Environmental Initiatives Recognition and Participation in the Community

UPMC Environmental Firsts

• First health care organization to go smoke free across all facilities and during all shifts
• First regional health care organization to collaborate with the U.S. Department of Energy on developing a health care energy efficiency program
• First health care organization in the nation to insert a clean construction requirement into their construction RFP contracts
• UPMC East was the first built regional new LEED hospital
• UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh was the first built LEED Children’s Hospital campus in Pennsylvania
• UPMC hospital cafeterias were the first hospital commercial food services to sign on to Allegheny County’s Living Well Initiative and earn Sustainable Pittsburgh Sustainable Restaurant Certification
• First and largest tenant to renovate all of their floors in the US Steel Tower, contributing to the US Steel Tower achieving Energy Star rating in 2016
• Title sponsor of WalkPittsburgh, promoting active transportation

Recent Community Event Co-sponsorships

• PRC West’s SWPA HHW community collections
• PRC West’s ReUse Fest
• Pittsburgh Earth Day Business Breakfast
• Green Building Alliance Pittsburgh’s Emerald Evening Event
• Engineering Sustainability Conference (biannual with University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University)
• Let’s Move Pittsburgh (active transportation)

UPMC’s External Sustainability Performance Participation

• DOE’s Better Building Challenge 2020
• Green Building Alliance’s Pittsburgh 2030
• Sustainable Pittsburgh’s Sustainable Business Compact
• Practice Greenhealth’s Environmental Excellence Award