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Vancouver Coastal Health 2012 Carbon Neutral Action Report

Building Space Change 2010 2011 2012

Distinct VCH Health Buildings 270 255 230

% Owned 81% 81% 81%

% Leased 19% 19% 19%

Usable Square Meters 817,753 816,880 812,792

Full-Time Employee Equivalents 13,600 12,936 13,293

CHANGES IN OUR

OPERATIONS We created a new Energy & Environmental Sustainability group dedicated to reducing the environmental impact of all the Lower Mainland health authorities

Four health authorities are working together Established in 2010, the following four health organizations began formally working together to manage and deliver administrative and clinical support services:

Fraser Health Authority (FHA) Providence Health Care (PHC) Provincial Health Services Authority (PHSA) Vancouver Coastal Health (VCH)

This partnership allows us to consolidate operations across the four health organizations for greater efficiency, so our health care dollars can be effectively focused on patient care.

Facilities Management was one of the ten administrative and clinical support services areas consolidated. Now, the new Lower Mainland Facilities Management team has a mandate that includes 27 acute care hospitals and 50 residential care facilities, which serve over 2.5 million British Columbians living in 37 municipalities and regional districts.

Coordinating our sustainability work Consolidation enabled the creation of an Energy & Environmental Sustainability (EES) group in 2010 within the Lower Mainland Facilities Management department.

This has presented new opportunities to coordinate our environmental and sustainability work across Vancouver Coastal Health, FH, PHC, and PHSA.

Advisory Committees Vancouver Coastal Health is a part of two groups dedicated to collaborating on energy & environmental sustainability work across the health care sector.

Environmental Sustainability Advisory Committee (ESAC)

The ESAC group is made up of various Health Authority key leaders across the lower mainland. These individual provide strategic council and key decisions on energy & environmental sustainability work within health care.

Provincial Environmental Tech Team (PETT)

The PETT group is made up of key stakeholders across all BC Health Authorities, the Ministry of Health, and the Climate Action Secretariat. This group provides strategic collaboration and sharing of best practices to enable more efficient energy & environmental sustainability work within health care

Net Space -0.5% Even though our site portfolio and square meters of space decreased by 0.5% in 2012, Vancouver Coastal Health still strives to reduce our carbon footprint in line with our target reduction goals.

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Vancouver Coastal Health 2012 Carbon Neutral Action Report

Our Sustainability Goals 2015 2020

Energy Reduction 10% 20%Green House Gas Reduction 15% 33%Water Reduction 7% 10%Alternate Commute Increase 10% 20%Staff Engagement (GreenCare) 40% 75%Waste Diversion (Recycling) * 70% 80%Waste Reduction (Biomedical) 10% 20%

* Goals aligned to Metro Vancouver targets.Targets use a 2009 baseline, except Green House Gas Emissions which uses 2007.

ENERGY AND ENVIRONMENTAL

SUSTAINABILITY We consider energy and environmental sustainability to be important components of organizational, human and environmental health

Reducing our environmental impact Our Energy & Environmental Sustainability (EES) group includes Energy Managers and Sustainability Managers tasked with reducing the waste and environmental impact of our health organizations.

It’s the goal of this EES group to unite all four organizations in their commitment towards Economic Stewardship Environmental Stewardship, and Health & Social Stewardship.

Increasing our staff’s environmental stewardship Vancouver Coastal Health is committed to reducing health care’s impact on the environment, while increasing the health and wellbeing of British Columbians by maintaining the important link between health and the environment.

Vancouver Coastal Health has endorsed an Environmental Sustainability Policy, along with the other Lower Mainland health organizations, that includes a Vision Statement and Sustainability Conservation Goals.

Creating a conscious work culture Mission Statement: Promote a health care community that is actively aware and engaged in creating sustainable and environmentally-conscious health care delivery.

GreenCare

GreenCare is the brand name for all the environmental sustainability activities across the Lower Mainland health organizations. This includes work done through our EES group, our Green+Leaders staff champions, our recycling program, and through our online GreenCare community website

www.bcgreencare.ca.

10 Focus Areas Our EES group aims to create greater sustainability in ten key areas of focus:

1. Culture of Stewardship 2. Energy Conservation &

Climate Neutral 3. Zero Waste 4. Active Transportation 5. Regenerative Design 6. Water Conservation &

Restoration 7. Sustainable

Procurement 8. Zero Toxicity 9. Healthy Land & Food

10. Transparent Reporting

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Vancouver Coastal Health 2012 Carbon Neutral Action Report

Vancouver Coastal Health

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Targeted / Achieved

Certification StatusCertification

DateJoe and Rosalie Segal Care Centre Vancouver Gold (construction) TBDLions Gate Hospital - HOpe Centre North Vancouver Gold (construction) TBDSt. Mary's Hospital Sechelt Gold (operational) TBD

Facilities Commitment Vancouver Coastal Health is committed to designing, constructing, and operating all facilities to a minimum of LEED standards and current best practices.

