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University Health Network
AHealthierWorld.
Annual Report2020
Energy & Environment
Energy &Environment
2020 Energy & Environment Highlights
Advancing employee engagement by growing the UHN Green Team to 731 members
BACKGROUND ON ENERGY & ENVIRONMENT AT UHNAt UHN, we know climate change is a major threat to human health. Since its inception in1999, our Energy & Environment team has guided UHN to embed environmentalstewardship in its system, causing a triple benefit to the environment, finance and healththat far outweighs the efforts. Energy & Environment supports UHN’s vision of “A HealthierWorld,” by powering patient and planet-centred care, research and education.
The Energy & Environment department, part of Facilities Management-Planning, Redevelopment & Operations, continued to foster a strongculture of sustainability across UHN in 2020. Although the COVID-19pandemic affected the majority of the year – resulting in increasedenergy requirements for extra ventilation and a surge in PPE waste – theteam still completed 47 projects and made strides in green initiativesacross the organization.
Notable achievements from 2020 include:A 3.1 per cent reduction in overall energy use, resulting in $5.6Msaved in utility costsLowering greenhouse gas emissions by 3,619 t (the equivalent ofremoving 787 cars from the road last year)Reducing water use by 19 per cent (equivalent to saving 55 Olympic-sized swimming pools of water)Installing Deep Lake Water Cooling at Princess Margaret, saving 6MkWh electricity, 227 t of GHGe and 29,936 m3 water annuallyA 36 per cent waste diversion rate (recycled or composted instead ofwaste going to landfill), a 6 per cent improvement from 2019Earning a Gold Climate Resiliency Award, Gold Climate LeadershipAward and Silver Renewable Energy Award from Global Green &Healthy Hospitals 2020 Health Care Climate ChallengeA Smart Commute Platinum Workplace designation for the team’songoing efforts in promoting a green commute such as cycling,walking, carpooling and public transit. Highlights include:
Installing 6 more electric vehicle charging stations, bringing the total to 42Installing/improving 204 bike parking spots across four UHN sites
EnergyGJ
2018 2019 2020
BC LC RC UC HC
PMCRTKDTTGHTWHPMHMICH
0
100k
200k
300k
400k
Energy Use 2018-2020 (GJ)
Total $ spent in 2020 (energy + water)
1.5% reduction from 2019$32.61.31
Gigajoules energy consumed in 2020:
3.1% reduction* from 2019 Million GJ Million
*weather-corrected
14% less than pre-energy management baseline!
Total $ saved in 2020 by energy management
$5.6 Million
BC=Bickle Centre, LC=Lyndhurst Centre, RC=Rumsey Centre, UC=UniversityCentre, HC=Hillcrest Centre, PMCRT=Princess Margaret Cancer Research
Tower KDT=Krembil Discovery Tower TGH=Toronto General Hospital,TWH=Toronto Western Hospital, PMH=Princess Margaret Cancer Centre,
MICH=Michener Institute, UHN=University Health Network
Behaviour change & engagement remain constantpillars of UHN’s Energy Management Plan
GJ/m2
2018 2019 2020
BC LC RC UC HC
PMCRTKDTTGHTWHPMHMICHUHN
0
2
4
Energy Use Index 2018-2020 (GJ/m2)572Energy projects completed
from 2010-2020
UHN ResearchTowers switchover 15,000lamps to LEDLighting
Scheduling andoccupancycontrols for HVACcan reduceenergy by asmuch as 70%
Clean Cooling! New Deep LakeWater Coolingat PrincessMargaretCancer Centre
New domesticwater boosterpumps inPMCRT helpsmove watermore efficiently
Energy Highlights
Saves 6 MILLION kWhelectricity, 227 t of GHGeand 29,936 m3 waterannually! Click for more
Saves 769,000 kWh ofelectricity and $100,000 per year! Click for more
Scheduling to matchoccupancy saves energyand no one feels thedifference Click for more
Saves I88,432 kWh ofelectricity and $23,365per year! Click for more
Just some of the 47 energy projects completed in 2020 (and 71 still underway) that make UHN more efficient & resilient
Energy Management UHN has saved $30 million via arobust energy management program
click forUHN's EnergyManagement
Plan
Through over 572 energy projects completed from 2010-20, UHN has avoided spending $30 million in utilities. Utility bills may rise despite energy efficiency work due to rate escalation, weatherchanges, building expansions, space use changes, equipment wear & tear, and more. Accounting forthese, this graph shows what might have been without energy management (red line). Though actualcosts (blue) rose until 2016, “business as usual” (red) was far higher. The green tint between showscost savings, further emphasized by the bar graph showing annual savings.
Direct & Indirect GHGe
Direct Indirect
'14 '15 '16 '17 '18 '19 '200
10k
20k
30k
40k
50k
60kMT
Greenhouse gas emissions from on-sitecombustion of natural gas and oil
Direct
Green House Gas Emissions (GHGe)
Indirect Greenhouse gas emissions from offsiteenergy generation, including electricity,steam and district cooling
Burning fossil fuels creates the emissions that cause climate change, while energyefficiency reduces those emissions. Through energy efficiency projects, UHN haslowered its greenhouse gas emissions by 33222 t since 2010. That’s like plantingover half a million trees or taking 787 cars off the road! As climate change is a directthreat to human health, UHN, as a healthcare institution, has a critical role to play.
