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8:15
Registration and refreshments
9:00
Chairperson’s opening remarks
Katie Wood, Senior Associate, ARUP
Katie Wood, Senior Associate, ARUP
SUSTAINABILITY IN HEALTHCARE – STATE GOVERNMENTS’ APPROACH
9:10
Future environmental protection in healthcare- the Queensland approach
Patrick Maguire, Director, Carbon Management Unit, Queensland Health
Patrick Maguire, Director, Carbon Management Unit, Queensland Health
9:50
Enabling sustainable healthcare: Victoria’s approach
Stuart Galbraith, Government Programs Manager, Sustainability Victoria
- The ResourceSmart Healthcare program
Stuart Galbraith, Government Programs Manager, Sustainability Victoria
10:30
Morning tea
THE IMPACT OF CLIMATE CHANGE ON HEALTHCARE DELIVERY
10:50
Developing comprehensive policies to support health benefits and climate change mitigation: going beyond the drive for medical excellence
Professor Robyn McDermott, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
Professor Robyn McDermott, The Royal Australasian College of Physicians
11:30
Understanding the impact of climate change on human health and quality of life
Dr. Eugenie Kayak, Anaesthetist, Doctors for the Environment
Dr. Eugenie Kayak, Anaesthetist, Doctors for the Environment
12:10
Lunch
COMMUNICATION, TRAINING AND CULTURE CHANGE
1:10
Environmental training programs for health services in Australia
Robert Grima, President, Australian College of Health Service Executives
Robert Grima, President, Australian College of Health Service Executives
1:50
Supporting staff in your hospital to help you make the structural changes necessary to address climate change
Dr Lisa Rasmussen, Doctors for the Environment, Australia
Dr Lisa Rasmussen, Doctors for the Environment, Australia
2:30
Afternoon refreshments
EMBRACING SUSTAINABLE HOSPITAL PRACTICE
2:50
Overcoming barriers to progress in greening hospitals: ways forward
Dr Forbes McGain, Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Western Hospital, Footscray
Dr Forbes McGain, Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Western Hospital, Footscray
3:30
Embedding environmental sustainability into healthcare facilities
Anthony Marklund, Associate, Umow Lai
Anthony Marklund, Associate, Umow Lai
4:10
PANEL DISCUSSION
Towards sustainability in healthcare
Robert Grima, President, Australian College of Health Service Executives
Professor Frank Fisher, Inaugural National Environmental Educator of the Year and Professor of Sustainability, Faculty of Design/National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne University
Dr Forbes McGain, Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Western Hospital, Footscray
Towards sustainability in healthcare
- How do green issues impact healthcare?
- What policy actions are required to address the environmental impact of healthcare delivery in Australia?
- How can hospitals start to inform government policy?
- What needs to be done to ensure that Australian hospitals move past only delivering the minimum government standards?
- What outcomes might Australia face if it does not embrace and incorporate environmentally sustainable healthcare practices?
Robert Grima, President, Australian College of Health Service Executives
Professor Frank Fisher, Inaugural National Environmental Educator of the Year and Professor of Sustainability, Faculty of Design/National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne University
Dr Forbes McGain, Anaesthetist and Intensive Care Physician, Western Hospital, Footscray
5:00
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDY
Saving carbon, improving health: NHS carbon reduction strategy for the UK
David Pencheon, Director, Sustainable Development Unit, National Health Service, UK
(live via satellite)
Saving carbon, improving health: NHS carbon reduction strategy for the UK
- Tackling the huge carbon cost of our services, drugs and medical equipment
- Exercising influence through collaborative purchasing power
- Changing prescribing practices
- Looking for alternatives to medicine
- Reducing wastage and ensuring better adherence
- Further research
David Pencheon, Director, Sustainable Development Unit, National Health Service, UK
(live via satellite)
5:50
Chairperson’s closing remarks
6:00
End of day one
8:45
Registration and refreshments
9:00
Chairperson’s opening remarks
Suzanne Little, Board Director, Good Environmental Choice Australia
Suzanne Little, Board Director, Good Environmental Choice Australia
INTERNATIONAL CASE STUDIES
9:10
The Boulder Community Hospital 2 years on: what we have achieved by going green
Kai Abelkis, Environmental Coordinator, Boulder Community Hospital, Colorado, USA
- A retrospective analysis of the challenges and benefits encountered in the bid to incorporate sustainability into the core business of the hospital
- Determining actual cost savings delivered by going green
- Reviewing future initiatives to improve the hospital’s green status further
Kai Abelkis, Environmental Coordinator, Boulder Community Hospital, Colorado, USA
10:00
The Green Patient Lab 3.0 – greening the patient experience
Marty Waldron, Principal, Senior Medical Architect, Anshen +Allen, USA
The Green Patient Lab 3.0 is the first full-scale idea and research demonstration lab of its kind. Embodying such principals as “first, do no harm”, humanise the environment, integrate technology. The GPL 3.0 is designed to elevate awareness of green materials and technologies that are economically viable, readily available and appropriate for use in intensive healthcare settings.
It also shows how to create a healing environment that improves the quality of life for patients, staff and family by utilising best practices and evidence-based design concepts.
Anshen + Allen will share the trends and concerns of facility managers, nursing staff, infection control officers, contractors, environmental services managers, design professionals, and healthcare CEOs from across North America. What we’ve learned so far confirms many of our intuitions about healthy design, but has also surprised us, especially in regard to attitudes about technology and sustainable design.
Presentation Highlights:
- Introduction to the GPL - history, partners, goals, process
- Deep collaboration- 35 national healthcare industry partners collaborating on a new approach to a safer, healthier, and more integrated approach to inpatient design
- Research resources- overview of current inpatient research driving the GPL design
- Dig deeper: Materials chemistry for healthier and more sustainable products
- Technology design vision
- Next wave: GPL 4.0 and beyond
Marty Waldron, Principal, Senior Medical Architect, Anshen +Allen, USA
11:30
Morning tea
GREEN HOSPITAL DESIGN
11:50
Sustainable design requires changed expectations: how to get there
Professor Frank Fisher, Inaugural National Environmental Educator of the Year and Professor of Sustainability, Faculty of Design/National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne University
- Determining how eco design delivers cost effective outcomes
Professor Frank Fisher, Inaugural National Environmental Educator of the Year and Professor of Sustainability, Faculty of Design/National Centre for Sustainability, Swinburne University
12:30
Lunch
1:30
Green hospitals and evidence based design synergies
Keith Davis, Director Health Services, Norman Disney Young Health
Keith Davis, Director Health Services, Norman Disney Young Health
2:10
CASE STUDY
Narrabri District Health Service Redevelopment
Ken McPhail, Architectural and Practice Director, Health, Thomson Adsett
Narrabri District Health Service Redevelopment
- Reducing the impact on the environment through greenfield hospital development: opportunities, challenges and a look at the process
Ken McPhail, Architectural and Practice Director, Health, Thomson Adsett
2:50
Afternoon tea
GREEN HOSPITAL LIFE
3:10
Greening complex supply chains: engaging with suppliers
Hugh Wareham, CEO, ECO-Buy
Hugh Wareham, CEO, ECO-Buy
3:50
Analysing GlaxoSmithKline’s strategy to reduce energy waste
Phillip Osborne, Head of Engineering and Facilities Management, GSK Australia and New Zealand
Phillip Osborne, Head of Engineering and Facilities Management, GSK Australia and New Zealand
4:30
Chairperson’s closing remarks
4:40
End of the 3rd annual Green Hospitals conference
