The story of the Sambhavna Clinic, a non-profit holistic health clinic in Bhopal, India, built to treat those injured by the Union Carbide toxic gas release in 1984. enlarge video
Events
Here are some of the upcoming events that focus on issues addressed by HCWH. For more information, visit each event's website, and be sure to visit our work group issue pages (detailed on the left navigation bar).
CleanMed Conferences
CleanMed is the world's leading conference focusing on sustainable health care. During 26-28 September 2012, the European version of the conference will be held for the third time in its history. The conference will be held in Malmö, the most continental city of Sweden. CleanMed Europe 2012 will provide you with a holistic view on the impact of healthcare on society — at both global and local levels. We look forward to offering a wide spectrum of current topics, presented by leading international experts and organisations. Visit www.CleanMedEurope.org for more information.
Mark your calendars for CleanMed 2013 in the United States. The conference attracts key decision makers from across the health care supply chain, including health care providers, hospital CEOs, product vendors and manufacturers, major health care systems and the top Group Purchasing Organizations. CleanMed 2013 will take place April 24 to 26, 2013, in Boston, Massachusetts. Visit www.CleanMed.org for more information.
Key Resources
- Energy Impact Calculator
What are your facility's energy health impacts and costs? What can you do to improve them?

- Learn about Practice Greenhealth and the Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange
- Green Guide for Health Care Report:
A Prescriptive Path to Energy Efficiency for Hospitals
download report (pdf) read abstract (pdf) - Healthcare Energy Project Guidebook, designed to provide decision makers with knowledge about improving energy efficiency (pdf)

