Energy and Power
How to Future-Proof Healthcare Facilities for EV Charging Integration
EV charging represents a significant investment, making it essential to carefully plan how charging stations can be incorporated.
3/21/2025
Retrofitting Healthcare Facilities for EV Charging
With EV adoption growing, healthcare facilities may face some challenges when retrofitting their buildings for charging.
3/14/2025
Charging Ahead: Incentives Driving EV Charging in Healthcare Facilities
Manufacturers discuss how incentives impact the decision-making process.
3/7/2025
EV Charging in Healthcare: Does the ROI Make Sense for the C-Suite?
Convincing the C-suite to invest in EV charging calls for a strategic approach that balances financial returns with environmental benefits.
2/28/2025
Power Reliability: NFPA Electrical Cycle of Safety
Ensuring facilities meet current codes and standards can establish a holistic level of electrical resilience.
1/22/2025
Backup Power: Challenges and Solutions
By ensuring reliable, resilient and cost-effective solutions, managers can meet demands of healthcare operations and safeguard patients.
12/9/2024
Western Washington Healthcare Facilities Recover from 'Bomb Cyclone'
Backup power and advanced prep are critical to weathering winter storms.
11/27/2024
Ameresco Partners with UCI Health to Power All-Electric, Zero-Emission Hospital Campus
Solar photovoltaic arrays will power the all-electric medical campus.
11/19/2024
Making a Microgrid: Valley Children's Healthcare's Sustainability and Resilience Project
Valley Children’s Healthcare faces a few growing energy issues threatening their operations. Their answer? A microgrid.
10/17/2024
Power When It Counts: Emergency Power Strategies
Facility managers and technicians face myriad challenges in ensuring reliable emergency power for healthcare facilities.
9/23/2024
Kiewit and Veolia Collaborate with Henry Ford Health for Central Energy Hub
The hub will provide heating and cooling via a hot and cold-water system that will tie into the new hospital facilities.
7/1/2024
Facility Makes Zero Energy History
Pueblo Community Health Center in Colorado is the first zero energy outpatient healthcare facility in North America.
6/26/2024
Klickitat Valley Health Installs Zero-Emission Fuel Cell System
The fuel cell system was created via a partnership between Kohler and Toyota.
3/22/2024
Preparing Healthcare Facilities for Severe Thunderstorms
Hardening plans and collaboration with local stakeholders can aid in prep for severe weather.
3/14/2024
Microgrids Help Build Energy-Resilient Healthcare Facilities
In the face of extreme conditions affecting power supplies, microgrids can provide an uninterruptable solution.
12/1/2023
Florida Hospital Experiences Two Power Outages in Less Than 24 Hours
Facilities management can mitigate potential outages through training and planning.
10/4/2023
What Kinds of Energy Efficient Technologies Can Hospitals Use?
From LED lighting to building automation systems, there are many types of technology that hospitals can employ.
5/23/2023
Backup Power Keeps Hospitals Operating in Times of Crisis
Here are strategies and tactics to ensure facilities have reliable backup power options when patients need it the most.
6/23/2022
St. Charles Health System Upgrades Electrical System with Minimal Disruptions
Planning was critical to ensure emergency care could be provided while power was switched to the new system.
4/6/2022
Advance in Thermal Energy Storage Shows Promise
Breakthrough could play major role in decarbonizing buildings
11/29/2021
LA County Addresses Aging Hospital Generators
Deployment of generator-monitoring technology provides real-time alerts to hospitals during power outages
11/3/2021
NEMA Offers Motors and Generators Standard for Free
Standard provides guidance for motor manufacturers, state and local codes, repair shops, contractors, facilities managers and original equipment manufacturers
9/23/2021
Long-Term Care Facility Reduces Carbon Footprint With No Upfront Costs
Case Study: Crown Point Health Suites upgraded lighting to LED fixtures and added HVAC sensors
9/10/2021
How Healthcare Systems Can Prepare for Storm Season
Peak tropical storm season is coming, which means potential downtimes for healthcare facilities
8/30/2021
Kaiser Invests in Microgrids To Improve Sustainability
Higher-acuity care and increased threats of outages are driving interest in microgrids
6/28/2021
D.C.’s Largest Solar Array Debuts
Children’s National Research & Innovation Campus located on former Walter Reed Army Medical Center campus
5/3/2021
Hospital Eyes Lighting Upgrades To Boost Energy Efficiency
System was spending $2 million annually on lighting for hospital, but also acute care facilities, clinics, medical office building and parking structure
4/16/2021
Look Out for These UPS Failures
When utility power fails in hospitals, FMs can’t afford for the uninterruptible power supply system to fail, too
4/1/2021
How to Avoid Generator Failure in Hospitals
Address these common generator problems to avoid power downtime
3/29/2021
Six Tips to Reduce Breaker Trips in Hospitals
FMs in healthcare facilities can’t afford power downtime. Here’s how to avoid problems
3/26/2021
