Welcome to Covenant Health Systems’ “Healthy People need a Healthy Planet” page. Please stop back often to learn of Covenant’s environmental initiatives and tips on reducing your own carbon footprint.
The members of Covenant Health Systems’ environmental team are pleased to announce their partnership with IMEC’s Global Green Program headquartered in North Andover, MA
The IMEC Global Green Program™ is a medical surplus solution for hospitals and healthcare providers. It is a resource that enables hospitals and providers to make responsible use of medical surplus. IMEC Global Green Program participants have access to a dedicated IMEC representative and an on-demand surplus equipment pick up system. The result is a more effectively managed excess equipment process that is not only cost-effective and good for the environment, but also serves the needs of impoverished hospitals around the world. IMEC completes a thorough assessment of the impoverished hospital to ensure the equipment we distribute is suitable for the facility and will help advance the standard of care.
Learn more about IMEC at http://www.imecamerica.org .
Congratulations to Mary Immaculate Health/Care Services and St. Mary Health Care Center
Covenant congratulates members, Mary Immaculate Health Care in Lawrence, MA; St. Mary Health Care Center in Worcester, MA; and St. Mary's Villa, Elmhurst, PA for receiving Energy Star Certification signifying that these facilities perform in the top 25 percent of similar facilities nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict energy efficiency performance levels set by the EPA. Commercial buildings that earn EPA’s ENERGY STAR certification use an average of 35 percent less energy than typical buildings and also release 35 percent less carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
Measure Your Carbon Footprint
Covenant’s Green Team invites you to have fun while measuring your carbon footprint…Go to www. Myfootprint.org This Ecological Footprint Quiz estimates the amount of land and ocean area required to sustain your consumption patterns and absorb your wastes on an annual basis. After answering 27 easy questions you’ll be able to compare your Ecological Footprint to others’ and learn how to reduce your impact on the Earth.
Did you Know?
Americans spend about $11 billion a year on bottled water. It takes l.5 million barrels of oil—enough to fuel l00,000 cars for a year—to make the plastic bottles to meet Americans’ demand for bottled water, according to the Earth Policy Institute, a Washington DC, environmental think tank. Only one in five of these bottles are recycled.