Hackensack University Medical Center has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Large Hospital” for 2016 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. The award recognizes Hackensack as the best performing large (500-1,000 bed) hospital that is successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating a culture of sustainability. Hackensack stands out with their strong commitment to energy, waste, food, and purchasing. They achieved top 25% highest recycling, top 25% lowest in water, top 25% lowest RMW, sustainable/local food purchases over 19%, over 60% of meat and poultry purchases are raised without the routine use of antibiotics, green cleaning purchases account for over 60% or their cleaning purchases, and healthy beverages account for over 65% of overall beverages.
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in Minneapolis, MN at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 16, 2017
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Key Green Solutions Instrumental in Plastics Recycling Study
Key Greens Solutions is proud to provide the software engine to participating hospitals for a plastic recycling initiative in the Chicagoland area. http://www.hprc.org/chicago-project
Key Green Solutions partnered with HPRC and the Plastics Industry Association to track the solid waste and recycling coming out of multi-hospitals in the Chicago market in order to provide data and insight into the recycling of healthcare plastics on a regional basis. The data was instrumental in defining the quantities of material types and relative volumes of various items. Overall, the study has helped hospital organizations to identifying areas of opportunity to increase healthcare plastics recycling.
Hackensack University Medical Center has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Large Hospital” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions
Hackensack University Medical Center has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Large Hospital” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. The award recognizes Hackensack as the best performing large (500-1,000 bed) hospital that is successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating and culture of sustainability. Hackensack stands out with their strong commitment to energy, waste, food, and purchasing. They achieved top 25% highest recycling, top 25% lowest in water, top 25% lowest RMW, sustainable/local food purchases over 5%, and healthy beverages account for over 55% of overall beverages.
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in Dallas, Texas at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 17, 2016.
University Hospital's Bedford Hospital has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Medium Hospital” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions
University Hospital’s Bedford Hospital has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Medium Hospital” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. This award recognized Bedford Hospital as the best performing medium (100-499 bed) hospital that is successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating a culture of sustainability. Bedford Hospital achieved top 25% lowest RMW, top 25% recycling, sustainable/local food purchases over 5%, and healthy beverages account for over 55% of overall beverages.
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in Dallas, Texas at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 17, 2016.
Banner Health’s Ironwood Hospital has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Small Hospital” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions
Banner Health’s Ironwood Hospital has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Small Hospital” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions, the leading hospital sustainability management software company. This award recognizes Ironwood Hospital as the best performing small (0-99 bed) hospital that is successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating a culture of sustainability. Ironwood stands out with their commitment to energy efficiency. They achieved the top 25% in lowest energy consumption and water consumption.
“Banner Health is engaged in a collaborative partnership with Key Green Solutions. We are excited that this comprehensive web-based, automated software influences and enhances Banner’s sustainability goals and initiatives. We utilize the software across our health system which is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ and operates more than 25 hospitals and other related health entities and services in seven states.” Sean Greer, Facility Services Director, Banner Health
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in Dallas, Texas at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 17, 2016
TriHealth Hospital has been honored with the “Emerging User Award” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions
TriHealth Hospital has been honored with the “Emerging User Award” for 2015 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. The award recognized TriHealth for their engagement and commitment to improving sustainability and growing the sustainability culture at their organization.
“TriHealth continually strives to be good stewards of our resources through sustainability endeavors that contribute to both healthy people and a healthy planet. Tracking and understanding our data is key to making positive changes and seeing our progress.” Katie Schneider, TriHealth Sustainability Consultant
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in Dallas, Texas at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 17, 2016.
Key Green Solutions participates on an expert panel at the Greening Health Care Workshop in Toronto, Ontario on November 27, 2013.
Here is the workshop agenda: Agenda
Greening Health Care provides the knowledge and resources you need to maximize energy and operating cost savings and raise the environmental performance for your hospital to be a leader in the community.
Key Green Solutions is the leading international provider of a sustainability
management software suite for healthcare. Key Green is benchmarking and
standardizing energy, water, waste, food and environmentally preferred purchasing
data for hospitals and helping in their quest for increasing efficiency and managing costs as they deliver care in their facilities. The software has interfaces to load the vendor’s
electronic data, instead of manually collecting the data in spreadsheets.
Stanford University Medical Center (Palo Alto, CA) wins Key Green Solutions Sustainability Management Excellence Award 2013
Stanford University Medical Center has been honored with a “Sustainability Management
Excellence” Award 2013 from Key Green Solutions, the leading hospital sustainability
management software company. The Management Excellence Award recognizes health
systems that are successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating a culture of sustainability.
“This award demonstrates Stanford’s commitment to their patients and community through their system-wide sustainability initiatives” says Jeff Burks, Relationship
Manager of Key Green Solutions. “Ms. Krisanne Hansen, Mr. Sheikh Nayeem, and their leadership team at this leading academic health system are one of the nation’s trendsetters in healthcare sustainability.”
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Management Excellence Awards were presented in Boston, MA at the Key Green Solutions reception on April 24, 2013.
University Hospitals (Cleveland, OH) wins Key Green Solutions Sustainability Management Excellence Award 2013
University Hospitals has been honored with a “Sustainability Management Excellence” Award 2013 from Key Green Solutions, the leading hospital sustainability management software company. The Management Excellence Award recognizes health systems that are successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating a culture of sustainability.
“This award demonstrates University Hospitals commitment to their patients and community through their system-wide sustainability initiatives” said Jeff Burks, Relationship Manager of Key Green Solutions. “Dr. Aparna Bole, Mr. Ray Braun, Mr. Matt Pietro and their leadership team are on the cutting edge with sustainability system-wide and a leader in the healthcare industry.”
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Management Excellence Awards were presented in Boston, MA at the Key Green Solutions reception on April 24, 2013.
VA San Diego Healthcare System (San Diego, CA) wins Key Green Solutions Sustainability Management Excellence Award 2013
VA San Diego Healthcare System has been honored with a “Sustainability Management
Excellence” Award 2013 from Key Green Solutions, the leading hospital sustainability
management software company. The Management Excellence Award recognizes health
systems that are successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking,
and creating a culture of sustainability.
“This award demonstrates VA San Diego Healthcare System’s commitment to their patients and community through their system-wide sustainability initiatives” said Jeff Burks, Relationship Manager of Key Green Solutions. “Ms. Jean Parkinson and her leadership team have taken sustainability in healthcare to the next level as one of the nations leader’s in sustainability.”
The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Management Excellence Awards were presented in Boston, MA at the Key Green Solutions reception on April 24, 2013.