The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recognized Houston-based Memorial Hermann Health System as a 2015 ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year-Sustained Excellence Award recipient for the third consecutive year, Houston-based MemorialHermannSoutheastHospital announced this week.
The EPA's ENERGY STAR label is given to hospitals across the country for their energy performance management, according to a news release. Last year, 20 percent of all hospitals awarded the designation belonged to the Memorial Hermann Health System.
Michael Hatton, vice president of facilities engineering at Memorial Hermann Health System, attributed the system's success to goal setting and the continued focus and follow up by facility managers at the system's hospitals.
"This success was achieved by focusing existing maintenance and operational budget resources to tune up building air conditioning and electrical systems as a multi-year performance improvement project across our system. Our engineering teams out in the field are directly responsible for this continuing success," he added.
Memorial Hermann Health System was recently honored with the award in Washington, D.C.
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