| Energy Efficiency Leaps Ahead in Boston | | | Check out the new Boston Green Ribbon Commission web site, with a special section on the GRC Health Care Initiative. You'll find lists of participating hospitals, downloadable reports and more Click Here: |
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| Event of Interest | The Building Energy 2012 conference in Boston next week, March 7 & 8, includes a health care track of interest. The 90 minute sessions include: - Central Plant Energy Source: How Do I Decide?
- Senior Living Long Term Care: Case Studies in Energy Master Planning and Certification
- Health Care Ventilation and Radiant/Induction Cooling
- Health Care Transforms Its Mindset and Market (with Janet Brown and Paul Lipke)
- Patient Room Displacement Ventilation: From Theory to Practice
- Design Strategies for Patient Centered Sustainable Design in Complex Health Care Facilities
- Can Energy Conscious Design Include a One-Year Guarantee from the Designer & Builder?
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Innovative, Transparent, Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Financing for Healthcare | Healthcare Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Initiatives Practice Greenhealth, in partnership with Citi Renewable Group, has launched the Healthcare Renewable Energy Initiative (HREI), offering transparent and flexible financing options for non-profit health systems, higher education and municipalities desiring to stabilize energy prices and expand their renewable energy portfolio.There is also a new energy efficiency financing component. HREI has the ability to commit capital, focus on short-term ownership and tax benefits. Their objective is to provide lower cost and better terms than traditional agreements, with guaranteed execution, low-cost and certain financing, full transparency, and flexibility on transaction structure and technology, To explore if HREI is right for you, contact Ravanesi_at_comcast.net |
New Study Highlights 4% Efficiency Gain from Behavior Change in a Toronto Hospital | Greening Work Styles: An Analysis of Energy Behavior Programs in the Workplace ACEEE's report focuses on energy behavior programs in the workplace, which aim to reduce building energy use through change in employees' attitudes and behaviors. The report reviews five energy behavior projects across the U.S. and Canada. Energy savings of the studied energy behavior projects are from 4% (savings from a stand-alone behavior program) to nearly 75% (savings from a comprehensive project in which a behavior program is a component). The report also identifies four intervention strategies shared by the reviewed energy behavior projects: (1) setting the tone with strong support from upper management and good program branding; (2) building a team consisting of a stakeholder-oriented program committee and peer champions selected from building occupants; (3) employing communication tools including e-mail, Web sites, prompts, posters and public meetings; and (4) deploying key engagement techniques such as feedback, benign peer pressure, competition, rewards, and reference to appropriate social norms. The integration of energy behavior programs into relevant building energy efficiency initiatives would help promote the development and deployment of advanced technologies in a more conservation-conscious environment.
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CleanMed Conference: Save These Dates | Save these dates for upcoming CleanMed conference CleanMed is THE premiere national environmental conference for leaders in health care sustainability. It's the one place where health care innovators like you connect to open their minds to new ideas, actively engage with each other, and find innovative ways to inspire their organizations. Dozens of sessions and workshops, including a pre-conference workshop and site tour of NREL's zero energy facility - Denver, CO: April 29-May 2, 2012
- Boston, MA: April 23-25, 2013
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| Thank you for your attention. We look forward to talking with you soon |
Bill Ravanesi
413-565-2315
Paul Lipke 413-367-2878 |
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