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E.ON ectogrid™ and their revolutionary energy system has joined NCSH!

As a scalable solution for energy-efficiency, E.ON ectogrid™ offers one complete system for both heating and cooling. It is an innovation which strengthens our common quest of reaching zero emission levels – in the healthcare sector as well as beyond.

E.ON ectogrid™’s system maximises and optimises the use of energy. In their own words, the process can be described like this:

E.ON ectogrid™ is a closed grid with low temperatures where heat pumps and cooling machines in every building adjust the temperature according to need. In this process, each building sends excess heating or cooling to other buildings, depending on their needs. Through sharing, balancing, and storing energy in rotation, E.ON ectogrid™ efficiently uses all available energy flows before adding new energy. This drastically reduces energy consumption – and in turn costs and environmental impact.

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A warm welcome to the network, Meir Medical Center!

Meir Medical Center is a hospital in Israel, also referred to as Meir Hospital. In addition to being the latest member in NCSH's international network, the hospital is also connected to other hospitals through a network operated by Clalit Health Services. What does their work with sustainable healthcare look like? Find out here:

The research facility at Meir Hospital is focused on establishing an experienced education program to generate breakthroughs concerning the medical world. Our facilities' advanced scholarly activity is primarily achieved through research, educational analysis, and technological innovations.

The Meir research team has developed a unique cross-sectional research center to connect researchers, companies, projects, organizations, and others in the field of sustainable healthcare. This Sustainable Healthcare Center focuses on research, education and innovation to meet the increasing demands in these domains, both basic and applied. It is perpetuating sustainability through the homogenization of faculty expertise, implementation of clinical studies and practical work of beta-sites – all sharing the goal of creating a more sustainable healthcare sector.

At Meir, sustainable healthcare does not favour specific industries; various industrial sectors have differing sustainability healthcare solutions. With Meir supporting research, companies involved in these sectors can collaborate with each other to make great strides in the development of sustainable healthcare and creating a greener environment.

As a growing research facility, we always convey professionalism, assiduity, intelligence, and much more. This strategy puts you and the environment above the rest. As part of that, you will have full access to our many resources, benefits, and faculties' resounding qualities. We look forward to collaborating and meeting your needs as we make our world a better place.

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After a successful spring party, we invite you back to an evening at our parent organisation TEM's office

We gather with members, customers and partners from TEM's networks for a great evening with lots of room for mingling. Lighter finger food, snacks and wine is on the menu. So, if you are in the area: come along!

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Date: 20 October 2022

Time: 17.00–21.00 CET

Location: Södra Promenaden 51, Malmö

Got any questions? Send an email to Felicia Hedetoft (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) for more details.

Welcome!

One year has now passed since the launch of Grønnköpingkið – the world's greenest hospital!

Since the platform went live, the interest for sustainable healthcare has simultaneously increased exponentially on a global level. The accessibility of green solutions for the healthcare sector in the world's greenest hospital could therefore not come with better timing. We look forward to see what the second year of the platform has in store.   

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To celebrate Grønnköpingkið's first birthday, we would like to review some of the highlights of the passed year: 

Sighted in The European
In the summer edition of Europe's market leading business journal 2022, Grønnköpingkið was lifted as a key way of accelerating sustainable healthcare. Read the article written by NCSH on page 34–35 here.

Medical Science Festival 2022 in Bologna
The Grønnköpingkið concept and its green, innovative solutions were presented in front of an international audience of 400,000 registrants.

A twin for the Mediterranean region: Virdea
We are excited to announce the birth of a twin platform to Grønnköpingkið, by the name Virdea. This hospital will be run by our Italian partner and focused on solutions for the Mediterranean region's healthcare sector. 

Many handpicked solutions have moved in
As many as 18 products and services are up on the platform, and more are on their way. Inside Grønnköpingkið are today solutions from:
Medclair
Saint-Gobain Ecophon
Green Furniture Concept
Avidicare
Medicvent
NOAS Sweden
Pharmafilter
Paxxo
Stryker
Enrad
MegaWatt Solutions
HealthTextiles
LINK Arkitektur
InventiAir
SWATAB
Secapp 
FLOOW2
ELo Industries

Contact

Do you also think it is time to get on board in the world's greenest hospital with YOUR solution? Reach out to Felicia Hedetoft (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) today.

Welcome to the webinar and launch of the seventh report in the Nordic Know-How series, on the topic of cooling systems!

Cooling systems are fundamental and highly relevant to the healthcare sector. Indoor temperatures impact the comfort of personnel and patients, as well as maintain medical equipment and proper preservation of pharmaceutical products. Sign up to the webinar following the report launch! 

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The Nordic Know-How series seeks to make knowledge, solutions and best practices available from the Nordics to the world.

