ASHE Recognizes Hospitals for Rethinking Energy Use

The Atrium Health Cleveland plant operations and maintenance team in Cleveland, Ohio, has been named the 2020 Energy Champion for demonstrating strong leadership in becoming a more energy-efficient facility and using saved resources to support patient care. In addition, hundreds of hospitals have earned an Energy to Care Award for lowering energy use.

The American Society for Health Care Engineering of the American Hospital Association recognized these hospitals at its first ever 2020 ASHE Virtual Conference, Oct. 5-7.

The Energy Champion Award is given out once a year to honor a single facility that has demonstrated outstanding leadership in energy efficiency. ASHE recognizes Atrium Health Cleveland in Shelby, North Carolina, for this award. This team and its leadership united around the goal of increasing energy efficiency, while improving patient safety and comfort and saw a 19% source EUI reduction at its hospital, in addition to an enhanced culture of energy efficiency.

View all the 2020 Energy to Care Award Winners at energytocare.org/EnergyAwards.

Through the Energy to Care program, ASHE affiliated chapters can participate in a challenge, competing to demonstrate the highest reductions in energy consumption. Eighteen ASHE-affiliated chapters participated in the Energy to Care 2020 Chapter Challenge. The winners of the 2020 Chapter Challenge include:

• Large Category Winners: California Society for Healthcare Engineering, Inc. and Ohio Society for Healthcare Facilities Management
• Small Category Winner: The New England Healthcare Engineers’ Society, Inc.