Heinz Endowment Supports Renewable Energy at UPMC
In an article in today's Post Gazette, the Heinz Endowment is said to have donated $250,000 to UPMC in order to implement a "systemwide environmental health and sustainability program". Here is a snippet from the article:
A special initiative to green the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is moving forward with $250,000 to begin a systemwide environmental health and sustainability program. The goal is to create an organizational model that can be adopted by other health care systems across the country. Included in the program will be policies promoting green building, use of renewable energy and green purchasing.
The donation by the Heinz Endowment demonstrates that grant money is out there to support green energy initiatives. The University and the students themselves would not necessarily have to pay the entire cost of switching to renewable energy purchases.
A special initiative to green the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center is moving forward with $250,000 to begin a systemwide environmental health and sustainability program. The goal is to create an organizational model that can be adopted by other health care systems across the country. Included in the program will be policies promoting green building, use of renewable energy and green purchasing.
The donation by the Heinz Endowment demonstrates that grant money is out there to support green energy initiatives. The University and the students themselves would not necessarily have to pay the entire cost of switching to renewable energy purchases.
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