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Sustainability for Health Care - Achieving Your Sustainability Goals

AHA sustainability in health care information and resources. 
In-Person Events

AHA Sustainability Summit

This summit brings together leaders and subject matter experts from hospitals and health care organizations to address sustainability in health care.
Guides/Reports

The Health Care Leader’s Guide to Sustainability and Environmental Stewardship

This guide supports hospital leaders seeking to make their organization more environmentally sustainable through actionable strategies and resources.
Event

AHA Sustainability Summit 2025 - July 19

The AHA Sustainability Summit brings together hospital leaders working to create more environmentally sustainable health care organizations.
Event

Financing Sustainability through the Inflation Reduction Act: Making the Case

In August 2022, the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) was enacted, offering tax incentives and funding mechanisms typically unavailable to tax-exempt organizations, including non-profit health care. This webinar will feature panelists who will advocate for utilizing IRA incentives. They will provide an overview of the available credits and grants, present the legal perspective on using these incentives, showcase a provider experienced in working with non-profit organizations on successful project implementation, and highlight a case study of an organization that has effectively leveraged IRA funding with the help of legal and financial partners.
Content
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Environmental Sustainability in the World of Health care

There is growing awareness in the health care field that becoming a better steward of the environment is something well within the capabilities of most health caregivers.
Resources

Sustainability Accelerator Tool

Environmental sustainability benchmarking for hospitals and health systems
Case Studies

Foreword and Executive Summary - Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital

Learn why and how ASHE partnered with Providence St. Peter Hospital on a decarbonization feasibility study to electrify the existing hospital’s heat.
Case Studies

Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital

A groundbreaking case study on electrifying an existing hospital building’s thermal load — and a companion guide on starting decarbonization efforts
News

ASHE, Providence case study details feasibility of electrifying heat in an existing hospital 

AHA’s American Society for Health Care Engineering and Providence St. Peter Hospital in Olympia, Wash., examined the feasibility of shifting to renewable electricity to heat its building.