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Wednesday, July 1, 2009 |
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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
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Learn about sustainable food in the health care setting at the 3rdAnnual Conference on Healthy Food in Health Care. See www.foodmed.org and look for more details coming soon
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Friday, July 10, 2009 (1 10 15 17)
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Event Title: Practice Greenhealth’s Three July 2009 Webinars!
Friday, July 10, 2009
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Register online: http://www.practicegreenhealth.org/tools/webinars/calendar/details/461
Topic
Learn Practice Greenhealth's step-by-step approach to integrating continuous environmental quality improvement initiatives into the culture of your organization.
Objectives
- Break down environmental sustainability into a step by step approach.
- Recognize that the road to environmental sustainability starts with setting annual environmental goals.
- Demonstrate the tools and educational resources available to Practice Greenhealth partners.
- Engage, motivate and celebrate environmental progress in the health care sector.
Presenter
Janet Brown, Practice Greenhealth
Janet Brown is Director, Sustainable Operations and leads environmental improvement activities for membership facilities. Janet coordinates a monthly Greening Operations webinar series and is on the Steering Committee of the Green Guide for Health Care and Planetree's Design Advisory Council.
Prior to joining Practice Greenhealth, Janet coordinated health care environmental management programs for Beth Israel Medical Center in New York City from 1991 to 2004. Beth Israel received numerous awards including the EPA's Environmental Quality Award in 2001.
Design & Construction Series: Re-Envisioning the Contemporary Hospital Experience: Looking to Northern European Models for High Quality Environments and Energy Efficiency
July 17, 2009 at 1:00 PM Eastern
Co-hosted by Green Guide for Health Care - Earn 1.5 CEUs from AIA!
Sponsored by:
Creating products that make buildings better.
Register online: http://www.practicegreenhealth.org/tools/webinars/calendar/details/462
Topic
It is estimated by the US Department of Energy that buildings use approximately 50% of the total energy consumed in the United States today and produce a similar proportion of the greenhouse gases; hospitals as a building type use the second greatest amount of energy in the US. Aside from being one of the largest energy consumers, we know that hospitals can be some of the least healthy places to work and heal because of the chronic stress in the environment. Northern European precedents provide examples of how to re-evaluate the hospital typology to allow daylight, fresh air, view, and greater energy efficiency into these environments allowing for better working, healing and visiting experiences for staff, patients, and visitors. These indoor environmental quality factors coupled with better energy efficiency provide the opportunity for a new hospital typology that is better for people and better for the environment.
Objectives
Understand indoor environmental quality strategies that contribute to energy efficiency
Learn how healthy indoor environmental quality impacts patient recovery
Learn how healthy indoor environmental quality contributes to a productive work environment for hospital staff
Describe three IEQ strategies that have multiple operational efficiency benefits
Presenters
Heather Burpee is a Health Design Specialist at the University of Washington's BetterBricks Integrated Design Lab | Puget Sound (IDL). Ms. Burpee graduated from Whitman College with a BA in Biology and received her Master in Architecture from University of Washington's College of Built Environments. In her role at the IDL, she consults leading health design firms in the Puget Sound Region on best practices for high quality, energy efficient design for hospitals. In the past three years she has contributed to numerous projects for national and international firms in the Pacific Northwest. As part of her consultation, Ms. Burpee has established thorough research on energy efficiency of hospitals working with leading mechanical engineers to establish goals to radically reduce energy consumption in this building typology. In the past two years, Ms. Burpee has traveled extensively in Northern Europe studying innovativ! e hospital design and its applicability to design practice in the United States. This research included collaboration with leading experts in sustainability in Stockholm, Sweden and several international architecture and mechanical engineering firms in Scandinavia.
Joel Loveland is the Director of the Integrated Design Lab (IDL) Puget Sound and a Professor in the Department of Architecture at the University of Washington. The IDL's activities date to 1980 as a teaching and research lab for the University of Washington and included being the first daylighting design assistance lab in the United States. Recent articles about the Lab's activities have been published in both the New York Times, the Wall Street Journal, Metropolis Magazine and Environmental Design and Construction, the "sustainable design" issue of Lighting Design and Applications and in the European journal Intelligent Glass Solutions. In the last five years, four Lab projects were honored with AIA Committee on the Environment (CoTE) National Green Building awards. In the last year, he has given more than a dozen invited lectures and workshops in the US and Canada. He held the, 1998 Baker Chair of ! Architectural Lighting, at the University of Oregon.
