Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa Recognized for Green Practices
Sutter Medical Center of Santa Rosa has been recognized as a 2011 GreenCare Organization for taking steps to provide an environmentally friendly facility to patients and the community. This national recognition program highlights the commitment of healthcare organizations like Sutter Medical Center striving to practice sustainable medicine.
The following sustainable practices are among the many ways Sutter Medical Center is committed to a healthy community:
- LEED Certification Registration
- Construction Recycling Program
- Power Purchasing from Renewable Resources
- Use of Passive Solar Technologies
- Energy Efficient Windows, Insulation, Materials (California Title 24)
- Water Conservation, Offset Program
- Use of Bioswales and Catch Basins
- Electronic Vehicle Charging Stations
- Employee Incentives for Carpooling, Transit and Cycling
Created in collaboration with Strategic Sustainability Consulting and co-sponsored by healthcare insight and MD News magazines, the GreenCare Awards provide healthcare organizations across America a platform from which to promote green initiatives and ideas to their community and peers.
The mission of the GreenCare Awards is to empower healthcare providers with resources and tools to align the marketing and communications function with the facility’s overall sustainability strategy. This is accomplished by promoting the organization’s environmental efforts—however modest or extensive—and delivering their messages of stewardship in a responsible and strategically appropriate manner.
“By achieving excellence in environmentally friendly healthcare, GreenCare organizations are advancing the practice of medicine and improving the quality of patient care—now and for future generations,” says Jennifer Woofer, President of Strategic Sustainability Consulting.
For more information about the GreenCare Awards, visit
www.greencareawards.com.
About Strategic Sustainability Consulting
Strategic Sustainability Consulting provides organizations with the tools and expertise they need to actively manage their social and environmental impacts. We specialize in helping under-resourced organizations implement sustainable solutions usually reserved for large, multinational companies.
Since 2005, SSC has worked with clients around the globe—from Fortune 500 companies and Walmart suppliers to small start-ups and nonprofits. We specialize in helping clients that are big enough to want a strategic approach to sustainability, but don’t necessarily have the staff, budget, or expertise to do it all themselves.
About healthcare insight
healthcare insight is the nation’s most respected and widely circulated magazine for healthcare marketing professionals—reaching virtually every healthcare marketing executive in America. Sponsored by Sunshine Media Group and shaped by an advisory board made up of industry thought leaders, insight delivers rich and relevant perspective that guides marketers in successfully navigating today’s healthcare landscape.
About MD News
MD News is America’s leading business and practice management magazine exclusively about physicians…from physicians…and for physicians.
A national-footprint custom magazine distributed to medical practitioners across America and targeted to more than 80 local markets, MD News — which is delivered to every physician in each market it serves — is designed to provide perspective and context on the most important issues facing physicians and physician practices in the healthcare industry today.
Sunshine Media Group is a proud member of the following organizations:
- American Hospital Association (AHA)
- Medical Group Management Association (MGMA)
- Custom Content Council
- (CCC) Magazine Publishers of America (MPA)
- Society for Healthcare Strategy and Market Development (SHSMD)
