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Business Wire
5 days ago
- Business
- Business Wire
Penn State Health Wins 2025 IDEA Innovation Award for Groundbreaking Energy Optimization at its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
SEATTLE & BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Optimum Energy proudly congratulates Penn State Health on receiving the prestigious 2025 Joseph M. Brillhart IDEA Innovation Award. Presented by the International District Energy Association (IDEA), this prestigious honor recognizes the health system's transformative approach to energy optimization across its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus, a nationally recognized facility, and the only combined Level I trauma center for both children and adults in Pennsylvania. The award-winning project shows how Penn State Health, Optimum Energy, and a team of partners and contractors worked together on the energy optimization program. Since launching its energy strategy in 2009, Penn State Health has executed a long-term, integrated approach to energy system resilience and efficiency. This includes advanced chilled water optimization delivered in partnership with Optimum Energy, alongside on-site power generation, thermal energy storage, and waste heat recovery innovations. The initiative has reduced the campus's energy use intensity by 25%, generated more than $59 million in financial benefit, and eliminated over 40,000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions annually, all while ensuring uninterrupted patient care in a 24/7 critical care environment. "This recognition from IDEA is an honor and highlights our team's steadfast commitment to innovation, resilience, and environmental responsibility," said Kevin Kanoff, Campus Energy Engineer at Penn State Health. "While the challenges of optimizing energy systems in a Level 1 Trauma Center for both children and adults are significant, the opportunity to lead in this area is equally important. We've proven that reliability and sustainability can be achieved together, even in the most demanding clinical settings." "Research and medical campuses are frequently hesitant to adopt energy efficiency measures, even when the potential for significant cost savings is evident," said Lisa Roy, CEO and President of Optimum Energy. "The risks associated with any interruption to service in critical environments can understandably outweigh innovation. With this project, Penn State Health demonstrated that it's possible to be technically bold while operationally respectful, achieving meaningful gains in cost savings, reliability, and environmental performance." Optimum Energy supported Penn State Health by implementing chilled water optimization, which enhanced system performance and resulted in more than $300,000 in annual electricity savings. The work was carefully phased to ensure zero disruption to clinical operations, supporting Penn State Health's mission to provide world-class care while advancing environmental stewardship. The award-winning project shows how Penn State Health, Optimum Energy, and a team of partners and contractors worked together on the energy optimization program. This teamwork demonstrates that large institutions can reduce carbon emissions while maintaining performance, safety, and continuity of care. To learn more about the IDEA Innovation Award and this year's recipients, visit About Optimum Energy Optimum Energy provides holistic energy solutions that empower mission-critical facilities—including hospitals, research campuses, higher education institutions, and advanced manufacturing facilities—to achieve measurable efficiency and resilience. Our comprehensive offerings span design, engineering, optimization, operations and maintenance, and financing, delivered as an integrated program or tailored to specific project needs. We leverage advanced technologies, such as AI-driven analytics and predictive maintenance, to provide sustained savings and reliability. With flexible delivery models, including Energy-as-a-Service, off-balance sheet structures, and private funding, we help clients accelerate cost savings and meet performance goals with confidence. About Penn State Health Penn State Health is an integrated academic health system serving patients and communities across 15 counties in central Pennsylvania. The system includes Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health Children's Hospital and Penn State Cancer Institute based in Hershey, Pa.; Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center in Enola, Pa.; Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, Pa.; Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in Lancaster, Pa.; Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading, Pa.; Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, a specialty provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, in Harrisburg, Pa., and 2,417 physicians and direct care providers at 186 outpatient practices. Additionally, the system jointly operates various health care providers, including Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Hershey Outpatient Surgery Center and Hershey Endoscopy Center. In 2017, Penn State Health partnered with Highmark Health to facilitate creation of a value-based, community care network in the region. Penn State Health shares an integrated strategic plan and operations with Penn State College of Medicine, the University's medical school.
