Success Stories - Excela Health

Sustainability Roadmap for Health Care | Health Care Facilities
Energy To Care Get Involved Education Recognition

Overview of Case Study

Excela Health is a nonprofit health care system in Westmoreland County, Pa., located about 30 miles outside of Pittsburgh. The area features a mix of rural farmland, as well as small towns and municipalities.

With tight budgets and margins, Excela’s executives charged its hospital directors with finding cost-cutting opportunities. At the time, Excela’s energy spending represented a full 50% of its facilities operating budget. This is typical for comparable hospitals, but still high. There was an opportunity for savings.

Read More

Related Resources

Videos
Increasing FM Marketability: Understanding The Big Picture
Speaker: Bert Gumeringer
Videos
Hybrid Operating Rooms: The Challenge for Planning, Design and Construction
Speakers: Terry Miller and Lynne Ingle
Videos
Fundamentals of Health Care Energy Efficiency
Speaker: York Chan
Videos
Making the Business Case for Using the ASHE HFCx Process for Health Facility New Construction & Reno
Speakers: Mark Kenneday and Ed Tinsley
Videos
Fundamentals of the Joint Commission
Geared toward those who are new to accreditation, this session provides an overview of the Joint Commission survey process. This presentation was…
Videos
10 Forces Continuing to Change Health Care Design
An article was published in the March 2011 issue of Health Facilities Management magazine, which explored 10 forces changing health care design. In…