The American Society for Health Care Engineering (ASHE), a professional membership group of the American Hospital Association, has recognized healthcare facilities that have “significantly reduced their energy use and emissions and advanced their sustainability goals” with its announcement of the winners of its 2026 Energy to Care Awards.
ASHE designated 70 healthcare facilities across 13 healthcare organizations with its Sustainability Champions Award, the program’s highest distinction, for “demonstrating strong leadership in pursuit of reducing healthcare’s environmental footprint and using saved resources to support patient care.”
The 70 winners represent just 1.4% of the total facilities that participate in ASHE’s Energy to Care Program, which “allows organizations to track, benchmark and reduce their energy usage.” The program offers participants “resources to help facilities management professionals reduce their organization’s energy consumption, improving operational efficiency while optimizing patient care.”
Here’s the breakdown of the Sustainability Champions Award winners:
ASHE is also recognizing 328 past Energy to Care Award winners that have “continued to meet their sustainability goals by maintaining or further reducing annual emissions and energy use intensity” with its Sustained Performance Award. The 328 facilities represent less than 7% of the total facilities participating in the Energy to Care Program.
Additionally, ASHE recognized 140 facilities with its 2026 Energy to Care Award. Those facilities achieved a “10% or greater reduction in energy use intensity over the previous year or 15% over two years, as tracked by reporting verified energy and water consumption data in the Energy to Care Dashboard.”
The winners will be recognized at ASHE’s Health Care Facilities Innovation Conference, which will take place Aug. 2 to 5 in Minneapolis:
