Green Hospital Certification Systems

Year 2019, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 161 - 169, 10.02.2019

Yasin Çilhoroz , Oğuz Işık

https://doi.org/10.17681/hsp.394880

Abstract

Hospitals are structures
where the use of energy and resources that affect both the environment and
human health are intense. In particular, the health sector accounts for about
25% of the total carbon emissions of the community by itself and produces large
quantities of toxic, harmful substances and contaminated water. Thinking of
bringing hospitals out of this situation and making them more beneficial to the
environment and human health have provided the emergence of the green hospital
concept. In other words, the green hospital has referred to hospitals that use
less energy, produce less waste, use more recyclable materials and become
healthier organisations on this count. As green hospitals become widespread
throughout the world, knowing how hospitals meet the requirements for green
hospital has led to the emergence of green hospital certification systems. These
certification systems assess hospitals in various areas and score points and
certify to hospitals at different levels according to their scores. Hospitals
having these certifications gain better patient outcomes, patient / employee
safety and satisfaction, cost savings and productivity increase. In this
respect, this study will focus on BREEAM for Healthcare, LEED for Healthcare,
and Australian Green Star certification systems that are the most commonly used
green hospital certification systems worldwide.

Yeşil Hastane Sertifika Sistemleri

Abstract

Hastaneler hem çevre hem de insan sağlığına etki
eden enerji ve kaynak kullanımının yoğun olduğu yapılardır. Özellikle tek
başına sağlık sektörü, kamunun toplam karbon salınımının yaklaşık %25’ini
oluşturmakta ve zehirli, zararlı maddeler ve kirli sulardan oluşan büyük
miktarlarda atık üretmektedir. Hastaneleri bu durumdan kurtarıp çevreye ve
insan sağlığına daha faydalı kurumlar haline getirme düşüncesi yeşil hastane
kavramını gündeme getirmiştir. Yani yeşil hastane, daha az enerji harcayan,
daha az atık üreten, daha fazla geri dönüştürülebilir malzeme kullanan bu
sayede daha sağlıklı kurumlar haline gelen hastaneleri ifade etmektedir. Yeşil
hastanelerin dünya genelinde yaygınlaşması sonucunda hastanelerin yeşil olma
şartlarını ne kadar karşıladığının bilinmesi ihtiyacı da yeşil hastane
sertifikalandırma sistemlerinin ortaya çıkmasını sağlamıştır. Bu
sertifikalandırma sistemleri hastaneleri çeşitli alanlarda değerlendirerek bir
puanlama yapmakta ve hastanelere aldıkları puanlara göre farklı seviyelerde
sertifika vermektedirler. Bu sertifikalara sahip olan hastaneler daha iyi hasta
sonuçları, hasta/çalışan güvenliği ve memnuniyeti, maliyet tasarrufu ve
verimlilik artışı elde etmektedirler. Bu doğrultuda, bu çalışmada dünya
genelinde en sık kullanılan yeşil hastane sertifika sistemleri olan BREEAM for
Healthcare, LEED for Healthcare ve Australian Green Star sertifika sistemleri
üzerinde durulacaktır. 

Keywords

yeşil hastane, yeşil hastane sertifika sistemleri

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