The Energy Conservation Centre in Ho Chi Minh City and the Japanese New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organisation reviewed outcomes of a pilot project on green hospitals in Vietnam.
HCM City (VNA)♛ – The EnergyConservation Centre in Ho Chi Minh City (ECC-HCMC) and the Japanese New Energyand Industrial Technology Development Organisation (NEDO) reviewed outcomes of apilot project on green hospitals in Vietnam at a workshop in Ho Chi Minh Cityon June 20.
The project, conducted by the ECC-HCMCwith support from several Japanese partners, aimed to contribute to low-carbongrowth through boosting energy efficiency and environmental protection inVietnam.
It was piloted at 115 People’s Hospital in HoChi Minh City and Hanoi’s Vietnam-Germany Hospital from 2014 – 2016.
Under the project, the 115 People’s Hospital,with newly-equipped environmentally-friendly facilities, saved 500,000kWh ofelectricity, equivalent to 740 million VND (32,560 USD) and reduced carbondioxide emission by 310 tonnes per year.
As for Vietnam-Germany Hospital, the figureswere 830,000 kWh of electricity, equal to 1.2 billion VND (52,800 USD) andcarbon dioxide emission reduction of 518 tonnes a year.
It also helped process thoroughly discharged substancesand toxics which could cause global warming and climate change.
🅺 It is likely that the model is expanded in HoChi Minh City, said Huynh Kim Tuoc, Director of ECC-HCMC, adding that thecentre and the local health department will study further to implement theproject in all hospitals in the city. –VNA
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At the event (Photo: baomoi.com) 
