| Wednesday October 6, 2004 |
| Green by Design: Architecture - Concepts, Design Principles, Case Studies |
| Robin Guenther |
New York "Green By Design"
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| Kate Trant |
Radical Improvement in Hospital Design Necessary for Healthy Hospitals
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| Green by Design: Best Practice Examples and Success Stories |
| Elisabeth Huchler |
Buildings of Tomorrow by the FEderal Ministry for Transport, Innovation and Technology
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| Bernhard Lipp |
Criteria for Healthy and Environmentally Sound Hospitals - Best Practise Case Studies
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| Bruno Klausbruckner |
The KAV Strategy for Green and Healthy Buildings
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| Building Ecology, Health Indoor Environment |
| Thomas Belazzi |
Building PVC-and Solvent Free for a Healthy Indoor Environment
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| Markus Treichler and Rhoda Born |
Effect of Anthroposophic Clinic Design on Patients and Staff by the Example of the Filderklinik
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| Energy Efficiency: Low Energy Buildings |
| Patrick Jung |
Examples for Successful Energy Efficiency Concepts in German Clinics
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| Olaf Bruun Jørgensen |
Energy - Efficient European Hopsital and Health Care Buildings - Case Studies from Denmark, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, and Poland
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| Gunther Pfeifer |
A "Passive-House" Energy Standard for a New Building at the "Klinikum Freiburg"
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| Green Procurement I |
| Ekkehard Philipp |
Ökokauf - The Eco-Procurement Initiative of Vienna
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| Anne Ipsen |
Increasing Efficiency in German Hospitals by Green Procurement
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| Charlotta Frenander |
Green Procurement Activities in Sweden
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| Bo Jonoe |
Green Dialogue - A Database for Green Purchasing
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| Late Lessons from Early Warnings |
| David Gee |
Late Lessons from Early Warnings
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| Thursday October 7, 2004 |
| Environmental Pollution and Health |
| Vyvyan Howard |
Environmental Pollution affecting Health - the Responsibility of Healthcare Professionals
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| Gavin ten Tusscher |
How Pollutants affect Health - Children's Early Dioxin Exposure
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| Green Procurement II |
| Gina Pugliese |
How U.S. Purchasing Organisations responded to the Demand for Green Products
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| Darian McBain |
Green Purchasing Initiative
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| Ines Oehme |
Procura plus Purchasing Initiative
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| Environmental Management Systems |
| Stefan Gara |
EMAS and ISO 14001 in Hospitals - Benefits, Drawbacks and Perspectives for the Future
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| Kristina Mårtensson |
Environmental Management Systems - an appropriate Approach for Hospitals?
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| Hubert Veitschegger |
Environment, Quality and Safety - Experiences with an Integrated Management System
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| Environmental Hazards of Pharmaceuticals |
| Jan Koschorreck |
New Legislation for Pharmaceuticals in the EU and New Guidelines for its Application
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| Klaus Kümmerer |
Excretion and Environmental Fate of Pharmaceuticals following Use and Disposal
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| Andreas Hartmann |
Environmental Aspects in Human Drug Development
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| Åke Wennmalm |
Environmental Management of Pharmaceuticals in Public Health Care
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| Green Chemistry - Products of the Future |
| Hans Werner Mackwitz |
Green Chemistry - Products of the Future
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| Avoiding waste, saving money |
| Harry Oosterbeek |
Waste Minimisation Schemes in Hospitals and Laboratories
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| Nikou Ghassemieh |
Reprocessing of Medical Devices: A Balance between Ecology and Economy
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| Sue Tarr |
Preventing Harm - the UK perspective
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| Organic Food |
| Bruno Klausbruckner |
Introducing Organic Food at the Vienna Hospital Association
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| Susannah Senior |
Organic food and sustainable food procurement in the UK
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| Alternatives to PVC Products |
| Ted Schettler |
DEHP Exposure and PVC Risks
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| Mark Rossi |
The PVC Market and Alternative Products
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| Andreas Lischka |
Glanzing - A PVC free NICU
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| Anne Marie Vass |
"PVC Phase out Policy at Karolinska University Hospital
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| Towards Sustainable Healthcare Facilities |
| Franz Daschner |
Do We Need a Green Medicine?
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| Herbert Schmalz |
Environmental Responsibility increases Credibility
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| Options for Improving Environmental Performance |
| Martin Scherrer |
Incentives for Employees to use Environmentally Sound Means of Transport
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| Monika Schaffer |
Connector - A Tool for Efficient Waste-, Environmental - and Resource Management
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| Gina Pugliese |
Reusable Sharps Containers - a Waste Reduction and Worker Safety Strategy
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| Information and Training |
| Laura Brannen |
The "Hospitals for the Environment" Initiative
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| Peter Ohnsorge |
Perspective of a Common Education System for Environmental Medicine in Europe
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| Pawel Gluszynski |
Staff Training for Waste Prevention
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| Martin Mühlich |
greeninghealthcare.net - an Information, Communication and e-learning-Programme for Environmental Management in Hospitals
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| Alternatives to Medical Waste Incineration |
| Ted Schettler |
Environmental and Health Effects of Incineration
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| Cestmir Hrdinka |
Overview of Alternative Hospital Waste Treatment Technologies
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| Brendan McGrath |
Experiences of Treating Healthcare Risk Waste in Ireland Using Non-Incineration Technology
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