As part of an overall energy efficiency program, Southcoast upgraded their lighting inside and outside the hospitals. All properties changed to LED lighting on the outer parts of the hospitals and parking lots. Inside, they upgraded a total of 80 percent of their lighting to one of the most efficient lights possible as well as Read more about Southcoast Health: A Multi-Prong Approach to Energy Efficiency[…]

Patient care is the focal point of all decisions made at a hospital, so when the maintenance staff at Regions Hospital in St. Paul was looking at operating more efficiently to save energy and money, they kept the patients in mind every step of the way. Established in 1872, Regions Hospital is a private, non-profit Read more about Smart Strategy: Regions Hospital Sustainability Team Slashes $1.17 Million in Energy Costs[…]

This U.S. Department of Energy GATEWAY Demonstration project studied the applicability of LED luminaires for a commercial parking garage serving a hospital in Portland, Oregon. Participants in the project included the U.S. Department of Energy, Providence Portland Medical Center (PPMC), the Energy Trust of Oregon (ETO), and Lighting Sciences Group (LSG) Inc. Pacific Northwest National Read more about Lighting with LEDs: Area Lights for Commercial Garage[…]

In 2014, NorthBay VacaValley Hospital became one of the first U.S. health care facilities to install an energy-efficient, ultra-smart outdoor LED lighting system. The award-winning project was so successful that the NorthBay Healthcare group is now considering expanding the VacaValley system and retrofitting the outdoor lighting at other sites. Read the full report:   http://cltc.ucdavis.edu/sites/default/files/files/publication/case-study-adaptive-exterior-lighting-healthcare-vacavalley-hospital.pdf

Trinity Health (Mount Carmel’s parent company) was searching for ways to reduce energy consumption across its entire system in an effort to be more environmentally responsible – but also benefit the company’s bottom line. Mount Carmel earned a total of $202,027.44 in incentives from AEP Ohio and conserved over 2,500,000 kWh of electricity through the Read more about Hospital System Tackles Energy Efficiency on a Large Scale[…]

Fairfield invested more than $55,000 in parking lot and garage lighting upgrades, receiving more than $16,600 in incentives in the process – effectively offsetting 30% of the hospital’s capital costs. For Fairfield’s two engineering professionals, although the installation of LED lighting was an expensive step, “we wanted to be ahead of the game,” Cupp said. Read more about Beyond Energy Savings: LED Lighting Improves Visibility, Safety and Accessibility[…]

Cleveland Clinic is a nonprofit, multispecialty academic medical center that integrates clinical and hospital care with research and education. It was founded in 1921 in Cleveland, Ohio, and today has over 1,400 beds at its main campus and 4,400 beds system-wide; making it one of the largest hospitals in the United States. Cleveland Clinic has Read more about Cleveland Clinic Goes LED in Parking Garages[…]

As part of ongoing activities for Beaumont Health System that include Facility Management and Energy and Sustainability Services (ESS), Jones Lang LaSalle has been asked to keep the hospital apprised of prospective new sustainable technologies as they emerge. As part of that process, we had learned about a breakthrough Heat Spreader™ technology used by the Read more about LED Technology Slashes Electricity Use[…]

Baystate Health’s (Baystate) ambition is for the health system to become the leader in helping create the most energy efficient, safe and effectively managed buildings in the health care industry. Baystate performed initial benchmarking and saw numerous opportunities to improve including redoing controls, replacing boilers and pumps, retrocommissioning, lighting upgrades, and mechanical upgrades. For example, Read more about Case Study: Baystate Health[…]