Whitby Hospital Receives Energy Efficiency Award

Lakeridge Health was recently recognized by the Climate Challenge Network’s Greening Health Care Program for the impressive annual energy savings at the Whitby Hospital. 

Greening Health Care is a network of leading hospitals, health-care groups, and other organizations across North America working together to achieve deep energy and greenhouse gas emissions reductions in health-care facilities.  

As a member hospital, Lakeridge Health’s goals for energy reduction align with the initiatives outlined by the Greening Health Care Energy Benchmarking Program, including reducing energy consumption by five per cent each year.  

This year, the Whitby Hospital surpassed that goal and was named one of the Five Percent Club Award Winners for having achieved an annual energy savings of seven per cent in 2022 compared to 2021. 

“As part of our energy reduction efforts, we performed space temperature optimization through the building’s automation system at the Whitby Hospital,” explained Matt Cannon, Director, Engineering and Business Development. “This initiative reduced the natural gas consumption required for heating and cooling.” 

Looking ahead, Lakeridge Health continues to identify areas for improvement to reduce energy consumption and build a more sustainable future. “Small changes can lead to big savings,” said Matt. “Turning off the lights when vacating an area and where possible, increasing the temperature of the environment by one to two degrees in the summer and decreasing the temperature by one to two degrees in the winter are small but impactful things we can do to reduce our energy consumption.” 

For more information on Greening Health Care, visit greeninghc.com.