Envirometer for hospitals

This page shows the environmental impact of the average hospital based on Envirometer graphs and key figures.

The pie chart shows how the environmental impact is distributed in the average hospital. Visitor transport was not included, as too few hospitals register this data. Some hospitals purchase green electricity of Dutch origin. This has been included in the average with the CO₂ emission factor of gray electricity, so the impact of the electricity requirement remains clearly visible in relation to other themes.

Electricity consumption has the biggest environmental impact in hospitals. Heating (natural gas + heat) and commuting contribute a fifth of the total environmental impact. Waste (commercial and dangerous) follows. Water, wastewater, emissions from refrigerants and anesthetic gases, office paper and other transportation activities make up the rest and are minor contributing factors.

Key figures

Hospitals monitor their environmental performance on the basis of various key figures per employee, bed or m2 floor area. Below are the average and best scores of a few key figures.

Source of this average Envirometer

Healthcare institutes can compare their annual results in a projectgroup of Milieuplatform Zorgsector (brancheorganisation for sustainable Healthcare in the Netherlands). An Envirometer and key figures were developed for the average hospital based on the annual results of 43 hospitals. These were based on the hospitals’ environmental data from 2022.