSU - an ambulance company - has to say about his commitment to patient car-sharing and eco-driving, with driver training and the purchase of electric vehicles.
IMPROVE INDOOR AIR QUALITY
A wide variety of pollutants can be present in health care and medico-social establishments. The "Engagements qualité de l'air intérieur" (Commitments to indoor air quality) campaign helps to implement specific measures to protect everyone's health.
Rethinking flooring to help reduce RSI
Equipping and renovating buildings with the most virtuous materials possible is a priority for the care and support sector. A study commissioned and published in 2012 by one of our European associative partners identified nora rubber flooring, with a compliant Blue Angel ecolabel and high quality, as the best option currently available on the market.
Theme day: indoor air quality in ERP buildings
Watch the full video of the 2016 theme day "Indoor air quality in ERP, from leads to action", during which our speakers took stock of the health risks associated with indoor air quality. They then shared solutions for reducing risks, illness and healthcare costs.
Maison de santé Marie Galène goes 100% renewable
Since January 1, 2016, La Maison has been powered by 100% renewable energy, 95% hydroelectric and 5% wind and photovoltaic.
Maison de Santé Marie Galène to be powered by 100% renewable energy in 2016!
Maison de Santé Marie Galène supports the development of renewable energies! With the end of regulated electricity tariffs for professionals, this establishment has chosen an electricity supply contract guaranteeing the injection into the electricity grid of a quantity of electricity from renewable energy sources equivalent to 100% of its consumption.
Three questions for Bruno Cazabat, Director of Technical Affairs, General Hospital Engineer, Hospices Civils de Lyon
Bruno Cazabat, Director of Technical Affairs, General Hospital Engineer, Hospices Civils de Lyon, answered our questions on energy management.
One hour to work greener!
In April 2011, during "Sustainable Development Week", the Polyclinique Montréal in Carcassonne scheduled workshops for healthcare professionals: a questionnaire on quality of life at work, ten actions to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, organic buffet and local produce...
Systematic energy management at Poitiers University Hospital (ISO 50001)
Poitiers University Hospital has embarked on an ISO 50001 energy management certification process, due for completion in spring 2016. The doubling of the energy saving certificate (CEE) bonus represents an additional incentive to complete the process.
Listen or re-listen to: "Sustainable healthcare facilities: what are the issues, what are the levers for action, what is the feedback for sustainable energy performance?"
Schneider Electric, a C2DS partner since 2013, organized the April 2015 webinar on "Sustainable healthcare facilities: what are the issues, what are the levers for action, what is the feedback for sustainable energy performance?" You can listen or listen again to the webinar in this article.
A bonus for electric and hybrid vehicles
From April 1, 2015, it is possible to benefit from a bonus of up to 10,000 euros for the purchase or lease of an electric or hybrid vehicle over two years old, replacing an old diesel vehicle. An opportunity for healthcare and medico-social establishments? It certainly is. Electric and hybrid vehicles are particularly well-suited to healthcare professionals who travel a lot, over short distances: self-employed nurses, staff of large facilities, etc.
Plant trees to offset carbon emissions
In 2014, Primum Non Nocere© emitted 42 tonnes of CO2. These greenhouse gas emissions are mainly generated by the transport required for the agency's activity. It was therefore important for Primum to contribute to offsetting these greenhouse gas emissions through virtuous, local actions, pillars of the circular economy that we all owe it to ourselves to favor.
Fabrice Broutin, Healthcare Segment Manager, Schneider Electric France
Fabrice Broutin, healthcare segment manager, Schneider Electric France, talks about the healthcare sector's awakening to energy issues.
Integrating environmental considerations into the new construction of Almaviva Santé Group facilities
In 2013, the Clinique Juge took on the challenge of extending its outpatient department by more than 500 m2 in a short space of time, while minimizing environmental impact. The clinic's management, advised by a firm of architects, opted for a low-energy construction using solid wood panels pre-cut and assembled on site in record time (Bordeaux company).