Boston's Spaulding Rehabilitation has been named ASHE's first Energy Champion for reducing energy use by 15 percent, according to an article on the Health Facilities Management website.
Opened three years ago, Spaulding was designed to use about one-third less energy than other hospitals the same size, which helped the facility earn a LEED Design Gold rating from the U.S. Green Building Council.
Spaulding reduced its energy use a further 15 percent in 2015 compared with the prior year.
The reduction earned Spaulding the first-ever Energy Champion Award from the American Society for Healthcare Engineering at its 2016 Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition recently held in Denver. The award recognizes a single facility that demonstrates outstanding leadership in energy efficiency.
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