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Providence Health & Services earns Energy Leadership Award 
Free PE-Validation to Hospitals that Join ASHE’s E2C
NYPH earns ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award
AHA recognizes ASHE leaders in energy savings
Hospitals discover energy efficiency good for ailing budgets
In Search of Efficiency: 2006 Hospital Energy Survey
The American Society for Healthcare Engineering commits to helping the healthcare industry save 10% of their energy as part of the ENERGY STAR Challenge. View event photos.
Energy Efficient By Design: St. Luke’s and Alliant Energy partner on hospital expansion project
September 2006
Providence Newberg Gets Green — And Gold!
August 2006
ASHE Partners with EPA on Energy Efficiency Commitment Campaign
AHA News
July 2006
ASHE Commits to Improving Energy Efficiency in Hospitals
July 2006
Making the Case: Selling Energy Management Initiatives to Executives
HFM Magazine
February 2006
14 Steps to Greener Hospitals
Building Design and Construction
February 8, 2006
NO BTUs about it
Modern Healthcare,
November 15, 2005
The Boom Goes On (486KB)
BOMA Magazine
September 2005
Best Practices — How to Achieve the Most Efficient Use of Water in Commercial Food Service Facilities (333KB)
by Fisher Nickel, Inc.
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Energy Conservation Strategy for NY Presbyterian Hospital (79KB)
ConEdison Solutions Energy Update
Hospital, Heal Thyself: Greening the Design and Construction of Healthcare Facilities
Environmental Building News, June 2005
Northwest Receives Energy Saving Honor
Veterans Hospitals Awarded for Superior Energy Performance
Power Prescription Spring 2002 (442KB)
Memorial Hospital of Carbondale Earns High Honor From EPA
ERs, ORs and PEs by Barbara Horwitz, Consulting-Specifying Engineer
"Health Care Industry Begins to Cut Energy Costs" Buildings for the 21st Century (298KB)
VA Establishes Energy Conservation Program
The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) is developing an agency-wide program to improve energy efficiency and conservation in the department's facilities. Existing energy program initiatives will be brought under the umbrella of the Office of Management, which will establish and coordinate department-wide energy policies and programs.
Department of Veterans Affairs Press Release, June 12, 2003
Indian Health Service Receives Energy Award
Employees of the Indian Health Service (IHS), an agency in the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS), have received HHS Energy and Water Management Awards. These employees have met or exceeded all the evaluation criteria in the individual, small group, and organization categories.
Each year HHS honors individuals and organizations that have made significant contributions to the efficient use of energy and water resources in the Federal Government. They have participated in areas of implementation, management, and maintenance.
Indian Health Service Press Release, May 20, 2003
Indian Health Service Hospital Earns ENERGY STAR Label
Blackfeet Hospital in Browning, Montana recently earned the ENERGY STAR label for superior energy performance. It is the first Indian Health Service hospital of the Department of Health and Human Services to receive the ENERGY STAR.
A Star is Born: Benchmarking Tool Helps Hospitals Achieve Energy Efficiency
The U.S. EPA's new national energy performance rating tool for Acute care and Children's Hospitals is highlighted. "By entering annual or monthly data into the ENERGY STAR online application (www.energystar.gov/benchmark), facilities directors receive immediate results that show exactly how they stack up against hospitals across the street and across the country. Hospitals that earn a score of 75 or higher (out of a possible 100) can apply for the [ENERGY STAR] label."
Health Facility Management Magazine, June 1, 2002
national energy performance rating system: Use it to track your energy performance, set priorities, and receive recognition.
The U.S. EPA National Healthcare Manager for ENERGY STAR describes the new energy performance rating system available to hospitals. The rating system uses a 1-100 scale to give relative meaning to energy use. Hospital campuses or free-standing facilities can update their performance rating regularly to help set energy performance goals, verify upgrade savings, evaluate maintenance, and receive recognition for superior energy performance.
As appeared in the American Society of Healthcare Engineering's Inside ASHE, June 2002.
national energy performance rating system (168KB)
The National Healthcare Manager for ENERGY STAR describes the new energy performance rating tool available to hospitals. The rating system uses a 1-100 scale to give relative meaning to energy use. Hospital campuses or free-standing facilities can update their performance rating regularly to help set energy performance goals, verify upgrade savings, evaluate maintenance, and receive recognition for superior energy performance.
Power Prescription for Health Care. Volume I, Issue I, Spring 2002.
ENERGY STAR Label Now Open to Hospitals
"With the expansion of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's ENERGY STAR program, hospitals will for the first time be able to benchmark their energy performance against others nationwide on a scale of 1-to-100. The best performing hospitals can qualify for an ENERGY STAR Label."
Building Operation Management, February 2002.
Whitman Honors First Hospitals to Earn ENERGY STAR Label
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Christie Whitman officially launched the new national energy performance rating tool for hospitals at the American Hospital Association and American Society of Healthcare Engineering Headquarters in Chicago, IL and honored the first three ENERGY STAR hospitals in the nation.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Press Release, November 15, 2001.
