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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 17, 2017

CHICAGO –Barnesville Hospital in Ohio has been named the 2017 Energy Champion for demonstrating strong leadership in becoming a more energy efficient facility and using saved resources to support patient care. In addition, dozens of hospitals have earned an Energy to Care Award for slashing energy use. The American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) of �����Թ� will recognize these hospitals—as well as local affiliated chapters who competed against each other in an energy savings competition—at its 54th Annual Conference and Technical Exhibition August 6-9 in Indianapolis.

The Energy to Care program, sponsored by Johnson Controls, encourages hospitals across the country to reduce their energy consumption. Facilities that reduce energy by 10 percent or more over the previous year—and previous Energy to Care winners who go on to reduce consumption by an additional 5 percent—are eligible to win an Energy to Care Award.

The Energy Champion Award recognizes a single facility that demonstrates outstanding leadership in energy efficiency. Barnesville Hospital in Barnesville, Ohio, recorded an ENERGY STAR® score of 99 and the hospital’s facility team actively engages with other team members to make efficiency a priority for all. �����Թ�congratulates Barnesville Hospital and the following hospitals that earned an Energy to Care Award:

• Advocate Christ Medical Center, Oak Lawn, Illinois
• Advocate Eureka Hospital, Eureka, Illinois
• Advocate Good Shepherd Hospital, Barrington, Illinois
• Barnesville Hospital, Barnesville, Ohio
• Carolinas HealthCare System, Pineville, North Carolina
• CHRISTUS Mother Frances Hospital - Sulphur Springs, Sulphur Springs, Texas
• Cleveland Clinic Beachwood Family Health and Surgery Center, Beachwood, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Lorain Family Health, and Surgery Center, Lorain, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Strongsville Family Health and Surgery Center, Strongsville, Ohio
• Cleveland Clinic Twinsburg Family Health and Surgery Center, Twinsburg, Ohio
• Geisinger Community Medical Center, Scranton, Pennsylvania
• Heart Hospital of Lafayette, Lafayette, Louisiana
• Kaiser Permanente, Arapahoe Medical Offices, Centennial, Colorado
• Kaiser Permanente, Bangs Medical Offices, Modesto, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Burke Medical Center, Burke, Virginia
• Kaiser Permanente, Dale Medical Offices, Modesto, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Davis Medical Offices, Davis, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Diamond Bar Medical Offices, Diamond Bar, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Frederick Medical Center, Frederick, Maryland
• Kaiser Permanente, Kensington MOB Campus, Kensington, Maryland
• Kaiser Permanente, Kenyon Street Medical Offices, San Diego, California
• Kaiser Permanente Nicolai Service Center, Portland, Oregon
• Kaiser Permanente, North Capitol Medical Center, Washington, D.C.
• Kaiser Permanente, Otay Mesa MOB Campus, San Diego, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Point West Medical Offices, Sacramento, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Rancho San Diego Medical Offices, La Mesa, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Roseville Cancer Treatment, Roseville, California
• Kaiser Permanente, Silver Spring Medical Center, Colesville, Maryland
• Kaiser Permanente, Skyline Medical Offices, Denver, Colorado
• Kaiser Permanente Sunset Medical Offices, Hillsboro, Oregon
• Kaiser Permanente Town Hall, Portland, Oregon
• Kaiser Permanente, Tyson’s Corner Medical Office, McLean, Virginia
• Kaiser Permanente, Walnut Creek Medical Center, Walnut Creek, California
• Kaiser Permanente, West Covina Garvey Mental Health, West Covina, California
• Kaiser Permanente, West Covina Medical Offices, West Covina, California
• Memorial Hermann Greater Heights Medical Plaza 1, Houston, Texas
• Memorial Hermann Katy Hospital, Katy, Texas
• Memorial Hermann Orthopedic and Spine Hospital, Bellaire, Texas
• Memorial Hermann The Woodlands Medical Plaza 3, The Woodlands, Texas
• Mercy Health-Willard Hospital, Willard, Ohio
• Midland Memorial Hospital, Midland, Texas
• MultiCare Auburn Clinic, Auburn, WA
• MultiCare Tacoma Family Medicine, Tacoma WA
• Russell Regional Hospital, Russell, Kansas
• Southern Ohio Medical Center, Portsmouth, Ohio
• Sutter Delta Medical Center, Antioch, California
• Wellspan Surgery and Rehabilitation Hospital, York, Pennsylvania
• WVU Medicine Camden Clark Medical Center, Parkersburg, West Virginia

�����Թ�also congratulates the top two participants in the Energy to Care program throughout 2016: Kaiser Permanente and Adventist Health/JLL. Visit to learn more about the program.

Through the Energy to Care program, local �����Թ�affiliated chapters can participate in a challenge to see which chapter can reduce energy consumption the most. A dozen �����Թ�affiliated chapters participated in the Energy to Care 2016 Chapter Challenge. �����Թ�congratulates the winners of the 2016 Chapter Challenge and thanks all participants for their work to save energy. The Kansas Healthcare Engineers’ Association is the 2016 winner in the small category, while the California Society for Healthcare Engineering is the 2016 winner in the large category.
The 2016 Chapter Challenge participants include:
• California Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Georgia Society for Healthcare Engineers
• Healthcare Engineers Society of Northern Illinois
• Kansas Healthcare Engineers’ Association
• Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers
• Missouri Society for Healthcare Engineering
• New England Healthcare Engineers’ Society
• North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association
• Northern Ohio Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Ohio Society for Healthcare Facilities Management
• Pennsylvania Society for Health Facility Engineering
• Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management