Healthcare

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are saving money by improving their energy efficiency with PECO.

Hospitals and other healthcare facilities are saving money by improving their energy efficiency with PECO.

Energy powers everything from routine annual checkups to urgent emergency room visits. We can help you find energy efficiency improvements to lower your operating costs, so you can reinvest the savings in enhancing patient care and retaining qualified healthcare professionals.

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    Patient Comfort

    Simple upgrades can enable better climate control and indoor air quality in your facilities.

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    Savings

    By controlling and reducing energy costs, you can free up capital for patient care investments.

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    Safety

    Drive safety and security inside and outside your facilities—protecting your employees, patients, and visitors.

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    Reliability

    Increase the uptime of your systems by extending the lifespan of your equipment.

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    Reputation

    Enhance your brand reputation as a committed sustainability leader.

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    Appeal

    Improve employee retention and talent acquisition for medical staff seeking careers with sustainability-minded organizations.

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PECO's Energy Saving Process

Your journey to increased energy efficiency starts here. As you progress through these tiers, you’ll discover even more ways to build a healthy bottom line while streamlining your operations.

Basic energy efficiency projects can make a big difference for hospitals and healthcare facilities. PECO can provide a complimentary energy report to show you how to upgrade your equipment and build a healthier bottom line. Then, choose from instant lighting discounts and financial incentives for:


Interior Lighting

Improve patient well-being and staff performance by installing LED bulbs in high-bay and low-bay fixtures, troffers, track lighting, tube lamps, wall-mount fixtures, and exit signage.


Exterior Lighting

Illuminate spaces such as entryways, parking garages, and walkways with LEDs in pole/arm-mounted lights, canopy fixtures, floodlights, wallpacks, landscape fixtures, and more.


Lighting & HVAC Controls & Schedules

Lighting, heating, and cooling account for more than half of the energy use for many healthcare organizations. Adjust lighting and temperature automatically in hospital wings, corridors, and operating rooms using occupancy sensors, dimmers, photosensors, and programmable thermostats..


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A hospital that cuts annual energy costs by $350,000 by installing LED lighting can recoup the cost of a new MRI machine in under three years.

Building on your progress, you can increase your energy savings with more advanced energy efficiency upgrades. Take advantage of financial incentives from PECO to make improvements like these:


Variable-Speed Drives (VSDs)

Maintain precise temperatures and optimize air exchange rates with VSDs that manage demand fluctuations, minimize costs, and reduce stress on critical HVAC equipment, vacuum pumps, and large fans.


Efficiency Food Service Equipment

Make cafeteria operations more efficient by installing ENERGY STAR® freezers, refrigerators, fryers, holding cabinets and ovens, and by adding VSDs to kitchen exhaust fans.


Efficient Ultra-Low Temperature Freezers

Ensure that -80°C freezers for sample or vaccine storage meet or exceed ENERGY STAR® efficiency requirements (rated as consuming less than 0.55 kWh/day/cubic foot).


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Installing a VSD on a 75-kW motor in continuous duty can save nearly $20,000 per year on one application. That’s enough to buy up to three high-resolution EKG machines.

At this stage, you’re creating a blueprint for maximum energy efficiency. Couple the improvements you made as a Savings Leader with the best financial incentives from PECO, and consider these possibilities:


High-Efficiency HVAC Rooftop Units and Chillers

Improve air quality, control temperatures and humidity, minimize noise, save space, and make repairs easier.


Compressed Air Optimization

Conduct gas and fluid leak detection and power ventilators, incubators, anesthesia equipment, and surgical tools with medical-grade air.


Cogeneration

Harness byproduct heat from electric generation for use as an energy source.


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A medical facility generating onsite power with a 2 MW gas turbine cogeneration system can average over $400,000 in annual savings. That amount can fund the purchase of up to 16 hospital-grade ventilators.

Technology Profiles

  • Advanced Lighting

    Read more on the benefits of upgrading to LEDS and advanced lighting controls.

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  • Combined Heat & Power (CHP)

    Discover a highly efficient solution for improving operations in energy-intensive facilities requiring electricity and heat energy.

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  • Compressed Air

    Learn more about reducing operating costs by minimizing air leaks that contribute to energy waste.

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  • Energy Management Systems

    Read more on the benefits of energy management systems for hospitals and health care facilities.

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  • Food Service Equipment

    Read more on the benefits of upgrading to ENERGY STAR® certified food service equipment.

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  • Heating, Ventilation and Air Conditioning (HVAC) Equipment

    Explore ways to upgrade HVAC systems to improve a building's energy performance and efficiency and reduce costs.

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  • New Construction Customer

    Learn more about typical energy efficiency opportunities in new construction projects.

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  • New Construction Property Developer

    Discover how including high-efficiency building upgrades to new construction designs can increase property value, improve occupant retention, and lower maintenance costs.

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  • Refrigeration

    Read more on the benefits of upgrading to high-efficiency refrigeration equipment.

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  • Retrocommissioning (RCx)

    Learn about the RCx process for optimizing a building's equipment and systems to perform as designed, operate efficiently, and meet the building occupant's operating needs.

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  • Variable-Frequency Drives

    Read more on the benefits of installing variable-frequency drives on fans and pumps.

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Fact Sheets

  • Financial Resources

    Learn more about financial incentives available for energy-saving upgrades for your business.

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  • Healthcare

    Learn more about energy efficiency opportunities for Healthcare Facilities.

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  • Hospitals

    Learn more about energy efficiency opportunities for Hospitals.

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  • Small and Medium Office Buildings

    Discover how to invest in cost-effective energy efficiency upgrades that reduce utility costs, improve net operating incomes, and enhance occupant comfort, productivity, and safety.

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Videos

 

University of Pennsylvania

See how PECO worked with the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania to increase energy efficiency.

Getting Started

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Customers can take advantage of new opportunities to make energy efficiency projects more successful with the Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) and the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA). For more information please visit the Clean Energy Infrastructure Program and Funding Announcements | Department of Energy .