In honor of Earth Day on April 22, the American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association recognized 33 hospitals that have reduced energy consumption by 10 percent or more in the past year.
ASHE Executive Director Dale Woodin said the energy savings in the facilities improved their operations and the local environments, and the saved resources are able to go back to "the core mission of the organization: to provide outstanding care to patients."
The 33 hospitals that were recognized include:
• Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Ill.
• Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill.
• Advocate Eureka (Ill.) Hospitals
• Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill.
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill.
• Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago
• Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.
• Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati
• Good Samaritan in Cincinnati
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest Heart and Vascular Institute in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble, Texas
• Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Northwest MP1 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Northwest MP2 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southeast MP1 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) MP1
• Memorial Hermann Southwest MP1 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest MP2 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest MP3 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) MP1
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) MP3
• Memorial Hermann Westside MP1 in Houston
• Park Ridge Health in Hendersonville, N.C.
• South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland, N.J.
• Texas Children's Hospital West Tower in Houston
• TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston
ASHE Executive Director Dale Woodin said the energy savings in the facilities improved their operations and the local environments, and the saved resources are able to go back to "the core mission of the organization: to provide outstanding care to patients."
The 33 hospitals that were recognized include:
• Advocate BroMenn Medical Center in Normal, Ill.
• Advocate Condell Medical Center in Libertyville, Ill.
• Advocate Eureka (Ill.) Hospitals
• Advocate Good Samaritan Hospital in Downers Grove, Ill.
• Advocate Illinois Masonic Medical Center in Chicago
• Advocate Lutheran General Hospital in Park Ridge, Ill.
• Advocate Trinity Hospital in Chicago
• Baptist Hospital in Nashville, Tenn.
• Bethesda North Hospital in Cincinnati
• Good Samaritan in Cincinnati
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Texas Medical Center Heart and Vascular Institute in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest Hospital in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest Heart and Vascular Institute in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) Hospital
• Memorial Hermann Prevention and Recovery Center in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Northeast Hospital in Humble, Texas
• Memorial Hermann Memorial City Medical Center in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Northwest MP1 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Northwest MP2 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southeast MP1 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Sugar Land (Texas) MP1
• Memorial Hermann Southwest MP1 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest MP2 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann Southwest MP3 in Houston
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) MP1
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands (Texas) MP3
• Memorial Hermann Westside MP1 in Houston
• Park Ridge Health in Hendersonville, N.C.
• South Jersey Healthcare Regional Medical Center in Vineland, N.J.
• Texas Children's Hospital West Tower in Houston
• TIRR Memorial Hermann in Houston
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