UF Health Solar Array at Office Park

Decarbonizing for Community Health

Facilities managers play a fundamental role in a creating healthy and sustainable communities

Last year over 100 healthcare organizations signed onto the Department of Health & Human Services (HHS’) Health Sector Climate Pledge (https://bit.ly/41QGE4m) committing to lowering greenhouse gas emissions and building more climate-resilient infrastructure. The voluntary pledge includes that organizations will reduce emissions by 50% by 2030 (from a baseline no earlier than 2008) and achieve net zero by 2050. Specifically, signers pledge to:

• Reduce organizational emissions by
50% by 2030.
• Achieve net zero by 2050.
• Publicly account for progress on this
goal every year.
• Designate an executive-level climate
leader by 2023.
• Conduct an inventory of Scope 3
(i.e., supply chain) emissions by the end
of 2024.
• Develop and release a climate resilience plan for continuous operations by
the end of 2023.

Read the full article on Health Facility Manager Magazine’s Portal: https://www.hfmmagazine.com/articles/4717-decarbonizing-for-community-health