20% Energy Reduction with Cleveland Clinic
Sharing Call Date: July 28, 2011
Janet Brown – Moderated, Practice Greenhealth -
Speakers on this call: John D’Angelo, Senior Director of Facilities, Cleveland Clinic
Attached: PDF of power point
Cleveland Clinic is an academic medical network based in northeast Ohio. In addition to the teaching hospital on the main campus, the network has 17 clinics throughout the Cleveland metro area, nine regional hospitals, and facilities in Florida, Las Vegas, Toronto and Abu Dhabi. The system has over 40,000 employees. The office of a healthy environment was established in 2007 by the CEO, Toby Cosgrove.
It has been led since its creation by Christina Vernon, an architect, the Senior Director for Sustainability & Environmental Strategy. The office of a healthy environment also includes Julie Marth the education and outreach coordinator, Chris Parkinson, Project Manager and a new analyst, hired to manage data for their sustainability reporting.
Senior Director of Facilities, John D’Angelo PE, CMVP shared Cleveland Clinic’s energy fund and conservation successes. John’s current position with the Cleveland Clinic gives him the opportunity to further develop professionally through his responsibility over in house and outsourced Facility Directors managing a portfolio of 203 buildings at over 23 million square-feet.
All programs were done without impacting patient experience, outcomes or safety. 20% came from lighting – fruit on the ground! Lighting upgrades improve through temperature consistency and reduced energy use. Reduce loads on emergency generators. No T12s are left. Bulb change outs are less frequent so staff can address other things like equipment maintenance. HVAC is improved through labor that moved away from lighting and towards reliability of equipment. Integration of equipment – is the third area and employee behavior changeand culture change is another big area. Lighting upgrades was a bill payer for getting into other areas.
Renewable energy – a solar roof collaboration with other not for profits helped to create jobs in the region. Cooperatives were developed as a model with Ohio Cooperatives Solar, working with locals in some challenged areas, getting training on installation and maintenance of solar roofs and residential weatherproofing. State grants helped get this started. Cleveland Clinic, University Hospitals and Case Western worked together and committed to creating one roof at Cleveland Clinic. Wind is not an option for them. Last stages of roll out with IT power management. The IT power management has been a challenge but they’re almost there and looking forward to big savings. Check out Practice Greenhealth webinar archives for more on energy and power management.
Energy Budget is $53,000,000 per year. Reduced use by 20%. Cumulatively, has saved 19.7 million.
State Incentives – - some are not accessible for not for profit organizations.
Parking Structure Lighting -
LED Parking Lot Lighting -
Hospital Energy Alliance -
Energy Star & Portfolio Manager – benchmarking, no charge – Helpful in budgeting - Big fan – thinks every hospital should use Energy Star for many offerings, including educational information.
US Energy – Briefs, targeted messaging, reports -
Solid State Lighting -
ISO Standard – ISO50001 establishing an energy management program – global superior energy performance program.
GreenBiz just provided a webinar -
Present on call:
Mayo Clinic
Practice Greenhealth (2)
Spectrum Health, Western Michigan
Northern Michigan Regional Hospital Systems
Yale New Haven (3)
Health Partners (Minnesota)
Cedars Sinai
Catholic Health Care West
Research Collaborative (HCWH)
Boulder Associates, Boulder, CO
Memorial Sloan-Kettering
Baptist Health System
University of Maryland Medical Center
Respectfully submitted, Janet Brown, July 28, 2011