Hospital Energy Alliance Goals

The Hospital Energy Alliance is working to:

Harness the advanced technologies, analytical tools, and capabilities emerging from DOE and the national energy laboratories
Eliminate duplication and waste by creating and sharing evidence-based information on successful strategies
Serve as a unified industry voice to influence manufacturers and distributors on the demand for highly efficient products and services targeted by HEA members
Help DOE shape future R&D by clarifying the business needs and drivers unique to the hospital sector
Validate the energy and carbon reduction efforts of the nation's hospitals to both internal and external audiences, including the financial community

Opportunities identified to date are:

Quick wins such as developing a database of shared best practices for energy-efficient design and operation; a financing guide for purchasing high-performance hospital equipment; and guidelines for negotiating improved rate structures with utilities
Innovations such as improving legal and regulatory strategies for implementing new technologies; and impacting the R&D supply chain for the development of more energy-efficient, hospital-specific technologies
Game changers including rethinking the design and operation of hospitals to develop net-zero energy buildings; improving energy standards, codes, and regulations for hospitals; and improving technology procurement for hospitals, cross-coordinated with other energy alliances*