The carbon footprint of a Dutch academic hospital—using a hybrid assessment method to identify driving activities and departments
BackgroundThe 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.MethodsA 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... Mehr ...
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Dokumenttyp: | Artikel |
Erscheinungsdatum: | 2024 |
Reihe/Periodikum: | Frontiers in Public Health, Vol 12 (2024) |
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Frontiers Media S.A.
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Schlagwörter: | carbon footprint / expenditure-based method / life cycle impact assessment / healthcare sustainability / hospital / Public aspects of medicine / RA1-1270 |
Sprache: | Englisch |
Permalink: | https://search.fid-benelux.de/Record/base-28985926 |
Datenquelle: | BASE; Originalkatalog |
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Link(s) : | https://doi.org/10.3389/fpubh.2024.1380400 |