Links and Resources
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General
Department of Sustainability and Environment
www.dse.vic.gov.au
DHS Sustainability Forums
www.dhs.vic.gov.au/environment/sustainforum.htm
Promoting environmental best practice within the Department’s operations. Learn about recent best practice cases studies, new tools, DHS requirements, and have an opportunity for networking and information exchange.
EPA Victoria
www.epa.vic.gov.au
Our Environment, Our Future
www.dse.vic.gov.au/ourenvironment-ourfuture
The Our Environment, Our Future - Sustainability Action Statement 2006 is a $200 million package of 150 priority sustainability initiatives to secure a sustainable state for future generations of Victorians.
Energy
Australian Greenhouse Office
www.climatechange.gov.au
Australian Greenhouse Office
www.climatechange.gov.au
Site of the Australian Government agency for Greenhouse. Contains information on a range of Greenhouse topics including policy and technical information.
Energy Toolbox
www.energy-toolbox.vic.gov.au
The Energy Toolbox provides Victorian Government agencies with information, resources and links that assist energy managers to understand and implement Government Sustainable Energy Targets.
Institute of Hospital Engineering (IHEA) Victoria
www.ihea.com.au/energy
Contains useful resources for hospital engineers and health facilities managers. Includes DHS sponsored case studies and application notes.
Sustainability Victoria (incorporating former Sustainable Energy Authority Victoria and Ecorecycle sites)
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
Sustainability Victoria, contains links to information and tools to assist Victorians to reduce their environmental impact.
Victorian Greenhouse Unit-Department of Sustainability and Environment
www.greenhouse.vic.gov.au
Purchasing
Ecospecifier
www.ecospecifier.org
Ecospecifier assists architects, designers , builders and specifiers with sourcing materials quickly.
Department of the Environment and Heritage
http://www.environment.gov.au/settlements/government/purchasing/index.html
Information about Commonwealth Government Environmental Purchasing Guide and checklists.
Health Purchasing Victoria
www.hpv.org.au
HPV facilitates the tendering for the supply of goods and services outlined in the Health Services (Health Purchasing Victoria) Act 2001.
The Victorian Government Purchasing Board Environmental Purchasing Policy
www.vgpb.vic.gov.au/CA256C450016850B/0/C468AFE2690E4D46CA256C780002DFFE?OpenDocument
Transport
Travelsmart
www.travelsmart.vic.gov.au
Water
DHS Environmental Health - Water
www.health.vic.gov.au/environment/water/
The Department of Human Services ensures the quality of water health. Information about grey-water quality guidelines, drinking water, blue green algae, fluoridation, rainwater tanks, water recycling, swimming pools and spas and other public heath related water information.
Melbourne Water
www.melbournewater.com.au
Savewater
www.savewater.com.au
Lots of useful tips on saving water at work and at home, for example a link to water saving products
Victorian Water Industry Asssociation
www.vicwater.org.au/
VWIA is the peak industry association for water businesses in Victoria. The site contains links to all Victorian government owned water businesses and authorities.
Watersmart
www.watersmart.vic.gov.au
Water Conservation in Hospitals
www.hercenter.org/facilitiesandgrounds/waterconserve.cfm
Healthcare in Environment Resource Centre. Note that compliance information will relate to the US and not Australia. Please check Australian Commonwealth and State compliance regulations.
Whitepaper: Our Water Our Future
http://www.ourwater.vic.gov.au/programs/owof
Waste
Code of Practice for the Management of Clinical and Related Waste 5th Edition, 2007www.wmaa.asn.au/director/divisions/clinical_waste.cfm
Biohazard Waste Industry Australia and New Zealand (BWI) (formerly ANZCWMIG, Australian and New Zealand Clinical Waste Management Industry Group) Industry Code of Practice for the Management of Clinical and Related Wastes 2007 (5th edition) has been released following extensive consultation with State/Territory Health, Environment and Occupational Health & Safety Agencies as well as many Medical/Nursing professional associations and is endorsed by EPA Victoria
Sustainability Victoria
www.sustainability.vic.gov.au
Sustainability Victoria, contains links to information and tools to assist Victorians to reduce their environmental impact. Includes a range of waste resources and Towards Zero Growth, strategy.
Health and climate change
AMA Position Statement on Climate Change and Health
www.ama.com.au
Climate Change in Victoria
www.greenhouse.vic.gov.au
Contains information on climate change and adaptation and updated information.
Climate Change: an Australian Guide to the Science and the Potential Impacts
www.greenhouse.vic.gov.au
Global Environment
www.med.harvard.edu/chge/resources.html
Harvard Medical School site, including useful links to publications on Health and the Environment.
The Collaboration on Atmospheric Environment and Health at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Public Health at ANU
nceph.anu.edu.au/Envir_Collab/index.php
Focused on research methods and strategies.
World Health Organisation
www.who.int/phe/en/
Information on protection of the human environment
Sustainable Healthcare
Canadian Centre for Pollution Prevention
www.c2p2online.com/main.php3?session=§ion=87&doc_id=419
Canadian site with links to resources for putting sustainable design concepts into practice in healthcare construction projects.
Canadian Coalition for Green Healthcare
www.greenhealthcare.ca/initiatives.htm
Organisation working to reduce environmental impacts of health care. - Includes building Green Hospitals checklist.
Ecofootprint
www.materialhealth.com
A mass balance and ecological footprint analysis of the NHS in England and Wales
Green Building Council
www.gbca.org.au
Not For Profit Organisation. Contains links to educational courses and Green Star Accreditation and Healthcare Greenstar pilot, of which DHS is a participant.
Healthybuilding.net
Green healthcare construction case studies (290k, pdf)
[Note: The above document is located on the Healthy Building Network website]
Green Healthcare Case Studies. Contains a useful links page to green hospital information
Hospitals for a Healthy Environment (H2E)
www.h2e-online.org
H2E educates health care professionals about pollution prevention opportunities in hospitals and healthcare.Includes link to Environmental Purchasing, an intitiative between American Hospitals Association and the Environmental Protection Association (US).
International Society of Physicians for the Environment
www.isde.org
International NGO of Doctors for the Environment.
National Health Estates
http://www.dh.gov.uk
Sustainable Development in the British National Health System. Comprehensive information on sustainability policies and guidelines.
Sustainable Hospitals Project
www.sustainablehospitals.org
The Sustainable Hospitals Project (SHP)(US) provides technical support to the healthcare industry for selecting products and work practices that eliminate or reduce occupational and environmental hazards, maintain quality patient care, and contain costs.