Why is a health system interested in active transportation? Welcome to Transportation Techies Meetup, hosted at the Kaiser Permanente Center for Total Health, Washington, DC USA

1. Hi. I’m Ted.
follow me! @tedeytan

2. Looking at the numbers
How
much $
% US
GDP
Number of
workers
Proportion of total US
workforce (145 million)
% of green house
gas emissions
Health Care
2.7
Trillion
18%
16 million
11%
8%
Food System
1.8
Trillion
13%
20 million
17%
7%
Transportation
1.4
Trillion
9.8%
11 million
8%
28%
Public
Transportation
0.054 0.00037%
Trillion
0.4
million
0.3%
?
Check my work! see https://delicious.com/tedeytan/comparison for sources

3. Why.
Kaiser Steel Mill, 1940’s
Ad in Fontana (CA) newspaper
about Kaiser Steel’s pollution
abatement efforts, circa 1956.
“Ordered to make it the cleanest in the United States”
Source: http://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/kp-working-toward-cleaner-air/; http://kaiserpermanentehistory.org/latest/kaiser-permanente-andearth-day-2010-it’s-in-our-dna/

4. Why.
“Dream Grounds for a Dream Hospital”
Source: http://kasierpermanentehistory.org ; Joe Bialowitz, MS, HEM, Senior Environmental Stewardship Consultant, Kaiser Permanente

5. Why.
“Showcases of modern, green hospital design”
Source: http://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20130819005270/en/Mazzetti-Congratulates-Kaiser-Permanente-Opening-Westside-Medical ;
http://xnet.kp.org/newscenter/pressreleases/scal/2012/011712sandiegosolar.html

6. To heal, you have to not harm
53
million
people
9
million
members
178,000
employees
37
hospitals
611
medical
office
buildings
488
other
faciliHes
NHS England
KP
0.8025
MtCO2e
MtCO2e : Metric Tonne (ton) Carbon Dioxide Equivalent, 2012 Reporting Year
Source: http://www.theclimateregistry.org/ ; http://www.sdu.nhs.uk/sd_and_the_nhs/
Permanente Medicine
© 2013 The Permanente Federation, LLC
4.07
MtCO2e
(building
energy
use
&
direct
emissions)

7. Welcome Techies!
“we’re here from the future” • @kptotalhealth