"Cooling systems" is the seventh report in the series (read previous ones here), including the most updated and relevant solutions installed and evaluated at Nordic hospitals. It is written together with Chalmers Industriteknik. From the report, decision-makers will be provided with overarching knowledge of the systems’ significance, the technologies on the market and the main concepts, supported by practical lessons. 

In this accompanying webinar, you will gain knowledge about best practices in Swedish hospitals by LINK Arkitektur, E.ON ectogrid™, Lindinvent, Energy Machines and ClimaCheck, along with methodological insights and survey results by Belok. 

Date: 4 October 2022

Time: 14.00–15.30 CET (15.20–15.30 mingle on-site)

Place: (Hybrid) Zoom and at TEM's office in Malmö (Södra Promenaden 51). If you wish to participate on-site, send an email to Felicia Hedetoft (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with the title "Nordic Know-How 7".

Agenda
14.00–14.10     Welcome and summary of the Nordic Know-How #7 – NCSH
14.10–14.20     Best practices in Swedish hospitals, report methodology and survey findings – Chalmers Industriteknik 
14.20–15.00     Innovative technologies for cooling – LINK Arkitektur, E.ON ectogrid™, Lindinvent, Energy Machines and ClimaCheck.
15.00–15.10     The Total Concept method – Belok
15.10–15.20     Comments and questions
15.20–15.30     On-site mingle

Contact

For questions about the report, the Nordic Know-How series and the project, reach out to Johannes Brundin (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

The Nordic Know-How series is part of the project Platform for Internationalisation: Energy and Climate Smart Healthcare, funded by the Swedish Energy Agency.

Welcome to an afternoon of knowledge exchange between Sweden and Finland, at the Finnish Embassy in Stockholm!

Europe is investing in a greener and more digital society for a more sustainable and resilient future post-pandemic. The healthcare sector and hospitals in particular are in urgent need of modernizing to meet the future demographics challenges, and to create growth.

The demand for sustainable healthcare has never been higher. Sweden and Finland are two nations in the forefront in technology and culture in designing, building and equipping the future hospitals. Both have well-established green solutions and healthcare systems closely integrated with sustainability goals. In this seminar, we learn from each other with the goal of creating stronger Nordic offers and branding globally.

The event is a collaboration between Nordic Center for Sustainable Healthcare (NCSH) in Sweden and Business Finland.

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For the Embassy to list your name on time, please register by 20 September 2022. Remember to bring your ID to the Embassy.

Date: 27 September 2022

Time: 13.00–17.00 CET

Location: Finnish Embassy in Sweden, Gärdesgatan 11, Stockholm.

For more information, do not hesitate to contact Felicia Hedetoft (NCSH) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. or Nima Jokilaakso (PhD, Senior Advisor Business Finland) at This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it..

Agenda

13.00 Entry registration
13.30–14.00 Welcome note by H.E. Ambassador Maimo Henriksson and introduction to the subject by Daniel Eriksson (CEO, NCSH).
14.00–14.45 PANEL 1 Best practices from Sweden and Finland. Examples of successful projects, installations and methods.

Moderator: Daniel Eriksson (CEO, NCSH)
Panellists (more TBA): Carolina Pettersson (Director of Sustainability, Region Stockholm) and Ulla Nykter (Group Manager, Granlund)

14.45–15.15 Coffee break
15.15–16.00 PANEL 2 Future concrete collaboration. What possibilities and needs exist to enable collaboration between Sweden and Finland and internationally?

Moderator: Nima Jokilaakso (Senior Advisor, Business Finland)
Panellists: Anders Nordström (Ambassador for Global Health, representing IHDA), Annabella Polo (Senior Advisor & Project Manager, Business Finland) and Diego Cattolica Correa (National Coordinator (Environment), Swedish Association of Local Authorities and Regions) 

16.00–17.00 Mingle

Our most recent member provides high-tech automation solutions, for today as well as for the future!

Gibotech has a long of experience of working with automation, focused on custom-made products that are fit for purpose – not least in the healthcare sector. We are happy to now be able to introduce Gibotech to the NCSH network. See how they describe their important work here:

Gibotech's mission is to create value for people through innovative custom-made solutions.

And this is what we do when we automate processes at hospitals. We have experience in automating anything from the Central Sterile Supply Department to the goods reception. We take pride in finding the right solution for the customer, so their expectations are met and the advantages of automation are clear. This also means that our solutions are scalable; they can fit into almost any layout.

Automation means uniformising your processes for the robot to be programmed to conduct them. Among other things, this gives you a high level of efficiency, minimizes the risk of human errors and provides better utilization of materials. Automation also means a better working environment for the healthcare personnel, when robots and mobile robots undertake the monotonous and repetitive tasks that can wear on the body. In addition, the personnel do not have to use time on e.g. heavy lifting or pushing case carts, and can therefore use this time on more health-promoting tasks.