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Construction projects on new or existing facilities are built to sustainability standards: LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for new buildings, and BOMA BESt (Building Environmental Standards) for existing buildings

Buildings are rated BOMA BESt

Leased Sites 520 6th Avenue West, Vancouver 1669 East Broadway, Vancouver

Three facilities are being built to be certified LEED Gold

Owned Facilities St Mary’s Hospital extension in Sechelt – Completed and will

be occupied on March 35, 2013 The HOpe Centre Mental Health Residential Care – North

Vancouver – Under construction and planned for occupancy in , 2014

Joe and Rosalie Segal Care Centre at the VGH Campus – currently in the planning stage – Construction to start in the Summer of 2013 and occupancy planned for 2014/2015

Our Carbon Footprint (in tCO2e) 2010 2011 2012 1

Mobile Fuel Combustion (Fleet & other mobile equipment) 107 49 88.2Stationary Fuel Combustion & Electricity (Buildings) 44,882 45,719 44,853Supplies (Paper) 1,392 1,425 627

Total Carbon Footprint (tCO2e) 46,382 47,192 45,568

Emissions per Full-Time Employee 3.41 3.65 3.43Emissions per Meter Square Facility Space 0.057 0.058 0.056

Weather (summarized in Heating Degree Days) 2 2,853 2,963 2,8741 Carbon Footprint adjusted for 2011 in 2012, due to building data corrections from the Climate Action Secretariat. 2 Building energy consumption is heavily influenced by weather patterns. Heating Degree Days (HDD's) provide a summary of annual weather

patterns (a higher value indicates a cooler winter). HDD's listed are for Vancouver specifically, using a base temperature of 18 deg C.

2012 GREEN HOUSE GAS

EMISSIONS Vancouver Coastal Health is committed to setting aggressive targets for the reduction of Greenhouse Gas Emissions

Our Goal: An 18% drop in GHG emissions by 2016 As a government funded organization VCH must abide by the Provincial Government of British Columbia’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act (Bill 44), passed in 2007.

Under the Act, our Green House Gas emissions are to be reduced below our 2007 levels as follows:

18% by 2016 33% by 2020 80% by 2050

The Act also laid the foundation for the Emission Offsets Regulation and the Carbon Neutral Government Regulation, both enacted in December 2008, which guides VCH.

Our 2012 carbon footprint: 45,568 tC02e VCH has calculated our 2012 carbon footprint, in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act (as reported in SMARTTool), to be 45,568 tonnes. This represents a non-adjusted 2.75% reduction from our 2011 footprint.

“There are major health benefits from low carbon lifestyles, which can reduce obesity, heart and lung disease, diabetes and stress.”

Prof. Anthony Costello Institute for Global Health

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Vancouver Coastal Health 2012 Carbon Neutral Action Report

EMISSIONS REDUCTION GOALS 2013 CONT’D

REGENERATIVE DESIGN: We improve building efficiency Continue to use the GOLD LEED standard in new facility design and construction, and the LEED standard for all major renovations.

Continue to encourage the BOMA BESt standard in our leased buildings.

Investigate using Evidence Based Design and LEAN principles in building designs.

Evaluate using Perkins Will Precautionary List and the Living Building Challenge’s Red List in all project design.

Joe and Rosalie Segal Care Centre at the VGH Vancouver, a 100 bed mental health care centre, currently in the design and planning stage, will be opened in Vancouver at the VGH site in 2014/2015

HOpe Centre in North Vancouver, a mental health residential care facility, currently under construction, will be opened in 2014 / 15.

ACTIVE TRANSPORTATION: We facilitated greener commutes

Continue the Clean Commuter Challenge in 2013.

Continue the Green+Leaders sustainable transportation focus including a campaign to encourage walking, cycling or public transit for work commute.

ZERO WASTE: We reduced waste to incineration Roll out recycling renewal programs to 20 Community Health Centres.

Implement Food Services recycling and composting at other VCH sites.

HEALTHY LAND & FOOD: We are healthier with our land & food usage Pilot 2 additional community gardens, and integrate them into health care services with the intention of community engagement and enhanced health care.

WATER CONSERVATION & RESTORATION: We reduce water waste A water conservation plan will be developed over the next 3 years

Two (2) VCH facilities are currently undergoing comprehensive water consumption audits. Results and recommendations will be incorporated in our future water consumption plans and initiatives

Vancouver Coastal Health 2012 Carbon Neutral Action Report

ASSURANCES AND

RESOURCES

Health Authority Resources

Vancouver Coastal Health http://www.vch.ca/

Providence Health Care http://www.providencehealthcare.org

Fraser Health http://www.fraserhealth.ca

Provincial Health Services Authority http://www.phsa.ca

GreenCare Community www.bcgreencare.ca

External Resources

LiveSmart BC: 2010 Carbon Neutral Action Reports: Health Authorities http://www.livesmartbc.ca/government/carbon_neutral/health_authorities.html

Bill 44 – 2007; Greenhouse Gas Reduction Targets Act http://www.leg.bc.ca/38th3rd/1st_read/gov44-1.htm

Canadian Green Building Council LEED description http://www.cagbc.org/

ASHRAE 189.1 standard for new buildings and renovations http://www.ashrae.org/resources--publications/bookstore/standard-189-1

BOMA BESt Environmental Certification http://www.bomabest.ca/

Natural Resources Canada http://www.nrcan.gc.ca/home

Partner Resources

Fortis http://www.fortisbc.com

BC Hydro http://www.bchydro.com/

Assurance As part of meeting the Carbon Neutral Government Regulations, all Public Sector Organizations (POS) are now required to annually self-certify, i.e. declare that the data entered into SMARTTool is accurate and complete.

Beginning in 2012, each year a cross section of PSOs will undergo an independent verification process.

In 2011, our Energy and Environmental Sustainability team volunteered for the Climate Action Secretariat's pilot self-certification program.

Feedback from the auditors was good, indicating the Lower Mainland Health Authorities' new process for self-certification is sound.