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Decarbonising healthcare in EU regions | Interreg Europe

Healthcare is a hugely energy-intensive sectorIt contributes 5% of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and has a carbon footprint equivalent to 514 coal-fired power plants.Over 50% of its footprint is attributable to energy use, primarily consumption of electricity, gas, steam and air conditioning, with other operational emissions. Other contributing activities include: agriculture (9% e.g. catering at health facilities, growing cotton for surgical gowns), pharmaceuticals & chemicals (5%), transport (7%) and waste treatment (3%).There are ca. 15,000 hospitals in the EU, accounting for 25% to 60% of health expenditure (average 9.9% of EU member states’ GDP).The decarbonisation of the healthcare sector can no longer be postponed10 organisations from 7 EU countries, including support of an Advisory partner (Italy, Romania, Belgium, Greece, Ireland, Poland and Sweden) and public structures from 2 EU candidate countries (Serbia and Ukraine), started a collaboration to enhance the capacity of 6 national/regional/local authorities for designing and implementing better policies to decarbonize the healthcare sector.By fostering uptake of an integrated approach, DAPHNE boosts the design and implementation of high-impact actions (power supply, renewable, facilities and operations, supply chain, waste management, etc.) all contributing to GHG emission reduction and encouraging the scaling up of innovative tools in the field. In this context and in order to achieve the overall project aim, partners cooperate at interregional level to reach the following specific objectives:to chart a course to decarbonization of the healthcare sector, involving multiple interventions to implement high-impact integrated actions;to identify latest breakthrough technologies and innovative tools that could accelerate the energy transition in the sector.Our team:Tuscany Energy Consortium Italy (Lead partner) - ItalyNational Environment and Health Cell - BelgiumHealth Service Executive - IrelandExecutive Committee of Ivano-Frankivsk City Council - UkraineFaculty of Engineering University of Kragujevac - SerbiaTEM at Lund University - SwedenNorth-East Regional Development Agency - RomaniaRegion of Thessaly - GreeceElk City Municipality - PolandAssociation of Municipalities Polish Network “Energie Cités” - Poland

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The US Energy Transition Is Not Going Quietly

The US energy-as-a-service startup Budderfly is pushing the US energy transition into high gear, with more than $1 billion in capital.

The US Energy Transition Is Not Going Quietly

The US energy-as-a-service startup Budderfly is pushing the US energy transition into high gear, with more than $1 billion in capital.