Associated Press
5 days ago
- Business
- Associated Press
Penn State Health Wins 2025 IDEA Innovation Award for Groundbreaking Energy Optimization at its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
SEATTLE & BATON ROUGE, La.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Jun 4, 2025-- Optimum Energy proudly congratulates Penn State Health on receiving the prestigious 2025 Joseph M. Brillhart IDEA Innovation Award. Presented by the International District Energy Association (IDEA), this prestigious honor recognizes the health system's transformative approach to energy optimization across its Milton S. Hershey Medical Center campus, a nationally recognized facility, and the only combined Level I trauma center for both children and adults in Pennsylvania. Since launching its energy strategy in 2009, Penn State Health has executed a long-term, integrated approach to energy system resilience and efficiency. This includes advanced chilled water optimization delivered in partnership with Optimum Energy, alongside on-site power generation, thermal energy storage, and waste heat recovery innovations. The initiative has reduced the campus's energy use intensity by 25%, generated more than $59 million in financial benefit, and eliminated over 40,000 metric tons of CO₂ emissions annually, all while ensuring uninterrupted patient care in a 24/7 critical care environment. 'This recognition from IDEA is an honor and highlights our team's steadfast commitment to innovation, resilience, and environmental responsibility,' said Kevin Kanoff, Campus Energy Engineer at Penn State Health. 'While the challenges of optimizing energy systems in a Level 1 Trauma Center for both children and adults are significant, the opportunity to lead in this area is equally important. We've proven that reliability and sustainability can be achieved together, even in the most demanding clinical settings.' 'Research and medical campuses are frequently hesitant to adopt energy efficiency measures, even when the potential for significant cost savings is evident,' said Lisa Roy, CEO and President of Optimum Energy. 'The risks associated with any interruption to service in critical environments can understandably outweigh innovation. With this project, Penn State Health demonstrated that it's possible to be technically bold while operationally respectful, achieving meaningful gains in cost savings, reliability, and environmental performance.' Optimum Energy supported Penn State Health by implementing chilled water optimization, which enhanced system performance and resulted in more than $300,000 in annual electricity savings. The work was carefully phased to ensure zero disruption to clinical operations, supporting Penn State Health's mission to provide world-class care while advancing environmental stewardship. The award-winning project shows how Penn State Health, Optimum Energy, and a team of partners and contractors worked together on the energy optimization program. This teamwork demonstrates that large institutions can reduce carbon emissions while maintaining performance, safety, and continuity of care. To learn more about the IDEA Innovation Award and this year's recipients, visit About Optimum Energy Optimum Energy provides holistic energy solutions that empower mission-critical facilities—including hospitals, research campuses, higher education institutions, and advanced manufacturing facilities—to achieve measurable efficiency and resilience. Our comprehensive offerings span design, engineering, optimization, operations and maintenance, and financing, delivered as an integrated program or tailored to specific project needs. We leverage advanced technologies, such as AI-driven analytics and predictive maintenance, to provide sustained savings and reliability. With flexible delivery models, including Energy-as-a-Service, off-balance sheet structures, and private funding, we help clients accelerate cost savings and meet performance goals with confidence. About Penn State Health Penn State Health is an integrated academic health system serving patients and communities across 15 counties in central Pennsylvania. The system includes Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health Children's Hospital and Penn State Cancer Institute based in Hershey, Pa.; Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center in Enola, Pa.; Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center in Camp Hill, Pa.; Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center in Lancaster, Pa.; Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center in Reading, Pa.; Pennsylvania Psychiatric Institute, a specialty provider of inpatient and outpatient behavioral health services, in Harrisburg, Pa., and 2,417 physicians and direct care providers at 186 outpatient practices. Additionally, the system jointly operates