The built environment consists of all the human-made aspects of people’s surroundings, including hospitals, facilities, roads and other connecting transit systems. Buildings contribute to climate change through their construction, maintenance and daily operation. This includes the materials they use; their location; and electricity, gas and water usage. It is estimated that capital expenditure for health care buildings alone, including expenditure on the building of new hospitals and retrofitting or upgrading of established hospitals, represents 8% of total Australia health care emissions. However, this figure only considers emissions from physical construction and upgrades and not building energy use.
Join Jack to learn about health facility lifecycle emissions and environmentally sustainable design principles from both a new build (i.e. SA’s new Women’s & Children’s Hospital) and existing facility perspective.
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