RENEW Energy Partners Advances Mass General Brigham's Energy Portfolio with Distributed Generation System
Mass General Brigham (MGB), a nonprofit integrated healthcare system and biomedical research organization, has upgraded its energy portfolio at Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital with a major upgrade facilitated by RENEW Energy Partners. Through a new distributed energy generation system, the project increases energy efficiency by an estimated 10 percent, ensures maximum system uptime, and unlocks capital for new patient care opportunities. The partnership between RENEW and MGB began in 2021, and now focuses on scaling distributed energy upgrades across the MGB network.
Key Takeaways:
- RENEW Energy Partners has advanced the energy portfolio of Mass General Brigham (MGB) through a distributed energy generation system, increasing energy efficiency by 10 percent, ensuring maximum system uptime, and unlocking capital for new patient care opportunities.
- The system maximizes usable thermal output and optimizes system output to meet the building load requirements, reducing energy consumption and emissions without sacrificing operational or financial performance.
- RENEW Energy Partners will provide operational oversight of the system, ensuring consistent performance and freeing up MGB resources for core healthcare priorities.
- The project supports MGB's Strategic Energy Master Plan (SEMP) goals of reducing energy consumption and aligns with MGB's commitment to patient care, research, teaching, and service to the community.
- MGB is an integrated academic health care system connecting a full continuum of care across a system of academic medical centers, community and specialty hospitals, a health insurance plan, physician networks, community health centers, home care, and long-term care services.
- Charlie Lord, Managing Principal at RENEW Energy Partners, stated that customized energy solutions can unlock capital, enhance system reliability, and directly support a client's long-term sustainability vision.
Statistics:
- 10 percent estimated increase in energy efficiency due to the distributed energy generation system
- MGB preserves capital during the upgrade through RENEW's strategy of delivering distributed generation systems without upfront investment
- RENEW Energy Partners will provide operational oversight of the system, ensuring consistent performance
- MGB's Strategic Energy Master Plan (SEMP) aims to reduce energy consumption across the system
Sources:
- RENEW Energy Partners
- Mass General Brigham