Greening Operations Series: Getting Started on Chemicals Policy: Ten Steps to Choosing Safer Products and Chemicals at Your Institution
July 24, 2009 at 1:00 PM Eastern
Register online: http://www.practicegreenhealth.org/tools/webinars/calendar/details/463
Topic
You have probably heard about Chemicals Policy and maybe wondered what exactly it is, and how it affects health care, and what it means for your institution in particular. The first half of this webinar will explain how Chemicals Policy enables us to move beyond a "one at a time" approach to chemicals of concern toward more comprehensive approaches. We will find out why the American Medical Association, the American Nurses Association, and the American Public Health Association all recently passed resolutions supporting Chemicals Policy; explore the links between Chemicals Policy and health care; and explain how integrating Chemicals Policy into your policies and practices will benefit your institution.
The second half of the webinar will turn to the nuts-and-bolts of Getting Started on Chemicals Policy at your institution. We will start with a quick review of the strategies presented in the Guide to Choosing Safer Products and Chemicals, and then focus on Ten Steps to Choosing Safer Products and Chemicals at your institution, augmented with case studies related to each suggested step.
Objectives
Use the recently adopted AMA, ANA and APHA resolutions to inform internal and external stakeholders
List the five specific strategies outlined in the Guide to Choosing Safer Products and Chemicals
Identify the ten suggested first steps to take in adopting and implementing Chemicals Policy at their institution
Presenters
Cheyenne Chapman has a long standing interest in environmental health and chemicals policy reform. She holds a bachelors degree in Environmental Design from the University of Colorado, a law degree from the University of Oregon, and an advanced law degree in Environmental and Natural Resources from the Northwestern School of Law of Lewis and Clark College. She completed her legal thesis on Science Policy Choices and Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals. She is currently working with the HCWH Chemicals Policy Program. She recently served as the first Chemicals Policy Program Director for the Oregon Center for Environmental Health; as a Citizen Representative on the City of Portland/Multnomah County Toxic Reduction Steering Committee and Mercury Reduction Workgroup; and as a member of the Oregon Environmental Council's CHE-Oregon Media and Research Workgroup. She has attended HCWH! Roundtables for health care providers and vendors, and has worked with public health advocates at local, state and regional levels. Cheyenne worked in the public sector as a planner and municipal attorney for many years, and has also worked in the nonprofit sector in programs, administration and fundraising.
Dr. Mark Rossi is the Research Director for Clean Production Action, an environmental group that promotes the development and use of green chemicals, sustainable materials, and environmentally preferable products. He is the co-author of two tools that promote the development and use of safer alternatives to toxic chemicals: The Green Screen for Safer Chemicals and the Plastics Scorecard. Dr. Rossi chairs the Business-NGO Working Group, a collaboration of over 60 businesses and environmental groups who are promoting green chemistry and healthy materials. He also serves on the Steering Committee of Health Care Without Harm, the Massachusetts Toxics Use Reduction Act Advisory Committee and is a Research Fellow at the Lowell Center for Sustainable Production. His doctorate is in environmental policy from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
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Wednesday, July 15, 2009 (1 10 15 17)
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Where: Builders Assn of No Nevada
Wednesday, July 15, 2009
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Developed by the International Code Council and taught by Dan Weed, an ICC-approved instructor, this seminar provides an overview of current green building practice and its relationship to construction codes.
The goals of green building initiatives, the increasing need for green building, and the six strategic areas of green design-sustainable sites, material resources, water conservation, indoor environmental quality,
energy efficiency and innovation are examined. The long-standing role of building codes in sustainable buildings is explained and the specific "green" features of the International Codes is explored in detail.
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Friday, July 17, 2009 (1 10 15 17)
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Friday, July 17, 2009
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Only a couple of weeks away, don't miss the last Green Building seminar this year!
If you don't know where to start or haven't been able to take the Green Building certification classes this year you are not alone! You can still learn the best practices of Building Green by attending this brief, affordable seminar on July 17th, 2009 from 9 AM to 12 PM. Cost is $85 per student, includes refreshments and class materials.
Find Local Products to Use -Discuss Available Green Building Certifications
Learn How to Market Green Building Practices
Identify the Green Building Movement -Recognize Today's Hot Trends -Receive Practical Building Tips
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