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ASHE’s Health Care Facilities Core Competency Framework charts out key skills of health care facilities management, and offers education, resources and tools to help professionals fill knowledge gaps in each area.

Use ASHE's Core Competency Framework™ to develop your understanding of operational and capital financial management.

Carbon emissions associated with energy use are often a mix of on-site usage and off-site emissions from regional utilities can be complicated to account for.

Whether you are working in a clinic or a hospital, technology plays a key role in 21st century health care.

One tool for benchmarking health care facilities is Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager.

The EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager has broken down the data for facilities in Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager in a guide, “Energy Use in Hospitals”

Kitchen ventilation, for both exhaust and makeup air, represents a significant opportunity for kWh and kBTU reductions in health care facilities.

When engaging employees in sustainability, it’s best to use a combination of methods.

Kathleen Stanley from CLEAResult Consulting sat down with Sturdy Memorial Hospital’s utility manager Russ Reeves to discuss the success he has had in energy efficiency for the hospital.

The hidden savings can make you wealthy, but you must find it first.

To execute a balanced energy management program, you must not neglect the procurement side of the business.

Energy efficiency—or energy productivity, takes a village or team to produce results.

This first step on the energy efficiency journey is viewing the hospital portfolio as from a mountaintop.

The self-funded approach to an energy sustainability program is often referred to as the “Long Push” because it is a multi-year, multi-phase program

Chillers can create a healthier health care environment, cut energy costs, and be tailored to fit almost any need.

Four teams of engineers and facility managers worked to identify hidden energy savings in the facility’s energy infrastructure.

EPA released updated models that enable commercial building owners across many U.S. building sectors to calculate revised 1–100 ENERGY STAR® scores.

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Discover the power of sustainability messaging to motivate your workforce. Learn effective strategies to engage employees in sustainable behaviors.

A project designed with sustainability in mind will naturally produce better results than one that requires integrating sustainability elements later on.