If you choose Gibotech to handle your hospital robot or other robotic solutions, we are responsible for both construction and programming.

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NCSH is delighted to be introducing Danish Life Science Cluster to the network!

As a Danish national cluster, Danish Life Science Cluster creates and supports collaboration between different stakeholders within life science and welfare technology – building bridges for a more sustainable healthcare system. Read further about their work here:

Danish Life Science Cluster is the national cluster organization for life science and welfare technology in Denmark. We aim to convert Danish research and knowledge within life science and welfare technology into new and improved commercial solutions for the benefit of businesses, healthcare system, municipalities and residents in Denmark.

With skilled companies, a strong healthcare system and internationally leading research environments, life science and welfare technology are one of Denmark's most significant positions of strength. The sector provides a large economic- and occupational footprint on the Danish economy.

An important factor for success is the close innovative public-private collaborations between companies, municipalities, regions and the state. Through knowledge sharing and collaboration, the most recent research and the health sector’s needs are converted into new competitive solutions that generate the most value for companies, patients, municipalities and the healthcare system.

Danish Life Science Cluster builds bridges throughout Denmark, across sectors, and in collaboration with companies, academic institutions, the healthcare system and municipalities.
The ambition is high. In the development of future healthcare solutions, the Danish national cluster must compete with the best clusters in the world within the field of life science and welfare technology.

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Do you want to take a first step to help prevent pharmaceutical residuals in the sea and increase the export of your innovative solutions?

To kick-off the SI funded project "Closing gaps: Techniques and solutions for reducing pharmaceutical residuals in the Baltic Sea region", we welcome you to the first of three introductory workshops held in Malmö, Sweden. The other two will be organised later in the autumn 2022 and in the spring 2023.

The workshop will be centred around the existing technical challenges and gaps between countries and sectors. The goal is to embrace the common opportunities of preventing and reducing pharmaceutical residuals in the Baltic Sea. 

Together, we will explore the whole chain, from production to final destination. As a participant in the workshop, you will expand your own knowledge, collaborate, share and compare techniques to prevent and reduce pharmaceutical residuals as early in the process as possible.

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Do you have or know of a solution which could help? We would love to share this with our network. Reach out to Caroline Charlier (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) today.

Date: 13 September 2022

Time: 09.00–12.00 CET

Place: (Hybrid) Zoom and at TEM's office in Malmö (Södra Promenaden 51). To participate in person at the venue, send an email to Caroline Charlier (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.) with the title "Workshop #1 Closing gaps". 

Keep an eye on our calendar for any updates here.

Agenda

(From 08.30      Mingle with coffee and snacks)
09.00–09.15     Greetings by NCSH (Caroline Charlier, moderator) & Presentations of project and partners
09.15–11.20     Company presentations by Lif, Paxxo, Pharem and NSVA. 
11.20–11.55     Discussions around project topics
11.55–12.00     Closing remarks

Who should attend?

This will be the first public activity within the project. Participants will include relevant stakeholders for preventing pollution in the Baltic Sea:

- Partners
- Pharmaceutical companies
- Technology suppliers: Companies with solutions that take care of pharmaceutical residuals
- MedTech companies
- Waste water treatment companies
- Waste companies
- Environmental managers from hospitals
- Regions

Why is the project needed? 

Pharmaceutcial residuals is a well-known problem in the Baltic Sea. This project has a unique entry point: to stop the residuals as early in the process as possible. In everything from the production of pharmaceuticals and the handling of used drugs, to management systems at hospitals, city waste treatments, hospital cleaning and so on.

You can find more information about the project here or contact Caroline Charlier (This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.).

This project is funded by the Swedish Institute.

Biodegradable face masks from our newest member: ELoMed!

Combining positive health benefits with reduced plastic waste, ELoMed’s product ELoMed™ bio face mask is an eco-friendly alternative to traditional face masks. In a time when the use of such masks has increased, this is a welcomed option for a greener world.

As an addition to sustainable healthcare, we are delighted to introduce ELoMed to the NCSH network. ELoMed describes their bio face masks further in these words:

We created this product so you don't have to make a compromise between your health and your ethics.

Why have we been left with only two choices until now? Reusable masks that claim to “do better for the environment” do not offer real protection, while the traditional disposable face masks that do continue to create an exponential amount of hazardous plastic waste.

We wanted to create a better choice: an eco-friendly face mask that actually works. The bio face mask yields a >99.9% BFE and a notably high breathability rate. Our face masks are completely lab tested to ASTM Standard (F2100) meeting Level 1 requirements. And if you want lab results, we will send them over with no questions asked. Full transparency, always.

You can read more about the ambitious mission and ELoMed™ bio face mask by clicking below:

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