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Putting Sustainability to Work: Exploring the Meaning of Green in Healthcare

Overview: Environmental stewardship in business hit the boardroom years ago, and is now sweeping across healthcare with a passion. Hospitals like Cleveland Clinic are making the connection between human and environmental health and taking environmental issues seriously. Waste, energy, water, food, chemical use, transportation, procurement, reporting: nearly every corner of operations has a role to play. Learn about Cleveland Clinic’s national award winning, comprehensive approach to sustainability as a primer for a creative dialogue-based workshop to explore how your own role keys into this healthcare metatrend. Healthy communities require healthy environments to thrive, and we all have a contribution to make!

Speaker: Christina Vernon, AIA, LEED, AP BD+C, Senior Director, Sustainability and Environmental Strategy, Office for a Healthy Environment, Cleveland Clinic

Cost: $119 per recording link – AHRMM Members; $139 per recording link – AHRMM Non-members

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This webinar was recorded on December 6, 2011.

Biography:
Christina E. Vernon, AIA, LEED AP, is the inaugural Director of Cleveland Clinic's Office for a Healthy Environment, established in 2007. She is a registered architect with more than 10 years of experience, most of which focused exclusively in healthcare planning and construction. She oversees the sustainability program across the Cleveland Clinic Health System which has nearly 40,000 employees and over 23 million SF in its portfolio, with sites in Northeast Ohio, Florida, Las Vegas, Canada, and Abu Dhabi. The OHE oversees a network of green teams and advises green building projects throughout this $4.6 Billion enterprise. Under her leadership, the Cleveland Clinic became the first healthcare provider in the United States to sign on to the United Nations Global Compact, and received 13 national green healthcare awards from Practice Greenhealth in 2008 and another 13 in 2009.