549,333Like planting
TREES!
Emissions reduction:
Water
Reduction in wateruse from last year!
Water Use (in thousands of m3)
2018 2019 2020
BC LC RC UC HC
PMCRT
KDTTGH
TWH
PMH
MIC
H
0
50
100
150
19% Water Use Index
2018 2019 2020
BC LC RC UC HC
PMCRT
KDTTGH
TWH
PMH
MIC
HTota
l0
1
2
3
4
5
(m3 water / m2 floor space)
Deep LakeWater Coolingcauses largereduction inwater used tocool TGH & PMH
55Like saving 55Olympic-sized
swimmingpools of water
Though usageat KDT had spiked,by tracking andfixing the issues, it isthe most improvedsite in 2020
589,544 m3 total waterused in 2020
2017
2018
2019
2020
TGH TW/KD PMH PMCRT
0
250
2017
2018
2019
2020
TGH TW/KD PMH
0
10
Hazardous Waste
2017
2018
2019
2020
TGH TW/KD PMH PMCRT TRI
0
20
BioMedical Waste (t)
Pharmaceutical Waste (t)
Chemical Waste (t)
plastic saved using reusable sharpsbins instead of disposable ones in 2020
72,247 KGUC BC LC
0
5
10
UC BC LC
0
0.5
1
2017
2018
2019
2020
TGH TWH PMH
0
50
100
Anesthetic Gas Recapture (kg)
proper disposal of hazardous waste is key toprotecting people, waterways, land & air
Protects lungs of Operating Room staff,Recaptures precious resource for reuse
Pandemic-relatedclinical activities havecaused an increase inbiomedical waste
Non-Hazardous Waste
Cost Savings from Recycling in 2020 $139,729
Diversion Rate from landfill through recycling & composting 36%
Recycled materials cost far less to dispose of than landfill,making it green financially and environmentally
Land�ll Index kg/m2
2018 2019 2020
BC HCLCRC UC
PMH
TGHTW
H
PMCRT
MIC
H
UHN AVG
0
10
How much non-hazardous waste was thrown in garbage,divided by size of building. Does not include recycling orcompost. Lower numbers are better.
Diversion Rate %
2018 2019 2020
BC HCLCRC UC
PMH
TGHTW
H
PMCRT
MIC
H
UHN AVG
0
25
50
How much non-hazardous waste was diverted to recyclingor composting instead of landfill Higher numbers are better
6% improvement over 2019's diversion rate
Practicing the 5-Rsin waste reduction
The pandemic affected waste in many ways: a vast increase inPPE and clinical waste, yet a decrease in generalwaste, catering, food court consumption due to regulationchanges and many administrative staff working from home
26,534
Social Media
Talkin' TrashTwitter
followers
854
+4%page views/year
+18%increase in page views
compared to 2019compared to 2019
Telling Our Stories
Social media sites including our Talkin' Trash with UHN Blog,Twitter and Facebook tell UHN's greening stories so they may beamplified and repeated. Outreach is modeled on community-basedsocial marketing methodology. Content generated by green teammembers themselves increases their engagement and influence.
Communication, training & staffengagement are key to the organizationalreach of all sustainability programs.
659 staff trained live 2020
39,760 staff trained live 2000 - 20201,352 staff trained virtually 2020
live
virtual
2017 2018 2019 20200
1k
2k
3k
System-wide sustainability training at orientation began in2019. As the pandemic interrupted live training opportunities,much shifted online.
Training
*Buy, Build, Move, Grow & Eat
Virtual Care: alifeline topatients,also saves PPE,travel emissionsand time
Biggest BikeParking Expansionin UHN History!Building secure, multi-site storagenudges switchfrom 4 wheels to 2
1,302 participantsin the WasteReduction WeekInter-HospitalChallenge!
Now 42 ElectricVehicle ChargingStations at UHN!Helps switch fromfossil fuel burnersto zero-emissionsvehicles.
UHN leads this fun,educational, virtual 5-R challenge, now in its 6thyear! Click for more
Enabled people to seek care without fear of COVID.Supply-chain & Eco-benefit Click for more
COVID fears = less TTC, more cars. 204 new/better bike spaces allow a greener safe choice Click for more
Installed 6 more EVcharging stations at TWH.LED light install = powercapacity Click for more
*Sustainably
All 731 Green team members across UHN pledge to green their workplace throughtheir day-to-day actions, driving sustainable behaviours organization-wide.
Green Team
The Bickle Garden Team kept the wheelchair-accessible food garden going with some thoughtful spacing,sanitation and scheduling. It was a haven for patients, staff and pollinators alike. Click for more
The Earth MonthScavenger huntmade this virtualcelebration funand educational.
Click to play
Providing Patient
& Planet Centred
Care
Energy & Environment is proud to bepart of the FM-PRO team at UHNwww.facebook.com/talkintrashwithuhn
www.uhn.ca/corporate/AboutUHN/Greening_UHN
For more information on the Energy & Environment Department & sustainability at UHN...
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