Valley Children's Hospital
The only children's hospital in California's Central Valley and the first hospital in California and only the second children's hospital in the nation to earn The Joint Commission's Sustainable Healthcare Certification (2024). Valley Children's is building the largest pediatric healthcare based renewable energy microgrid in the country, expected to provide 80% of the hospital's energy demand via solar, fuel cells, and battery storage.
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Goals & progress
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- Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Boston Medical Center100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Seattle Children's Hospital100% (+55 pts ahead)
- Gundersen Health System (Emplify Health)100% (+35 pts ahead)
- Advocate Christ Medical Center100% (+35 pts ahead)
- Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center100% (+35 pts ahead)
Solutions that map to these goals
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On site aerobic digester that turns up to 220 lbs of hospital food waste and Terraloam compostable film gowns into finished compost in 24 hours closing the loop between cafeteria and clinical waste streams.
On site treatment system that decontaminates and recycles polystyrene petri dishes, PET tubes, medical tubing and polypropylene syringes back into usable resin.
Capture and destroy systems for waste anesthetic gases (desflurane, sevoflurane, N₂O) that prevent potent greenhouse gas release and cut volatile pharma waste.
Decision support tool that correctly classifies drug waste so hospitals stop disposing non hazardous pharma in expensive, plastic heavy regulated waste streams.
UK university spin out (NHS Innovation Accelerator fellow) that decontaminates and recycles lab consumables pipette tips, tubes, plates into reusable polymer feedstock on site.
Small UK manufacturer turning post consumer PET bottles into durable, NHS suitable scrubs and medical apparel.