Energizing and expanding sustainability practices
One of the major accomplishments of the American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE) Advisory Board and staff during my presidency has been launching a new strategic plan to guide our work through 2024.
“Goal A” of the plan is “Optimization of Health Care Facility Operations.” This is to provide members with the resources, tools and content they need to optimize health care operations. This includes supporting the field with cross-functional environmental sustainability and decarbonization initiatives. Although ASHE’s sustainability efforts once focused primarily on reducing energy consumption, it is imperative that each of us begin or continue to expand upon that original focus.
Related Resources
Lunch and Learn
Join Mark Kenneday, Bobby Baird, and Bert Gumringer in an open panel lunch and learn covering best practices for operational sustainability.
Checklists/Tools
The intent of this toolkit is to provide resources that will help you reduce energy consumption and get the most value out of the Energy to Care…
Lunch and Learn
We hope you can attend this session to learn more about the new and emerging health care technologies designed to meet patient and business needs.
Checklists/Tools
Use actual data to estimate the benefits that would come from participating in the Energy to Care Program.
Resources
One tool for benchmarking health care facilities is Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager.
Resources
The EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager has broken down the data for facilities in Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager in a guide, “Energy Use in…