Assessing greenhouse gas emissions in hospitals: The development of an open-access calculator and its application to a German case-study

Assessing greenhouse gas emissions in hospitals: The development of an open-access calculator and its application to a German case-study

Hospitals are major contributors to climate change. It is therefore essential to identify the main sources of hospitals’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions to develop and monitor mitigation measures. Yet, a transparent and comprehensive hospital-specific GHG accounting methodology is currently lacking....

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Main Authors: Claudia Quitmann, Leonard Terres, Andy Maun, Rainer Sauerborn, Emma Reynolds, Till Bärnighausen, Alina Herrmann, Bernd Franke
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2025-03-01
Series:Cleaner Environmental Systems
Subjects:
Health care
Greenhouse gas emissions
Carbon footprint
Hospital
Climate change
Mitigation
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S266678942500008X
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