Diagnosing Sustainability: Environmental Impacts, Human and Planetary Health Damages, and Societal Costs of a University Hospital

The healthcare sector faces increasing pressure due to the detrimental impacts on human health from sustained environmental degradation. Hospitals exacerbate this degradation through resource- and energy-intensive processes, from energy consumption to anaesthetic gas emissions to...

From Lab to Industrial Scale: Engineering-based Prospective Scaling for the LCA of Bio-based Nanocellulose Electrodes

Electrocardiography (ECG) is a fundamental practice in modern healthcare which is utilizing billions of single-use silver/silver chloride (Ag/AgCl) electrodes annually. This drives continuous extraction of non-renewable resources and generates significant amounts of non-recyclable waste. As...

The choice of functional unit in organisational LCAs of hospitals and other healthcare organisations

This contribution aims to assess possible reference flows and functional units which can be used by healthcare organizations to communicate their environmental impact through life-cycle assessment. As the healthcare sector increasingly prioritizes sustainability, understanding the...

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