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Sustainability

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Our Focus Areas

We are focusing on six key areas to help reduce our carbon footprint. We understand that the health of our community, environment, and finances are all intertwined. We’re managing all of our resources to reduce our overall environmental footprint and lead sustainability efforts in the Northeast.
  • The Built Environment
  • Waste Reduction & Diversion
  • Food Sourcing & Organic Waste
  • Sustainable Purchasing
  • Energy Systems & Conservation
  • Community Outreach & Education

Committed to Reducing Our Carbon Footprint

Our Sustainability Department is dedicated to helping improve the healthcare experience, ensure a healthy environment, and lower healthcare costs. We’re reducing waste, eliminating toxins, and creating a more sustainable community now and for the future.

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Powering Up Sustainable Energy

Our goal by 2025: Source all of the electricity we use through renewable means

Committed to Reducing Our Carbon Footprint.

At Rochester Regional Health, we understand that the health of our community, environment, and finances are all intertwined. We’re managing all of our resources to reduce our overall environmental footprint and lead sustainability efforts in the Northeast. Hospitals can use more than double the amount of energy as commercial buildings and on average generate more than thirty-three pounds of waste per patient per day — we’re making Rochester Regional Health the exception.

Our Sustainability Department is dedicated to helping improve the healthcare experience, ensure a healthy environment, and lower healthcare costs. We’re reducing waste, eliminating toxins, and creating a more sustainable community now and for the future.

Our Numbers

Since 2015, our sustainability efforts have resulted in:

%

Produce purchased locally

Annual energy efficiency savings

Annual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions

LED-Upgraded light bulbs

Solar panels

LEED-certified space designed

Saved annually from energy efficiency, renewable energy, and waste reduction initiatives

of materials recycled annually

Focus Areas

The Built Environment

Creating a healthier, more pleasant environment for patients and employees

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Waste Reduction and Diversion

Improving our management of natural resources and diverting resources from landfills by reusing and recycling whenever possible.

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Food Sourcing and Waste

Supporting our local Rochester farmers and reducing food waste

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Sustainable Purchasing

Purchasing products that reduce our energy consumption, use safer chemicals, and come from companies that promote social and environmental responsibility

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Energy Systems and Conservation

Improving energy efficiency and increasing renewable energy use

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Community Outreach and Education

Providing a range of hands-on experiences and career development opportunities for students from local high schools and universities

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Resource Reminder

Sustainability is a global problem with everyday solutions. Please help Rochester Regional to reduce, reuse, and recycle by following the simple steps outlined below. Our patients and staff, from today and tomorrow, thank you.
Switch off lights in empty rooms
Report leaky windows, doors, faucets, or fixtures to sustainability@rochesterregional.org
If responsible for equipment, consider energy-saving or lower water use models
Change default printer settings to double-sided
Take the stairs – saves energy and burns calories
Turn computers off or change to “Sleep” mode when not in use
If you normally use three paper towel or napkins, try two. If two, try one
Think before you print or copy. Really necessary? If so, recycle when you no longer need it
Use reusable water bottles or coffee mugs whenever possible
Have other ideas? Please contact sustainability@rochesterregional.org
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