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Melanie Stewart, sustainability manager for UNMC and Nebraska Medicine, has been chosen as one of the 2017 recipients of the Midlands Business Journal’s annual 40 Under 40 Awards.<\/p>\n

The award honors 40 Greater Omaha, Council Bluffs and Sarpy County entrepreneurs, executives and professional men and women under the age of 40 at a breakfast on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n

Although she said she was pleased to be recognized, Stewart — who was named the med center’s first sustainability manager in 2014 — stressed that the award was for achievements that the entire campus has worked on.<\/p>\n

“It was an honor to be nominated,” she said. “It’s nice to know that people notice the work that we’re doing and the effect that it has on health and our community. Still, it is important to note that while we’ve done some impressive things, it’s definitely a campus effort — the energy we’ve saved has every bit as much to do with facilities and the energy group — and the people who turn off lights — as it does with me. <\/p>\n

“The LiveGreen Ambassadors have done a lot of work to get the word out to campus and in turn lots of people help achieve these goals by recycling, carpooling, conserving water, and shutting hood sashes, just to name a few.”<\/p>\n

Stewart, who has been with the med center since 2000, pointed to the med center’s embrace of the Sustainability Master Plan, written in 2011, as integral to the success of sustainability efforts.<\/p>\n

“We hit a lot of milestones by 2015, with a 25 percent reduction in energy use, a 22 percent reduction in water use, so those are fantastic achievements.”<\/p>\n

She said that metrics show that other goals within the master plan, such as use of active transportation with TravelSmart, continue to move within reach.<\/p>\n

Stewart said that the medical center provides a work climate that fosters the growth of young leaders.<\/p>\n

“If you are going to lead the world, you have to have leaders on campus, and you have to have new ideas, new ways of thinking, to solve new problems. I think anybody who is looking to be a leader can do that here.” <\/p>\n

The Midlands Business Journal’s “40 Under 40” issue, featuring Stewart and other Omaha-area business leaders, will be released on Dec. 15.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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