The health care sector produces 10% of all greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Hospitals are 36% of that — and operating rooms are their hot spots. But this OR in Boston has been renovated to draw 70% less energy from the grid. commonhealth
But this OR, inside a renovated area at Boston Medical Center , is about as climate friendly as they come. BMC says the renovation has helped it draw 70% less energy from the grid, starting in 2012.
"Desflurane has a higher carbon footprint," says Dr. Mauricio Gonzalez, BMC's vice chair for clinical affairs."It’s a bigger greenhouse gas than the other anesthetics."is so carbon intensive that giving it to Kee for this two-hour surgery would be like driving 756 miles as compared to 16 miles with an equivalent dose of sevoflurane. And at BMC, the CO2 Kee exhales will be captured inside a canister system the hospital began using in 2018.
"Anything that rips goes in there," says nurse Polly Woodworth, one of BMC's most vigilant recyclers, as she tosses the back of a sterile tubing package into a large green trash bag. Surgeon Doug Jones looks for ways to prop up Kee's left shoulder and create better access to his neck. He can't get the right angle and calls for a blanket or towel. A dozen towels sit on a table about 10 feet away. All arrived in this OR wrapped in a sterile polypropylene fabric often called"blue wrap." BMC can't find anyone who will recycle it so the hospital tosses 13 tons a year.
As the x-ray images of Kee's skull and collarbone appear on two large screens, Jones asks someone to dim the room's 40 lights. BMC has converted all hospital lighting to LED bulbs, which are between 50-80% more efficient, and it has installed sensors that turn off lights in any unoccupied hallway or room.
BMC aims to make similar repairs to an ailing planet. Senior Vice President of Facilities Bob Biggio is one of the masterminds behind the hospital’s climate focused renovations.
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