Article originally published by Wausau Pilot and Review.
RENEW Wisconsin recently [Jan 2021] presented two champions of Aspirus Health’s sustainability efforts with a “2020 Renewable Energy Catalyst of the Year” award… “At Aspirus, we recognize the importance of clean/renewable energy and have built a robust sustainability program with ambitious goals, including reducing our energy use by 50 percent and our carbon footprint by 80 percent by 2030,” Wolf said.
For instance, in under two years, Aspirus has installed eight solar panel arrays on rooftops across its system, approaching one megawatt of solar photovoltaic electricity in total…
Energy conservation efforts have been aggressive across Aspirus’ hospitals and a handful of its clinics. These efforts in combination with its renewable energy has yielded Aspirus $750,000 in savings and 8,694,988 kilowatt-hours, which is equal to 6,148 metric tons of carbon dioxide (MtCo2) or the annual energy/fuel of 709 houses and 1,328 vehicles…