Sustainability to the fore in ASHE advocacy efforts
The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) advocacy staff has spent much effort on sustainability, particularly how to define the terminology commonly used in that field.
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For example, the concept of minimizing carbon emissions is connected to terms such as 鈥渃arbon neutral,鈥 鈥渃arbon zero鈥 and 鈥渃arbon negative.鈥 All of these terms mean somewhat the same thing but, without clear definitions, it鈥檚 difficult for a hospital to meet a particular carbon-related goal.
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