John Hickey, WNEP News
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PLAINS TOWNSHIP, Pa. -- Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center is trying to improve patient health at their hospitals with a commitment to energy efficiency.
Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center in Plains Township is building an eco-friendly utility plant similar to one that Geisinger already has at its hospital near Danville.
"Everything we can do to improve the efficiency we're doing here which should result in about a 40 percent reduction in our energy cost," said Al Neuner, Geisinger vice president of facilities operations. "After we did this in Danville, if you're familiar with Energy Star, we actually scored 100 on Energy Star. So we're in the 100th percentile. There's no hospital more efficient than that site. We hope to duplicate that here."
The power is being produced by a process called cogeneration. The utility plant will be powered by recycling the heat it generates. That's what makes the plant so efficient.
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