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ASHE’s Health Care Facilities Core Competency Framework charts out key skills of health care facilities management, and offers education, resources and tools to help professionals fill knowledge gaps in each area.

The sustainability competency calls on health care facilities managers to act as good stewards of resources and actively reduce the field’s impact on the environment.

Learn more about how to end the use of fossil fuels at your health care facility.

This category of emissions includes fossil fuel-powered equipment performed by health care organization staff.

Carbon emissions associated with energy use are often a mix of on-site usage and off-site emissions from regional utilities can be complicated to account for.

Embodied carbon consists of all the greenhouse gas emissions associated with building construction. Learn how to efficiently manage them.

Water usage in health care organizations is a less obvious source of carbon emissions. Learn more about its impact.

HVAC equipment using refrigerants can include packaged rooftop units, direct expansion split systems, chillers, variable refrigerant flow (VRF) systems and several others. Different equipment systems can contain different refrigerant types with varying emissions potential.

Anesthetic gases have a high global warming potential (GWP), learn how to mitigate its impact.

Get involved with programs that will help you reduce energy use and get the most out of the Energy to Care program.

Whether you are working in a clinic or a hospital, technology plays a key role in 21st century health care.

One tool for benchmarking health care facilities is Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager.

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 Hospitals”

Kitchen ventilation, for both exhaust and makeup air, represents a significant opportunity for kWh and kBTU reductions in health care facilities.

When engaging employees in sustainability, it’s best to use a combination of methods.

Kathleen Stanley from CLEAResult Consulting sat down with Sturdy Memorial Hospital’s utility manager Russ Reeves to discuss the success he has had in energy efficiency for the hospital.

The hidden savings can make you wealthy, but you must find it first.

To execute a balanced energy management program, you must not neglect the procurement side of the business.

Energy efficiency—or energy productivity, takes a village or team to produce results.

This first step on the energy efficiency journey is viewing the hospital portfolio as from a mountaintop.