various health care providers, including Penn State Health Rehabilitation Hospital, Hershey Outpatient Surgery Center and Hershey Endoscopy Center. In 2017, Penn State Health partnered with Highmark Health to facilitate creation of a value-based, community care network in the region. Penn State Health shares an integrated strategic plan and operations with Penn State College of Medicine, the University's medical school. View source version on CONTACT: For Media Inquiries Contact Tara Phelan [email protected] KEYWORD: UNITED STATES NORTH AMERICA WASHINGTON LOUISIANA PENNSYLVANIA INDUSTRY KEYWORD: UNIVERSITY EDUCATION HEALTH GENERAL HEALTH OTHER ENERGY UTILITIES HOSPITALS ALTERNATIVE ENERGY ENVIRONMENT ENERGY SUSTAINABILITY SOURCE: Optimum Energy Copyright Business Wire 2025. PUB: 06/04/2025 11:04 AM/DISC: 06/04/2025 11:03 AM
Yahoo
27-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Penn State Health, State Troopers to train cadets in crisis management
HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — Penn State Health is collaborating with Pennsylvania State Police and the PA Psychiatric Institute to host a crisis management workshop on Tuesday. The Keystone Model of Crisis Management (KMCM) workshop aims to teach crisis identification skills, de-escalation strategies, and stabilization techniques that help officers deal with people with mental illness or behavioral disorders. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now KMCM workshops bring together police trainers and mental health professionals to develop more humane approaches to law enforcement, enhance public understanding of police training, and maintain community safety. The workshop begins Tuesday, May 27, at 1 p.m. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Blue Angels visit Penn State Health Children's Hospital
HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM)– Patients at Penn State Health Children's Hospital got to witness an aerial spectacle Friday, courtesy of the United States Navy Blue Angels. According to a spokesperson from Penn State Health, members of the Blue Angels did a flyby past the Children's Hospital, and even touched down to meet with young patients, sign autographs, and take photos. Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now Penn State Health says Life Lion is on duty this weekend at the Air Dot Show Central Pennsylvania at the Harrisburg International Airport, but they aren't just there for safety reasons. While they will be providing emergency medical support if necessary, Life Lion will also be doing a demonstration of the Airbus H155 Helicopter, Penn State Health says. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Yahoo
28-01-2025
- Health
- Yahoo
Midstate hospital designated as National Guard Training Center, first on the East Coast
HERSHEY, Pa. (WHTM) — A Midstate hospital was designated as the third National Guard Training Center in the United States, also marking the first of its kind on the East Coast. Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center now offers specialized trauma and deployment skills training through the Trauma, Readiness, Education and Training program. Although these first national guardsmen to go through this trauma training here – all do have medical backgrounds. 'We are here at Hershey Medical Center because it is the premiere level one adult and pediatric trauma center in Pennsylvania,' Lieutenant Colonel Jillian Murray said. 'This is the first site on the east coast.' Close Thanks for signing up! Watch for us in your inbox. Subscribe Now In Iraq, she's one of the trainers. Sunshine Doucette is the other. These mannequins undergo two procedures. One is 'A cricothyrotomy,' Murray said. 'So that is when the patient no longer has an airway.' The other procedure is them 'Practicing their I.V. skills to use the materials that we use here in the hospital,' she said. Steven Thompson is a registered nurse who happens to work at Hershey Med, he is 'Part-time in the Pennsylvania National Guard as a registered nurse in that role as well,' he said. 'They could go to a combat zone,' Murray said. 'They could be deployed to help out a country after a natural disaster. Humanitarian work, or they could be deployed in our community itself, as we saw during COVID.' Physical care for others – that and more for themselves. 'It's also about mental health care,' Murray said. 'We invited the chaplain. A lot of medical people get burned out quickly. so we want to ensure that they're taking care of their mental health as well as their physical.' The program is 12 days long and 'They will be rotating through the emergency department, the neuro ICU, the surgical ICU, and EMS through Life Lion on ground and in air,' Murray said. At the end of those 12 days is a simulated mass casualty event. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
