OR3mit – Progress Towards a Webtool to Estimate Operating Room Carbon Footprints
OR3mit – 手術室のカーボンフットプリント推定ウェブツールの進捗 (AI 翻訳)
Hedelius, Jenelle, Lavey, Warren
🤖 gxceed AI 要約
日本語
米国医療セクターは全GHG排出の8~10%を占め、そのうち手術室は30%以上を排出する。本論文は、手術室のスコープ1～3排出量を計算し、入力変更による影響を可視化するウェブツールOR3mitの開発進捗を報告する。ツールは教育用として行動変容を促し、医療現場の持続可能性向上に貢献する。
English
The US healthcare sector accounts for 8-10% of total GHG emissions, with operating rooms (ORs) responsible for at least 30% of that. This paper presents OR3mit, a webtool that calculates OR Scope 1, 2, and 3 carbon footprints and allows users to test different scenarios. The tool aims to educate healthcare workers and catalyze sustainability initiatives in surgical environments.
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📝 gxceed 編集解説 — Why this matters
日本のGX文脈において
日本では医療セクターの排出量算定は進んでいないが、SSBJ対応やカーボンニュートラル目標に向けて、手術室のような特定部門の詳細なカーボンアカウンティングが今後重要になる。本ツールのアプローチは日本病院にも応用可能であり、実践的な削減策の検討に資する。
In the global GX context
Globally, healthcare emissions are a growing focus (e.g., NHS net zero targets). OR3mit addresses the gap between scientific knowledge and practical action by providing an accessible tool for Scope 1-3 calculation. It demonstrates how sector-specific carbon accounting tools can drive emission reductions and support disclosure frameworks like TCFD and ISSB in non-industrial settings.
👥 読者別の含意
🔬研究者:Highlights the need for accessible carbon footprint tools in healthcare and provides a methodology for Scope 1-3 calculation in a specialized setting.
🏢実務担当者:Provides a practical tool for OR managers and hospital sustainability officers to measure, visualize, and reduce carbon emissions from operating rooms.
🏛政策担当者:Offers an example of how to promote bottom-up emission reduction in healthcare, which could inform sector-specific climate policies and incentive designs.
📄 Abstract（原文）
In the United States (U.S.) the healthcare sector accounts for approximately 8–10% of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, compared with around 4% for the United Kingdom. Within the U.S. healthcare sector, operating rooms (ORs) account for at least 30% of emissions and are up to six times more energy intensive than hospitals as a whole. Despite this knowledge, there is often a disconnect between healthcare employees and the effects specific actions have on OR GHG emissions. This information is spread across scientific reports or journal articles, which are not always accessible. There is a need to condense and aggregate this information into an interactive tool. To address this need, we have developed OR3mit, which is a webtool for calculating OR GHG emissions. More importantly, it will let users test different inputs and see how actions could reduce or increase the OR carbon footprint. The number “3” in OR3mit highlights that Scope 1, 2, and 3 emissions are considered in the calculations. Briefly, in the context of healthcare, Scope 1 includes emissions that are direct, and are often dominated by anesthetic gases. Scope 2 includes off-site emissions for energy use, that are usually dominated by heating ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems but also includes those related to lighting and patient monitoring equipment. Finally, Scope 3 emissions are for everything else including things like employee vehicular emissions to commute to work, from patient travel, cleaning supplies, water usage, and supply chain cradle to grave emissions for any equipment or products that are cycled through the OR. We hope that OR3mit will be a useful tool for anyone interested in understanding the impacts different actions have on OR GHG emissions. This education may serve as a catalyst for broader change that could lead to more sustainability initiatives within surgery environments.
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- openaire https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.20058108first seen 2026-06-11 04:43:37
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