FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
July 8, 2025

ASHE Chapters celebrated for outstanding achievement 
at the 2025 Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference 

CHICAGO — The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association, is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Chapter Awards. These chapters are celebrated for their exceptional contributions to optimizing the health care physical environment in partnership with ASHE.

Chapter Awards are given annually to ASHE Chapters at the platinum, gold, silver and bronze level for meeting various criteria that signify the chapters’ outstanding work supporting ASHE’s strategic objectives. Chapters at each award tier may also attain an “elite” bonus award by verifying participation in ASHE’s Energy to Care Chapter Challenge. 

These chapters will be recognized at ASHE’s Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference taking place July 27-30 in Columbus, Ohio:

Platinum Elite

• Alabama Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Arkansas Association for Healthcare Engineering
• California Society for Healthcare Engineering, Inc
• Central Arizona Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Chesapeake Area Society of Healthcare Engineering
• Colorado Association of Healthcare Engineers & Directors
• Georgia Association for Healthcare Facility Managers
• Hawaii Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Healthcare Engineers Society of Northern Illinois
• Indiana Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Kansas City Area Healthcare Engineers
• Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers
• Missouri Society for Healthcare Engineering
• New England Healthcare Engineers' Society
• North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association
• Texas Association of Healthcare Facilities Management
• Wisconsin Healthcare Engineering Association

Platinum

• Central New York Society of Healthcare Engineers
• Florida Healthcare Engineering Association
• Genesee Valley Regional Association for Healthcare Engineers
• Georgia Society for Healthcare Engineers
• Healthcare Engineers Association of Southern New Jersey
• Healthcare Facilities Management Society of New Jersey
• Healthcare Facility Managers Association of Delaware Valley
• Hospital Engineering Society of Greater New York
• Idaho Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Louisiana Society for Healthcare Facilities Management
• Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Minnesota Healthcare Engineers Association
• Mississippi Hospital Association's Society for Healthcare Engineers & Facility Managers
• Nebraska Society of Healthcare Engineers
• Oregon Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Pennsylvania Society for Health Facility Engineering
• Southeastern Michigan Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Southern Illinois Chapter for Healthcare Engineering
• Tennessee Healthcare Engineering Association
• Washington State Society for Healthcare Engineering

Gold Elite

• Virginia Society of Healthcare Engineers

Gold

• Northern Ohio Society for Healthcare Engineering
  Silver
• Kansas Healthcare Engineers Association
• Utah Society for Healthcare Engineering

Bronze

• Alaska Society of Healthcare Managers and Engineers
• Arizona Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Central Illinois Chapter of Healthcare Engineers
• Iowa Society for Healthcare Engineering
• Ohio Society for Health Care Facilities Management
• South Carolina Society for Hospital Engineers
• TriState Society of Healthcare Engineers

ASHE previously announced the winners of the Energy to Care Chapter Challenge, which engages ASHE Chapters in a friendly competition to demonstrate the highest reductions in energy consumption. In 2025, 15 ASHE Chapters participated in the Chapter Challenge. The two winning chapters will also be recognized at ASHE’s 2025 Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference:

• Large Category Winner: North Carolina Healthcare Engineers Association
• Small Category Winner: Kentucky Society of Healthcare Engineers

ASHE Chapters are the catalyst for innovation in health care facilities management, design and construction by providing an organized structure at the local and/or state level for ASHE members and the field at large.
ASHE congratulates these awardees and all the chapters that participated in the 2025 Energy to Care Chapter Challenge. View all the 2025 Chapter Award winners at ashe.org/chapters/chapterawards.