
The CLIRE project consists of four sub-projects, each focusing on a particular aspect of health care management with substantial potential for improvement in terms of sustainability and the use of clean technologies and practices. The first three sub-projects are managed by the healthcare management organization of Region Skåne.
The CLIRE project consists of four sub-projects, each focusing on a particular aspect of health care management with substantial potential for improvement in terms of sustainability and the use of clean technologies and practices. The first three sub-projects are managed by the healthcare management organization of Region Skåne: - Clean procurement of utensils, cleaning chemicals, disposables, and other products. It has been estimated that 60 per cent of emissions of carbondioxide generated by health care are caused by the use of materials. Region Skåne, on an annual basis, uses 47 million gloves and 155,000 litres of cleaning spirits for hands and surfaces, only to mention two examples. The project is based on cooperation between users, purchasers and suppliers in order to identify opportunities to dramatically reduce emissions from the use of various materials and implement new practices that realize the potential. - Making the clinic for hand-surgery and the urology clinic at Malmö University Hospital a sustainable clinic. This sub-project is based on a thorough analysis of the entire process of in-patient care, including opportunities to convert processes to out-patient care in order to reduce resource utilization. - The goal is making the building for hand surgery and urology energy efficient and it is run in cooperation with the company Schneider Electric. This involves changing of thermostats, installing sensors to control lighting, taps that reduce the use of water, , and installing a cover for the swimming-pool that will be used at night to reduce heat-loss. It also includes the conversion of the present roof to a “green roof” and possibly the installation of photovoltaic panels above windows. - The fourth sub-project is run by the City of Malmö with the goal of making three buildings in the area Sege Park supplied by renewable energy to 100%. This involves the production of heat and electricity from local sources of waste from parks, possibly by producing biogas from it for use in a local heating network.
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