Providence St. Peter Hospital has received a $458,343 energy efficiency grant from Puget Sound Energy to recycle its boiler heat, reducing the hot air released into the atmosphere by 250 degrees.
The new design captures the waste heat that vents from the boiler stack and uses it to heat the hospital and provide hot water, saving $60,000 annually in natural gas costs.
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Jul. 28, 2010 at 9:35am Providence St. Peter Hospital receives energy efficiency grantDuring the past 10 years, PSE has awarded nearly $2 million in energy efficiency grants to support the hospital's conservation projects. Combined, St. Peter Hospital's environmentally responsible practices save the hospital an estimated $700,000 annually. Founded in 1887, Providence St. Peter Hospital is a 390-bed, Magnet designated nonprofit hospital that provides medical, surgical and behavioral health services to the South Puget Sound region. Plenty more in the Archives The comments function of the Business Examiner community is meant to encourage conversations and spark ideas about business issues in the South Sound. The feature is free and open to members of the public who register basic log in information. Comments should be concise, on topic and avoid attacks, profanity or abusive language or content. Comments that are deemed to violate this policy will be removed. |
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