Southwestern Vermont Health Care’s Director of Engineering William Hall (right) was presented with Efficiency Vermont’s Energy Leadership Award at the state organization’s Best Practices Exchange in Killington, VT, last month.
The work that led to the award includes capital and organizational improvements. The health system has built a new central boiler plant, exchanged pumps with variable speed units, repaired steam traps, and optimized their chilled water system. Altogether, the work is estimated to have saved the health system $115,000 over the past year. Efficiency Vermont’s Manager of Account Management David Adams (left) presented the award.
About SVHC:
Southwestern Vermont Health Care (SVHC) is a comprehensive, preeminent health care system providing exceptional, convenient, and affordable care to the communities of Bennington and Windham Counties of Vermont, eastern Rensselaer and Washington Counties of New York, and northern Berkshire County in Massachusetts. SVHC’s providers are members of the Dartmouth-Hitchcock Putnam Physicians, a multispecialty medical group operated in partnership with Dartmouth-Hitchcock. SVHC includes the Centers for Living and Rehabilitation, a 150-bed long- and short-term care skilled nursing facility; the SVHC Foundation; and Southwestern Vermont Medical Center (SVMC), which includes 19 primary and specialty care practices. Primary care offices are located in Bennington, Manchester, Pownal, and Wilmington. To learn more, visit svhealthcare.org.
About Efficiency Vermont:
Efficiency Vermont was created by the Vermont Legislature and is regulated by the Vermont Public Utility Commission to help all Vermonters reduce energy costs, strengthen the economy, and protect Vermont's environment. For more information, contact Efficiency Vermont at 888-921-5990 or visit www.efficiencyvermont.com