October 9
2:30 p.m.
Preconference Tours
Mercy Health Saint Mary’s Campus
5:30 p.m.
Welcome Reception
Grand Rapids Brewing Company
October 10
7 a.m.
Breakfast, Registration, Exhibitors
8 a.m.
Welcome
Kent Miller, director, Environmental Services, sustainability officer, Mercy Health, Grand Rapids
8:15 a.m.
Keynote Session
David Zuckerman, director, Healthcare Engagement & Lead, Healthcare Anchor Network
9:15 a.m.
General Session - Engaging Leadership, Building a Program from Grassroots to C-suite
- Chip Amoe, sustainability director, Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
- Sarah Chartier, senior sustainability project manager, Spectrum Health, Grand Rapids.
- Iqbal Mian, member engagement manager, Practice Greenhealth, Reston, VA.
This learner should be able to:
- Identify concrete projects and solutions individuals can use within their organization.
- Understand effective communication strategies to engage leadership and key stakeholders.
10:15 a.m.
Break and Exhibitors
11:00 a.m.
Educational Breakout
Session A: A Case Study for Reducing Your Hospital’s Carbon Footprint through RCx and MBCx
- Edna Lorenz, system energy manager, Beaumont Health, Grosse Pointe.
- Fiona Martin McCarthy, project manager, Grumman/Butkus Associates, Evanston, IL.
This learner should be able to:
- Describe what retro-commissioning (RCx) is and why it is a good first step in the energy efficiency program.
- Understand the RCx process and how the utility programs can be leveraged to help with initial funding and reduce the payback period.
- Understand what an RCx measure entails, as demonstrated through real world examples and fixes.
- Understand what the typical RCx results are in terms of savings, costs and paybacks from industry studies as well as a case study of a recently completed project at Beaumont Hospital, Royal Oak
- Learn what monitoring-based commissioning (MBCx) and why this is a good next step following the RCx process, and how MBCx helps sustain the initial savings achieved through RCx.
Session B: Changing the Food Environment at Michigan Medicine Cafés
- Holly Scherer, health educator, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor.
- Libbie Bollinger, registered dietitian, Aramark, Michigan Medicine, Ann Arbor.
The learner should be able to:
- Identify ways to increase accessibility and visibility of healthier food choices within a health system environment.
- Evaluate the use of various promotions to create more affordable healthier food choices in the retail and vending settings.
- Describe specific requirements for the percentage of healthier food offerings in vendor contracts, explain how to increase the selection of healthier food choices in retail and vending settings, and identify healthier choices using specific nutrient criteria.
- Understand various methods used to identify and display common food allergens throughout all menu offerings.
Noon
Lunch and Exhibitors
1 p.m.
Educational Breakout
Session A:
Combined Heat and Power Systems for Greener Resilient Healthcare
Robert Kravitz, senior business development manager, Centrica Business Solutions, White Bear Lake, MN
Facilities and Infrastructure – Power Stability and Operational Resilience Through On-Site Power, Microgrids and Distributed Energy Systems
Karl Berland, account executive Siemens Industries, Inc., Plymouth Township
The learner should be able to:
- Understand new developments in on-site and distributed power generation and management.
- Describe best practices in operational resiliency in the face of natural or man-made disruption of energy infrastructure.
- Understand how planning for the worst case can save money on their organization’s day-to-day energy costs.
- Discuss the characteristics of combined Health and Power System, the advantages of a CHP System and why hospitals are great candidates for CHP systems.
Session B:
Harvesting Health: Food and Community Benefit as Prevention
- Lindsey Scalera, sustainable food program director, Ecology Center, Ann Arbor.
- Winona Bynum, executive director, Detroit Food Policy Council.
- Barbara Blum-Alexander, director, generation with Promise Henry Ford Health System, Detroit.
- W. DeWayne Wells, project director, Detroit Food and Fitness Collaborative, and executive director, Economic Justice Alliance of Michigan, Detroit.
The learner should be able to:
- Understand the Healthy Food Playbook as a resource for accelerating community-food intervention.
- Understand how healthcare-community food system collaborations can improve healthy food environments and health outcomes for all.
- Identify opportunities for action or engagement within their own institutions.
- Network and share their ideas or resources with other participants.
2 p.m.
Break
2:30 p.m.
Closing Session - Emerging Issues in Sustainability Panel
Michigan 2030 Districts and Grand Rapids Zero Cities Project
- Gillian Giem, program manager, U.S. Green Building Council, West Michigan Chapter, Grand Rapids.
- Alison Waske Sutter, sustainability manager, City of Grand Rapids.
Better Buildings to Help People Thrive - Understanding the WELL Building Standard
- Anne Cox, senior medical planner/architect, HKS Architects, Northville.
Food Hub
- Lindsey Scalera, sustainable food program director, Ecology Center, Ann Arbor.
3:45 p.m.
Closing Remarks