Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Guide
| Document, Report, or Other Product Information | |
| Title: | Sustainable and Climate Resilient Health Care Facilities Guide |
| Subject: | Climate Change and Health Care Sector Resilience |
| Purpose (e.g., abstract): | The Guide reviews the hazards posed by climate change to the spectrum of health care facilities, from major hospitals to smaller clinics and outpatient facilities. It then reviews the current state of guidance for resilience measures for facilities and provides case studies of responses of health care facilities to weather-related disasters. It closes with proposed measures to enhance the sustainability and climate resilience of health care facilities. |
| ISI or HISA: | ISI |
| Link to Information Product: | |
| IC: | NIEHS |
| IC Division, Office, or Program: | ASPR Critical Infrastructure Protection Program/OASH |
| NIH Contact: | John Balbus, MD MPH 301-496-2920 balbusjm@niehs.nih.gov |
| Review Description: | Letter review. |
| Date of Review: | July 2014 |
| Reviewer Names and Expertise | |
| Number of Reviewers: | 4-6 |
| Reviewer Nominations Requested? | No |
| Upcoming Panels, Events: | View Upcoming Panels, Events, Notices, Meeting Updates |
| Technical/Draft Reports, Public Comments and Presentations: | |
| Past Roster, Notices, Meeting UPdates: | View Past Roster, Notices, Meeting Updates |
| Reviewer Expertise: | Hospital or health care system executives, sustainability officers, healthcare facility managers, architects, community/environmental justice representatives |
| How Selected: | Selected by NIEHS staff, OASH Critical Infrastructure Protection Program staff, and Healthier Hospital Initiative/Healthcare Without Harm staff. |
| Opportunity for Public Comment? | |