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Cleveland Clinic, for the fourth straight year, has been awarded the most prestigious environmental achievement award presented by Practice Greenhealth ...

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The endless sniffles and hacking cough that you can't seem to shake may not be a cold, but rather signs of asthma ...

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has recognized Cleveland Clinic with a 2013 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year -Sustained Excellence Award ...

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Cleveland Clinic recently learned that Marymount Hospital’s Surgery Expansion earned LEED- NCv2.2 Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council.

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Cleveland Clinic is making major changes in how it uses and disposes of plastics as part of a five-year-old sustainability program that has made significant gains in energy and building management.

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy have named Cleveland Clinic an ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year for the second year in a row.

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Cleveland Clinic represented the healthcare industry Friday at the White House in a national building challenge discussion on making U.S. buildings more energy efficient.

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The Global Cardiovascular Innovation Center has been awarded LEED Gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council because of its environmentally-responsible design and efficient operating systems.

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Three Cleveland Clinic facilities have been selected to participate in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) second national competition among commercial buildings to save energy and fight climate change.

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As the result of infrastructure re-investment, including adoption of advanced energy technologies, and employee education, we've realized 20% percent per square foot reduction of energy use over the past 3 years, earning Cleveland Clinic the honor of ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year in 2011. We are proud of this distinction.

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Cleveland Clinic health system has earned numerous national awards for environmental stewardship from Practice Greenhealth, a member organization dedicated to sustainable transformation of the healthcare sector.

In 2008, we received 13 national awards; in 2009, we received an additional 13 awards; and in 2010, we received 22 awards, including:

Environmental Leadership Award

Our main campus was honored with this topmost-level award in 2010. Winners must maintain at least a 25 percent recycling rate, be virtually mercury-free and show progress in all areas of environmental stewardship.

Partner for Change

Several of our hospitals and family health centers have received this honor, which recognizes top performers that maintain at least a 15 percent recycling rate and show progress in most other areas.

Partner Recognition

Several of our hospitals and family health centers have received this honor, which recognizes facilities that have organized for change and have made progress in several areas.

Making Medicine Mercury-Free

This one-time award recognizes our hospitals and family health centers that have made a commitment to and implemented mercury management and minimization best practices.

System for Change

Our enterprise has been recognized in both 2009 and 2010 for our system-level approach and structure that has generated progress in each of our facilities.

Cleveland Clinic has made implementing sustainable design principles in all of its buildings and open space areas a key priority area for new and future projects on its campuses. The Clinic even incorporated many "green" elements to the development of a new 158-car parking facility on E. 105th Street and Carnegie Avenue to reduce the amount and impact of stormwater runoff. The Clinic and its partners on the project are hopeful that their efforts will spark a new era of parking facilities within the region that can be both functional and aesthetically appealing while serving as a solution to some of the stormwater management issues challenging cities everywhere.

Both the employees and patients that utilize this parking facility are responding positively to the new lot. The design enhances the streetscape in this area while providing a lush, vegetative character that provides a sense of relief to pedestrians and users alike among the harsh climate of pavement and hard surfaces. The site will establish a natural and healthy environment for employees and patients through the attractive landscape plantings and the other design amenities. The new parking facility develops the site in a sustainable manner, while restoring and retaining the natural systems through a design that is conscientious of natural features.

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