Vision for a sustainable future
Convinced that the future must be carefully built in the present, the Society invests in expansion and hospital management projects that are aligned to a sustainable growth strategy, based on the most advanced standards in medical and managerial quality practices.
Expansion Plan
The ambitious Master Plan aimed at modernizing and more than duplicate the physical space of Morumbi Unit by 2012, is no longer a dream visualized only on spread sheets and architectural projects. Construction has been right on schedule since it began in 2006. One look at the construction site – foundations and structures appearing next to existing buildings – materializes what once was a dream.
Main objectives of the expansion project:
- Replacing the chiller central air-conditioning system with a centrifuge system, decreasing the use of electricity.
- Re-modeling the air-conditioner’s cooling towers water treatment system, to reduce water consumption.
- Replacing gas boilers with air passage heaters to minimize the use of natural gas.
Consumption Reduction
| Input |
% of economy in relation to 2006 |
Economy Volume |
| Electricity |
6.5% |
970 MWh |
| Water |
5% |
7,500 m³ |
| Natural Gas |
10% |
74,000 m³ |
Recycling
| Material |
Annual Quantity |
| Cardboard |
179.1 tons |
| Paper |
16.8 tons |
| Plastic |
17.6 tons |
| Iron |
70.4 tons |
| Copper Wire |
4.9 tons |
| Aluminum |
4.3 tons |
Sustainable Conscience
SBIBAE’s commitment towards sustainable development is also translated in the Project’s adoption of the green building concept. It takes into account innovative and technologically advanced solutions to preserve resources - such as water, energy, and raw materials - and decrease the production of waste products.
The standards adopted by the expansion plan – as well as every upcoming Project - follow the Green Building Council (GBC) requirements, the American entity which defines the criteria related to environmentally correct building construction.
Morumbi Unit’s Project is one of the few in Brazil to be registered for a Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) accreditation, the “green seal” given by the GBC.
