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About Huntington Memorial Hospital
Huntington Hospital is a 625-bed hospital in Pasadena, California. It’s a leading hospital recognized as the highest-ranked in the San Gabriel Valley. The hospital is committed to community well-being through high-quality healthcare delivered with kindness and dignity. It’s been an honor for EcoGreenVision to work with Huntington Memorial Hospital and help them fulfill their mission of building a safe and comfortable environment for patients.
The Challenge
Back in 2007, the hospital’s board of directors faced rising utility costs, aging equipment, and mounting compliance requirements. They needed a partner who could modernize facilities without disrupting 24/7 patient care.
EcoGreenVision’s Multi-Phase Solutions
Hebat Badiee has been the lead Design/Build director serving Huntington Memorial Hospital since 2007 and has provided multi-OSHPD and non-OSHPD projects valued over $15 million. A long-lasting project like this has so many chapters, obviously, but we can list the steps like this:
- Replacing the centrifugal chiller (It’s the process of replacing outdated centrifugal chillers with high-efficiency models)
- Refinishing air handling units
- Replacing primary and secondary pumps, variable chilled water system, variable condenser water system
- Implementing a new energy management system, new motors
- Modifying patient rooms, induction units
- Installing new lighting retrofit
- Optimizing and controlling the chilled water system
- Implementing new pressure-independent control valves
All these processes happened while maintaining 24/7 operations in the ORL, with no interruption to the hospital’s operations.
Results at a Glance
- $2M annual savings on utilities
- Over $15M in projects completed since 2007
- $750,000 in rebates from Southern California Edison and state programs
- 24/7 operations maintained with zero disruption
The multi-phase retrofits qualified the hospital for multiple utility rebates and state energy efficiency grants, further decreasing capital costs, saving nearly $2 million per year in utility bills. Beyond cost savings, there have been other benefits that are impossible to ignore: patient comfort, sustainability, and compliance with OSHPD/ASHRAE are a few to name. The most important one to note is patient comfort, since that is a hospital’s mission, and anything assisting a healthcare facility in accomplishing that is invaluable.
"EcoGreenVision helped us modernize without disrupting care. Their work delivers savings year after year. They have been our trusted energy partner since 2007, consistently helping us achieve long-term efficiency and compliance.
Facilities Director
Huntington Memorial Hospital
Long-Term Impact
Multi-phase retrofits take a lot of time and money to yield valuable outcomes as revenue; that’s why many prefer using other solutions. However, you can ensure that you’ll see the results provided that you are patient enough. In the case of Huntington Memorial Hospital, the payback period was under 4 years.
What’s next
EcoGreenVision is your trusted partner in healthcare energy management. If your healthcare facility faces similar HVAC challenges as Huntington Memorial Hospital, EcoGreenVision can help.