ASHE Earns Sixth Consecutive ENERGY STAR Sustained Excellence Award

The American Society for Health Care Engineering has received the 2024 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year – Sustained Excellence Award from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy for the sixth year in a row. The award recognizes continued leadership and contributions to ENERGY STAR and its ongoing commitment to promoting sustainability in health facilities management.

The Sustained Excellence Award is the highest honor bestowed by the ENERGY STAR program. Winners have made a long-term commitment to fighting climate change and protecting public health through energy efficiency. For more information, visit energystar.gov/awardwinners.

Hospitals participating in ASHE’s Energy to Care program, one of the organization’s key sustainability initiatives, have contributed to increased efficiency in the following ways:

• Hospitals in the Energy to Care program have saved more than $550 million (and counting) in collective energy savings.
• In 2023, 78 hospitals earned an Energy to Care Award by reducing energy consumption by 10% in a single year or 15% over two years. Additionally, 10 facilities won a Sustainability Champion Award and 32 facilities maintained top-tier energy performance to earn Sustained Performance awards.
• The number of healthcare facilities in ASHE’s Energy to Care Program with ENERGY STAR scores of 75 or more has increased from 110 in 2010 to 823 in 2023, with 53 hospitals and 271 medical offices earning ENERGY STAR certification last year.