1. CHEROKEE INDIAN HOSPITAL

3. Focus on energy efficiency, water conservation, waste
reduction, and indoor air quality.

4. Indoor Air Quality
Accomplishments
• Policies on dust control barriers during
construction
• Environmental Air Quality studies done
• Humidity levels check monthly (mold)
• Free air intakes (don’t circulate)
• Mercury free for one year (5 years)
• Respiratory fitting on annual basis

5. Indoor Air Quality cont.
• EPA approved cleaning agents (less volatile, aromatic)
• HEPA filters
• Asthma triggers
• Smoke free campus
• Plants in facility

6. Challenges
• Monitoring PVC – IV
bags, tubing, gloves, building
materials, flooring, wall coverings, pipes, etc.
• Monitoring low VOC
paints, stains, finishes, adhesives, sealants.

7. Best Practices

8. Lunch and Learn

9. 10 Raised Beds

10. Composter

11. Dietary Crop

12. Green Fair/Earth Day

13. We Recycle!

15. We Recycle!

17. Recycling Day
Once month
Office supplies
Free/exchange
Offer to patients

18. Motion Lights

19. Green Tips in Newsletter
GREEN TIP The Swain County Extension Office
will present a “Composting” Lunch and Learn
tomorrow at 11:30 in the Main Conference
Room. Class is limited to 12. Lunch is
provided. You must register with PR.

20. Spring Cleaning

21. Farmer’s Market

22. Wild South’s Roosevelt Ashe Award
“Green Business of Year”

23. What’s coming up?
• Maintain and recognize relationships with
Supply, Facilities, and Housekeeping.
Empower them….
• Removing and replacing carpeting.
• Reduce cost of Red Bag waste/track
• Track energy bills
• Water faucets
• Pass Along Club

24. free food cart
installed florescent lighting and replaced energy depleting ballasts
developed recognition and incentive awards for energy saving ideas
green tips to staff and community,
can and bottle recycling
reduce vending machine lighting
fixed picnic areas with umbrellas for staff
provide seeds to patients and staff
set up recycled battery station
cardboard recycling
decrease in red bag (hazardous) waste - set up meditation areas for patients –
plant flowers around facility
distributed green shopping bags to patients and staff
distributed CFL light bulbs to patients and staff
discourage the use of Styrofoam in the facility

25. Green Hospital Committee