Bon Secours St. Francis Eastside (Greenville, S.C.). St. Francis Eastside has a variety of sustainability projects and initiatives in place to help save energy and be more efficient. For instance, St. Francis Eastside saved 8.3 million gallons of water by removing two medical vacuum systems through Energy Star's water efficiency program. It also improved its chiller operations and can operate without a chiller for two months a year. The hospital earned ASHE Award from the American Society of Healthcare Engineers in 2014 for achieving an energy consumption reduction of more than 22 percent. Additionally, this year, St. Francis Eastside earned Practice Greenhealth's Top 25 Environmental Excellence Award.
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