ENGINEERING GREEN HOSPITALS: AN IMPERATIVE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

Climate change is an issue of grave international importance. It has an obvious direct impact on human health. The healthcare sector, which consumes a significantly substantial amount of resources through the construction and operation of complex hospitals and healthcare establishments, the use of modern technologies that are energy-intensive and the generation of a large amount of waste, has itself become a public health concern of some significance1 . 10.6% of all energy utilized by commercial establishments in Brazil is by hospitals2 . The National Health Service (NHS) in England, which is the country's largest healthcare provider, accounts for almost one fourth of all emissions from the public sector in England: amounting to 18 million tons of Carbon dioxide per year