■医疗保健部门占荷兰温室气体(GHG)排放量的7%。然而,这在组织层面上还没有得到很好的理解。这项研究旨在评估伊拉斯谟大学医学中心的碳足迹,以确定驾驶活动和来源。
■使用了混合方法,结合生命周期影响评估和基于支出的方法,根据范围1(直接排放),量化医院2021年的碳足迹,2(来自购买能源的间接排放),和温室气体议定书的3(间接排放的其余部分)。结果按购买的商品和服务类别分类,药物,特定的产品组,和医院部门。
■医院排放了209.5千吨二氧化碳当量,范围3(72.1%)是最大的贡献者,其次是范围2(23.1%)和范围1(4.8%)。范围1主要由固定燃烧决定,范围2由购买电力决定。范围3由购买的商品和服务驱动,其中药品占41.6%。其他重要类别是医疗产品,实验室材料,假体和植入物,和建设投资。主要贡献部门是儿科,房地产,神经病学,血液学,和信息技术。
■这是对学术医院在其所有活动和部门中的环境影响进行的首次混合分析。很明显,足迹主要由外部供应链的上游效应决定。这项研究强调了碳足迹在组织层面的重要性,指导未来的可持续发展战略。
UNASSIGNED: The healthcare sector is responsible for 7% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the Netherlands. However, this is not well understood on an organizational level. This research aimed to assess the carbon footprint of the Erasmus University Medical Center to identify the driving activities and sources.
UNASSIGNED: A hybrid approach was used, combining a life cycle impact assessment and expenditure-based method, to quantify the hospital\'s carbon footprint for 2021, according to scope 1 (direct emissions), 2 (indirect emissions from purchased energy), and 3 (rest of indirect emissions) of the GHG Protocol. Results were disaggregated by categories of purchased goods and services, medicines, specific product groups, and hospital departments.
UNASSIGNED: The hospital emitted 209.5 kilotons of CO2-equivalent, with scope 3 (72.1%) as largest contributor, followed by scope 2 (23.1%) and scope 1 (4.8%). Scope 1 was primarily determined by stationary combustion and scope 2 by purchased electricity. Scope 3 was driven by purchased goods and services, of which medicines accounted for 41.6%. Other important categories were medical products, lab materials, prostheses and implants, and construction investment. Primary contributing departments were Pediatrics, Real Estate, Neurology, Hematology, and Information & Technology.
UNASSIGNED: This is the first hybrid analysis of the environmental impact of an academic hospital across all its activities and departments. It became evident that the footprint is mainly determined by the upstream effects in external supply chains. This research underlines the importance of carbon footprinting on an organizational level, to guide future sustainability strategies.