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Automatic shutdown of PCs at work.

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2 Dec. 2009 — started by Consultant nephrologist from the Sustainability industry

Many of my colleagues love to leave their computers on when they go home for the night. Our IT department has been discussing a software solution to this for the last 6 ...

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Reusing Equipment to Deliver Savings Through ‘NHS Reuse’

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27 Sept. 2011 — added by Emma Gollub, 2degrees

NHS Reuse is a simple, secure, web-based system to facilitate the reuse of furniture and equipment within the NHS, delivering financial and environmental savings. This ...

The Health Impacts of Cold Homes and Fuel Poverty

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4 July 2011 — added by Emma Gollub, 2degrees

The Marmot Review Team was commissioned by Friends of the Earth to write this report which reviews the existing evidence of the direct and indirect health impacts ...

Update on NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy Graphs

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23 Aug. 2010 — added by Emma Gollub, 2degrees

This update has been provided by the NHS Sustainable Development Unit, with new information and additional tools to help NHS organisations reduce their carbon emissions ...

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Challenge from GSBQ: sustainable procurement in the NHS?

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7 April 2010 — started by Jophi George, 2degrees

One of the challenges discussed at the Retrofitting Existing NHS Buildings roundtable to which 5 London NHS trusts attended at our Sustainable Business Quarterly event ...

Experienced Delivery Partners for Sustainable Retrofits wanted

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25 Aug. 2011 — started by Managing Director from the Consultancy / Business Services industry

Hello all,Have recently set up a Sustainable Retrofit company focusing on non-domestic buildings, primarily in the UK.Am looking to widen my network of consultants that I use ...

A new tool for NHS Reporting on Sustainability

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8 April 2011 — added by Sustainability Manager from the Healthcare & Pharmaceuticals industry

In an effort to make utility and sustainability reporting more useful and consistent, the NHS SDU and the Department of Health have devised a comparable, data ...

How Low Can We Go?

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16 Feb. 2010 — added by Emma Gollub, 2degrees

This report produced by WWF-UK and The Food Climate Research Network reveals that food is a significant actor in the creation of greenhouse gases. Some 20% of the UK’s ...

Route Map for Sustainable Health

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2 Feb. 2011 — added by Emma Gollub, 2degrees

This document is a collaborative effort across the NHS and its partners to describe a sustainable health system and the components that are needed to achieve it. It forms the ...

NHS Sustainable Development Management Plans (SDMP)

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11 Aug. 2010 — added by Emma Gollub, 2degrees

This guidance for writing a board level SDMP has been published by the NHS Sustainable Development Unit. Having a Board Approved Sustainable Development Management Plan ...

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