As our communities face economic and environmental challenges it is important for every individual to support energy efficiency. That is why Santa Cruz Veterinary Hospital has made a commitment to take action and reduce our carbon footprint. We continue to pursue opportunities to help reduce our carbon footprint and our impact on the environment Stay tuned to hear about our future projects!
Reducing energy consumption
The City of Santa Cruz has taken many steps to green our community and many businesses have followed their lead. We recently contacted Right Lights; an organization specializing in retrofitting energy efficient lighting. Right Lights did an energy audit of our hospital to determine what types of changes would provide us with the biggest energy and cost savings. They informed us; after compiling the data, that we could save a considerable amount of money and energy by changing out our old lights and ballasts. Since the end of March, Santa Cruz Veterinary Hospital has been producing less energy, thereby reducing our impact on the environment.
Hospital recycling program
There are many items that a veterinary hospital uses that can be recycled. Since the early 2000s we have worked with SCRAP to reduce our consumption of cardboard, and we have recycling containers in every treatment area and team member lunch rooms to capture all types of plastic, glass, aluminum, and other recyclable items. In addition, we provide utensils and dishes to try and reduce paper/ plastic use during meals.
Soon to come!
Electronic medical records (paperless charts!) |
