Environmental Sustainability in Aged Care and Moving Towards a Greener Future
Veolia provides aged care facilities with sustainable solutions that prioritise environmental sustainability in aged care. As these facilities aim to deliver quality care while optimising resource management, embracing aged care sustainability is essential. Veolia enables this by implementing eco-friendly practices, reducing waste, and promoting energy efficiency, creating a healthier environment while enhancing operational efficiency.
Aged Care Sustainability Challenges
Aged care facilities face significant environmental challenges, including reducing energy consumption, minimising waste, and promoting sustainability practices. Aged care facilities have to manage a number of environmental risks while minimising costs, such as:
- Energy consumption and carbon footprint from aged care facilities
- Waste management, including proper disposal of medical waste
- Water usage and potential for water conservation measures
- Use of environmentally-friendly cleaning products and materials
- Adoption of renewable energy sources
- Responsible management of hazardous materials and chemicals
Achieving Environmental Sustainability in Aged Care
Veolia collaborates with numerous aged care facilities across Australia and New Zealand, providing comprehensive and dependable solutions that prioritise environmental sustainability in aged care. Through a meticulous analysis of each site's energy, water, and waste footprint, Veolia develops and executes a tailored road map of improvement projects, ensuring guaranteed savings and optimised resource utilised. This strategic approach to aged care sustainability positions Veolia as a trusted partner in delivering sustainable and efficient waste, energy, and water services for the aged care industry, enabling facilities to reduce their environmental impact while maintaining operational excellence.
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Waste ManagementServicesAged Care Waste Management
Effective waste management is a crucial component of sustainable operations in aged care facilities. We offer a comprehensive range of solutions, from auditing to collection to treatment, aimed at providing tailored waste management strategies that amplify sustainability efforts and support environmental sustainability in aged care.
- Waste management and resource recovery, including handling of process waste for recovery, general waste and recyclables, hazardous liquid and sludge waste collection
- Site assessments, including NABERS Audit
- Greenfield design/ development of waste/recycling facilities
- Service re-engineering – collection systems, on-site processing
- Assistance in planning and approvals
- Product destruction
- Training and education
- Environmental and efficiency reporting
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Energy SolutionsServicesAged Care Energy Solutions
Ensuring reliable and efficient energy management is vital for sustainable operations in aged care facilities. We provide a wide array of energy solutions, from auditing and analysis to implementation and optimization, with the goal of delivering tailored strategies that enhance your sustainability initiatives and drive environmental sustainability in aged care.
- Installation, design, development and upgrading of energy systems and equipment, including heating, ventilation and air-conditioning
- Managing energy performance of facilities and equipment
- Reporting on clients energy usage and reductions
- Environmental Upgrade Agreements (EUA’s) - enabling building owners to upgrade facilities using attractive financing structures to provide a cash-flow positive project, enabling energy, water or waste efficiency upgrades
- Preventative and corrective energy asset maintenance contracts
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Water TreatmentServicesAged Care Water Treatment Solutions
Water management plays a critical role in sustainable operations for aged care facilities. We offer a comprehensive suite of water solutions, ranging from audits and assessments to treatment and recycling, with the aim of providing tailored strategies that bolster your sustainability efforts and promote environmental sustainability in aged care.
- Water filtration and purification
- Validated systems guarantee water purity for concentrate production
- Bespoke system designs
- Integrated heat cleaning cycles ensure maintenance of hygienic pathways
- Secure system design, along with skilled technical support
- Operations and maintenance of all on-site water management systems and plants
- Water and wastewater treatment plants to treat contaminated
- Water for environmental discharge or reuse
- Potable water systems
- Zero Liquid Discharge (ZLD)
- Refurbishments, upgrades and modifications of existing water treatment plants for manufacturing plants and facilities
- Containerised mobile units
- Guaranteed operations and maintenance of water assets
- Increase productivity despite tight space and capital constraints
- Increase plant reliability through customised maintenance and repair contracts
- Exceed regulatory requirements with consistently high water quality
- Minimise your environmental footprint
Veolia Customer Success Stories
Driving Sustainable Practises in the Automotive Industry
At Veolia, we work in partnership with a wide range of aged care facilities that have a primary focus on delivering high level care. Therefore, we play our role and assist to optimise resource management and allow our customers to focus on their critical work.
The Illawarra Shoalhaven Local Health District aimed to reduce costs and emissions across 3 hospitals. Working in alignment with the district we provide energy performance contracting services, including asset planning, energy management systems, equipment upgrades and renewable energy solutions.
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