Reverse Auction for Energy

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Reverse Auction for Energy










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Reverse Auction for Energy
Thursday, August 14, 2008
Nick DeDominicisPractice Greenhealth Healthcare Clean Energy Exchange
Gina PugliesePremier Safety Institute
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In partnership with our members to improve the health and safety
of patients, workers, environment, and communities.
GreenHealthy
TM
Premiers award-winning
environmental leadership platform
GreenHealthy
TM
includes
EPP
Environmentally
Preferable
Purchasing
Program
Yes to Green
Internal
corporate-wide
initiative
SPHERE
Collaborative
climate and
energy initiative
to reduce
healthcares
carbon footprint







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Premiers SPHERE Energy Initiative
Goals
Reduce energy cost
Healthcare industry spends $6.5 billion/year, 2
nd
highest energy
spend in U.S. Growing costs diverting money from quality, safety improvements
Reduce overall energy usage, greenhouse gas emissions
for positive public health impact
Hospitals are sectors largest energy consumer/producer of
greenhouse gases
Increase use of cleaner, renewable energy
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Premiers SPHERE Energy Initiative
Strategies
Collaboration, partnerships and sharing of best practices
with members, suppliers and organizations Tracking and benchmarking energy usage, cost, carbon
footprint and public health impactOffer industry first, large scale reverse auction for cleaner
and lower cost energy purchasing through partnership with
Practice Greenhealth (PGH) and their Healthcare Clean
Energy Exchange (HCCE)
Proven savings No cost to members Customized for each member, including date of auction







Healthcares Energy and Climate Change Crises
Concerns about fossil fuels:
Premiers SPHERE Energy Initiative
Dependence on fossil fuels and
the associated political tensions
Reliable availability from volatile
regions
Environmental damage of extraction
and transport
Exploding demand on limited
fossil fuel supplies from growingeconomies
Record breaking profits for energy
industry players
Healthcares Energy and Climate Change Crises
Rapidly Rising Costs
IncreasedIllness & Disease
Driven by Climate Change
Increasingly Complex
Energy Markets
Premiers SPHERE Energy Initiative







48% of all green house gas (GHG) emissions are produced by buildings
Building are responsible for almost 50% of energy consumed -
source DOE EIA
The Healthcare sector ranks as the number two energy user
Inpatient care is healthcares largest energy consumer and thelargest GHG producer. Greater than 73 Billion kwh/year, $5.3 Billion and rapidly rising
The energy practices of the healthcare industry results in very high energy intensity of hospitals.
Healthcares Energy Use
Premiers SPHERE Energy Initiative
The Bad News:
The healthcare industry contributes disproportionately to Climate
Change and its having the uninten