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Hospital Energy Alliance

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) invites health care organizations to join the Hospital Energy Alliance (HEA). HEA brings together leading hospitals and national associations in a strategic alliance designed to promote evidence-based information on successful strategies for integrating advanced technologies or processes that will reduce the energy consumption and operating costs of healthcare facilities. HEA — launched April 29, 2009 with an Executive Roundtable at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C. — also serves as a compelling voice on the collective demand for highly efficient products and services. Learn more by reading the HEA Roundtable Executive Summary (PDF 122 KB). Download Adobe Reader.

To support hospitals in addressing challenging trends in healthcare and energy, the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has created a comprehensive initiative, EnergySmart Hospitals. Through this initiative and HEA, DOE is providing the resources, tools, and strategies that our nation's hospitals need to identify clear pathways to cost and energy savings through efficient and renewable energy technology applications for both new and existing facilities. Here you will find information about HEA, including its goals and subcommittees.

For more information, read the Hospital Energy Alliance fact sheet (PDF 288 KB). Download Adobe Reader.

About the Hospital Energy Alliance

Thanks to decades of research and development (R&D) in both the public and private sectors, our nation has a wealth of promising energy-efficiency and renewable energy options. HEA is part of intensive DOE efforts to accelerate the movement of these technologies into the marketplace, to ensure that government and industry solutions fit the hospital sector's unique needs and drivers.

A 2007 American Hospital Association survey reported that hospitals planned to allocate 49% of their 2008 capital budgets for new construction or facility modernization. The current capital crisis has forced many hospitals to postpone or cancel construction or renovation plans. But the silver lining is that hospital leaders now have the opportunity to reevaluate facilities plans and ensure they are taking full advantage of energy efficiency and renewable energy strategies.

HEA participants will gain access to the most current information and tools supporting efficient and renewable energy technologies and join leading hospitals throughout the nation in achieving high-performance, energy-efficient institutions.