ENERGY STAR for Healthcare

What You Can Do

• Join ENERGY STAR.
• Prepare an Energy Strategy for the Future
• Establish a comprehensive energy management program using ENERGY STAR's Guidelines for Energy Management.
• Read the Healthcare Fact Sheet (215KB).
• Read Making the Business Case for good energy management in healthcare facilities.
• Benchmark your energy performance with Portfolio Manager.
  • Read Benchmarking to Save Energy (420KB).
  • Use the Healthcare Benchmarking Starter Kit.
  • Learn about Service Providers that Offer Automatic Benchmarking.
  • Satisfy requirements for the Green Guide for Health Care .
• Participate in the ENERGY STAR Challenge.
  • Use the ENERGY STAR Challenge Toolkit.
• Become an ENERGY STAR Change a Light Pledge Driver.
  • Learn about the facts on Compact Fluorescent Light Bulbs. .
• Receive training through our Recommended Workshops for Healthcare.
• Read about ENERGY STAR in Healthcare Publications.
• Purchase ENERGY STAR qualified products to save energy throughout the building.
• Design your new or expansion facility to be energy efficient.
  • Learn how to use Target Finder for your hospital addition (712KB).

What Others Are Doing

• ASHE Energy Efficiency Commitment (E²C)
• ENERGY STAR Healthcare Partners
• Profiles of Healthcare Facilities that earned the ENERGY STAR
• Metropolitan Chicago Healthcare Council Launches New Energy Efficiency Improvement Program
• Labs for the 21st Century
• Healthcare Associations
• What Partners Are Saying

ENERGY STAR Success Stories

• New York-Presbyterian Hospital
• Providence Health and Services
• Making the Business Case

Earn Recognition for Your Achievements

Join the growing group of organizations honored and recognized by EPA for their outstanding contributions to protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency.

• Apply for the ENERGY STAR for Your Buildings
• Tips for Low Cost PE Validations
• Earn “Designed to Earn ENERGY STAR” for your new building design
• ENERGY STAR Leaders
• ENERGY STAR Awards

Related Products

• Purchasing and Procurement
• Choose an ENERGY STAR Commercial Kitchen Package.
• Use the Quantity Quotes Web site for bulk procurement of select ENERGY STAR qualified products.

Throughout Your Healthcare Buildings

• Air-Source Heat Pumps
• Boilers
• Central Air Conditioners
• Compact Fluorescent Bulbs (CFLs)
• Computers & Monitors
• Copiers
• DVD Products
• Exit Signs
• Furnaces
• Geothermal Heat Pumps
• Printers
• Refrigerators
• Scanners
• TVs, VCRs, & Combination Units
• Vending Machines
• Water Coolers

For Patient Rooms

• Room Air Conditioners
• TVs, VCRs, & Combination Units

Food Preparation

• Commercial Fryers
• Commercial Hot Food Holding Cabinets
• Commercial Solid Door Refrigerators and Freezers
• Commercial Steam Cookers