[From LA Cross Tribune] Gundersen Health System is one of four U.S. health-care organizations that has checked into the Solar.Clinic, which helps not only the institutions but also their employees, patients and plain old folks and businesses from their communities move toward solar energy in a one-stop shop, with a discount.

The program comes through Geostellar, the nation’s first online solar marketplace, in partnership with Health Care Without Harm and Practice Greenhealth.

“It’s missional, about us improving the health and well-being of communities we serve,” said Mark Platt, Gundersen’s business services senior vice president, who has used the program to have solar panels installed on his own home.

Opting for sustainable electricity provides an economic perk to help people reduce their long-term electrical costs at the same time they improve the environment, Platt said.

“Every day, people are deciding whether to come here (the hospital) or pay rent, and we don’t want that,” Platt said, adding that Gundersen partnered with Geostellar as a savings option for the public. (Continue Reading)