Patients and visitors to Emory’s many healthcare facilities benefit from efforts to make indoor environments healthier and better situated to utilize resources wisely. Check out what we are doing to support the health and wellbeing of everyone – patients, visitors and staff – at all Emory healthcare facilities.
GET AROUND GREEN
- Follow our interactive, sustainability maps to plan your trip and learn more about sustainability efforts around campus.
- Understand how to get around campus sustainably, whether it’s by taking MARTA or using our biofuel-powered shuttles.
- Learn about our No Idle Policy, where to charge your electric car or find alternative fuel, and how to rent a CarShare.
KEEP IT SUSTAINABLE
- Recycle your cans and bottles at Emory Hospital cafes and help us achieve zero landfill waste. Look for the following diagram at the Clifton and Asbury Cafes’ waste stations:
- Use the green and blue bins located outside of many of our facilities. Put food in the green compost bins and everything else in the blue recycle bins.
- Enjoy locally and sustainably sourced food in cafes and coffee shops around Emory’s campus.
- Visit Emory’s Farmers Market to learn about sustainable food choices and pick up some locally grown food.
- Stop by one of our educational gardens and see what Emory is doing to bring sustainable food options to our community.
LEARN MORE
- Did you know the Emory University Hospital Tower, completed in 2017, is the first Emory Healthcare building to become LEED certified?
- Get more details by reading the Emory Sustainability Vision and Strategic Plan.
- Sign up for the Office of Sustainability e-newsletter; follow us on Facebook and Twitter.
Helpful Documents and Links for Hospital Visitors
| Title | Initiative | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| Emory Healthcare Sustainability Council Mission & Goals | All Initiatives | Documents & Reports | The Emory Healthcare Sustainability Council was established in September 2009 (formerly the Sustainability in Health Sciences Task Force) to develop a set of recommendations to guide senior administrators in setting goals and year-to-year strategies that will improve current practices or implement new best practices in sustainability for the Woodruff Health Sciences Center. |
| Healthcare Sustainability: Why We Care | All Initiatives | Documents & Reports | Emory University values sustainability in our Healthcare. Use this document to see our goals, accomplishments, and rationals. |
| State of Sustainability in Emory Healthcare | All Initiatives | Documents & Reports | Emory Healthcare sustainability goals and accomplishments as of January 2018 |
| Sustainable Healthcare at Emory University by Lauren Balotin | Wellbeing | Documents & Reports | James Wagner, who served as Emory University’s president from 2003 until 2016, recounts that during his time as president, he witnessed Emory accept sustainability as one of its core values: "The agenda that presented itself was... to move [sustainability] from sort of a moral preference to a moral obligation—that is, to incorporate sustainability as one of the principles of the university… That was one of the accomplishments that I hope sticks around—moving sustainability from an aspiration to a commitment, if you will." |