The definitive emission factor reference for healthcare carbon accounting.
1,413 audit-ready factors from 11 EPA datasets — curated, healthcare-tagged, and provenance-documented. Built on the same data foundation as the Eckelman et al. study that established US healthcare at 8.5% of national emissions.
1,413
Emission Factors
11
EPA Sources
287
Healthcare-Specific
2026.1
Edition
What you get that raw EPA data doesn't give you.
Healthcare category mapping
60+ NAICS codes mapped to hospital-relevant categories — Pharmaceuticals, Surgical Supplies, Anesthesia, Food Service.
Regulatory framework tags
Every factor marked for GHG Protocol, Colorado HB21-1286, SB 253, Joint Commission, Practice Greenhealth.
Audit-ready provenance
Every factor traces to a specific source, version, table, and URL. Copy the citation into your inventory report appendix.
Anesthetic gas quick-reference
The only emission factor reference with clinical context for desflurane, sevoflurane, isoflurane, and N₂O.
Building the full stack
From emission factors to funded capital projects.
CliniCarbon is the data foundation. Facility tracking and capital decision support are next — a complete sustainability intelligence stack for health systems.
US healthcare is responsible for 8.5% of national greenhouse gas emissions — more than the entire agriculture sector.
Eckelman et al., Health Affairs, 2020
“Lighthouse HLTH exists to give the people reducing that number better tools.”
— Nicolas Vinson, Founder
Trusted roots
Founded by Nicolas Vinson, who bootstrapped shadow.eco to 100+ hospitals across Europe and Canada. Lighthouse HLTH brings that operational depth to US healthcare, starting with the data layer.
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