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).
London hospitals pool their warehouses
In the UK, the National Health Service (NHS) is one of England's largest employers and a major purchaser of goods and services, with a correspondingly huge carbon footprint of 18 million tonnes of CO2 per year. It has set itself an ambitious target: to reduce carbon emissions by 26% by 2020, by 80% by 2050 and, in the shorter term, by 10% from 2007 levels by 2015.