Newswise — Northwest Hospital in Randallstown is among the first hospitals in the nation and first hospital on the East Coast to move to an environmentally-friendly generator to power its emergency electrical needs.
By injecting natural gas into a diesel fueled-powered generator, the generators’ emissions are cut by 60 percent. The hospital has decreased the gallons of diesel fuel from 75 to 31 gallons an hour, and the hospital has reduced its carbon footprint by 20 percent.
Northwest is showing that being green makes business sense too – it is expected to reduce the LifeBridge Health electrical budget significantly each year.
“We are taking a load off the grid,” says William Braid, the director of facilities for, Northwest Hospital. “Generators are so important. They are the heart of a body of a hospital.”
Plans are underway to move the Sinai Hospital’s generators to a similar natural gas/diesel bi-fuel mix, which will save the system several thousand dollars. This effort is being directed by Lewis Poe, Director of Facilities at Sinai Hospital. Poe was a presenter on LifeBridge Health’s energy initiatives at the H2E Maryland conference on November 6 at the University of Maryland School of Nursing.
LifeBridge Health is one of the largest, most comprehensive providers of health services in the Northwest Baltimore area, which includes Sinai Hospital, Northwest Hospital, Levindale Hebrew Geriatric Center and Hospital, Courtland Gardens Nursing and Rehabilitation Center, and related subsidiaries and affiliates. For more information, visit www.lifebridgehealth.org.
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