Energy efficiency

Providence Health Care is the first health care organization to sign up for the program and is now designating 100 per cent of its gas use at this care home as RNG.

Big Drop In Energy Use

Providence is seeing the benefits from the project. It lowered its annual energy use at the facility by more than 10,500 gigajoules, the energy equivalent to heating almost 125 homes for a year. It’s also saving around $100,000 in annual operational costs which helped cover the cost of becoming an RNG customer without impacting the overall budget for patient care.

Providence has seen a reduction of 485 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent and received more than $300,000 in incentives through FortisBC’s Custom Efficiency Program, helping to cover a portion of the costs for the high-efficient technology.

The significant cost savings that investing in energy efficiency can have lets health care organizations, like Providence, take the next step. Providence found unique ways to decarbonize operations and put money into services for patients and residents.

Replicating Energyefficiency Success Across Other Facilities

The successful completion of these energy efficiency upgrades supports Providence Health Care’s Greenhouse Gas Emissions Reduction Project. This project targets an 80 per cent reduction in GHG emissions by 2024 at its six long-term care sites: St. Vincent’s: Langara, Mount Saint Joseph Hospital, Holy Family Hospital, Youville, St. Vincent’s: Honoria Conway and St. Vincent’s: Brock Fahrni.

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A new high-efficiency heating and cooling system was installed at Providence Health Care’s St. Vincent’s: Brock Fahrni Long Term Care Home in Vancouver.

To achieve this target, Providence is looking to replicate this project at those sites. Replicable projects are incredibly valuable because the same or very similar process can be taken from one building to another without having to design a different system. It can become a quick and easy win for an organization to see energy and cost savings.

“It’s inspiring to see how energy efficiency upgrades can have an environmental impact while also improving the spaces for the residents and patients in the buildings,” says Manhas. “It’s a win-win! (The partnership) with Providence Health Care has shown the value of working together to ensure these projects are successful and cost-effective. Providence Health Care is an exceptional leader in its sector when it comes to implementing energy efficiency upgrades that lower energy use and then taking the next step by using RNG to further reduce GHG emissions.” n H