Healthcare

LEGACY Energy Solutions has worked extensively with a broad range of healthcare providers like yours to help them control energy costs. 

We understand the difficulties of developing reliable budgets while balancing the need for uninterrupted, quality service. Throughout the 90s, when energy prices were relatively low, managing energy costs was a lower priority. All of that has changed. High and extremely volatile energy prices today can wreak havoc on operating budgets and profit margins, moving energy management to the top of the priority list.

Healthcare Is Energy-Intensive
Energy costs are an increasingly important component of every healthcare facility’s budget — and are typically the least predictable. Most of the energy consumed in healthcare facilities is used for steam, heating and cooling, and lighting. According to 2002 United States department of Energy data for commercial buildings, healthcare facilities ring up $5.3 billion annually in energy costs, ranking second only to the food service industry in intensity of energy usage.¹

While other industries can reduce energy costs by adjusting output or defining processes, healthcare organizations must continue to deliver a consistently high level of uninterrupted care despite the cost of energy.

Rising energy prices have made comprehensive energy management increasingly important, but price volatility has also made it extremely difficult. Developing an effective energy strategy today is impossible using traditional methods from the 90s. Appropriate methods must account for consumption variations at meter and facility levels, high unit cost uncertainties, and feedback from changing patient occupancy, among other variables. Facility managers face time constraints, operational challenges and shrinking resources.

LEGACY Puts You in Control
Partnering with LEGACY empowers you with the knowledge to make sound energy-related decisions and the expertise to implement effective and measurable solutions.

LEGACY identifies the variables that affect your energy cost and simulates the many possible budget scenarios. We use these results to develop an energy risk-management strategy that balances your company’s need for budget certainty with the lowest possible price. With our expertise and objectivity, we can deliver procurement and risk-management capabilities that were previously available only to the largest organizations.

Today, clients are not only interested in controlling energy cost, but also in ensuring they are meeting their social responsibility concerning the environment. LEGACY helps clients compile and organize their utility data, then assists in prioritizing energy-efficiency and conservation efforts, as well as provides the tools to measure the financial and emissions impact of those initiatives.

In addition, LEGACY offers POWERVIEWS™, an easy-to-use, proprietary, state-of-the-art, Web-based data platform that allows clients to develop budgets, benchmark key metrics, and monitor consumption and expense trends. POWERVIEWS™ provides a comprehensive view that allows you to analyze and understand your utility usage and expenditures at multiple locations in aggregate, as well as at each individual meter, regardless of the provider or commodity. It also ranks your facilities according to a variety of metrics, including total usage, demand and dollars spent, as well as on a square-footage basis.

Few, if any, can match LEGACY’s combination of industry experience, sophisticated energy risk—and information—management analysis tools, and personal service in helping you understand and manage your energy costs. With our comprehensive energy management services, healthcare providers like you can now achieve their energy-related goals.

¹ Per U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Building Technology, State and Community Programs (BTS), 2002