Energy to Care Chapter Challenge Award

The Energy to Care Chapter Challenge program allows ASHE affiliated chapters to participate in a friendly competition against one another in an effort to reduce their energy consumption.

Chapter Challenge Information

2025 Challenge Information and Participation Instructions:

• The Challenge will compare weather-normalized Source EUI between two, 12-month periods ending dates 12/31/2023 and 12/31/2024. The chapter that demonstrates the greatest percent-based reduction in weather-normalized EUI across the two periods will be the winner.
• All team facilities MUST be participating in the Energy to Care Dashboard.
• ASHE’s Energy to Care team will conduct the calculations updated standings will appear on the Energy to Care Dashboard from May 1, 2023 until April 1, 2024.
• A chapter must enroll a minimum of 5 hospitals to compete and there are two categories of participation:
  • Small chapter category (5 to 15 enrolled hospitals)
  • Large chapter category (16 or more hospitals)
• In-patient and out-patient facilities are eligible to be included on teams.
• Winning Chapters receive recognition at the HFIC. In addition, winning chapters will receive an individual award to share with their chapter and their name will be added to the revolving Energy Cup.

Sign-ups are available until April 1, 2024.

To complete your 2025 Challenge application, please submit the following two steps:

• Complete your Chapter Challenge Commitment here:
  • Complete the Excel spreadsheet form for submitting participating facilities
    • Excel spreadsheet template can be found and downloaded from the Liaison Sharepoint Site
    • Team spreadsheets MUST be submitted through the Chapter Challenge Commitment Form
  • Complete the 2025 Chapter Challenge Commitment Form

Notes:
Click here to review the AHA Privacy Policy. For the Energy to Care ASHE Chapter Challenge program, ASHE will follow the data use policy with two exceptions: ASHE will report aggregate savings for the winning chapter, as well as all chapters as a whole. Also, a listing of the competition standings will be posted.

The competition may not be used to reward competitors for the use of any particular commercial products or services.