Practice Greenhealth Selects HDR for Champion for Change Award

HDR was recently honored with the Champion for Change Award, which is an environmental excellence award that recognizes our ongoing commitment to improving environmental performance. The winners of this award have achieved success in greening their own organizations, while also encouraging their healthcare clients to expand their sustainable practices and improve their facilities’ environmental performance.

HDR and other top performers were honored at the Environmental Excellence Awards presentation in Dallas, Texas in conjunction with CleanMed, the premier national conference for leaders of environmentally sustainable healthcare. Duncan Griffin, sustainable principal in HDRā€™s Seattle architecture studio, and Mark Meaders, sustainable leader in HDRā€™s Dallas architecture studio, accepted the award.

ā€œChange of any kind requires participation and ownership at all levels,ā€ says Colin Rohlfing, LEED AP BD+C, vice president, director of sustainable development. ā€œHDR is proud to impact sustainable change not only within our own organization, but also within our clientsā€™ organizations that have a direct impact on patient health and well-being.ā€

Practice Greenhealth environmental excellence award winners are the hospitals, health care providers and organizations of the future, according to practicegreenhealth.org. They are innovative and progressive, and they find imaginative ways to take their environmental programs to the next level. To recognize this creativity and commitment to excellence, Practice Greenhealth presents a number of awards each year to recognize these sustainability champions.

About HDR

HDR has partnered with clients to shape communities and push the boundaries of what’s possible since 1917. We specialize in engineering, architecture, environmental and construction services. With nearly 10,000 employees in more than 225 locations around the world, we think global and act local.

About Practice Greenhealth

Practice Greenhealth is the nationā€™s leading health care community dedicated to transforming health care worldwide so that it reduces its environmental footprint, becomes a community anchor for sustainability and a leader in the global movement for environmental health and justice. To learn more about Practice Greenhealth visit www.practicegreenhealth.org.