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[…]

The core mission of a health care facility related to patient health, safety and comfort is always a higher priority than improving the building’s exterior lighting system. But when employees and visitors started fearing for their safety when approaching and leaving St. Mary Medical Center in Long Beach, Calif., because the lighting around the hospital Read more about California Hospital Paves Way for System Wide LED Exterior Lighting Upgrade[…]

With 7 hospitals and 22 physician locations serving more than 9 Wisconsin counties, ThedaCare has ample room to implement and reap the benefits of building efficiency measures. At the Appleton Medical Center, ThedaCare’s Lighting Energy Efficiency in Parking (LEEP) Campaign Award winning project involved replacing inefficient medium-wattage HID lighting fixtures at a 126,000 square foot Read more about Case Study: Medical Center Parking Structure[…]