Key Green Solutions is excited about joining the Grand Rapids Chamber of Commerce. The rapidly expanding organization views Chamber membership as a tool to increase their visibility in the business community. According to Jeff Burks, Relationship Manager of Key Green Solutions, “We became a Chamber member to increase our presence in the marketplace.”
http://www.grandrapids.org/member-spotlight
On November 10, 2011, the University of Maryland Medical Center and Denise Choiniere, sustainability manager, are winners of Maryland Hospitals for Healthy Environment (MD H2E) awards.
The first annual Nursing Leadership in Environmental Health Award was presented to Denise Choiniere, MS, RN, sustainability manager for University of Maryland Medical Center (UMMC). Choiniere, the first full-time sustainability manager in a Maryland hospital, spearheaded a number of environmental initiatives at UMMC, including a hazardous pharmaceutical waste management program, Earth Day events, and a weekly farmers’ market.
UMMC won the Trailblazer award for focusing on lighting conservation and upgrades in the past year. The goals of their project included turning off lights when not in use and when daylight is sufficient in atriums and hallways, replace inefficient light bulbs with more efficient bulbs, and establish a baseline to monitor changes. Occupancy sensors and photo cell sensors were installed and lights in mechanical rooms were placed on automated controls.
Denise and her leadership team utilizes Key Green Solutions software suite to manage their sustainability program.
Key Green Solutions (KGS) exhibited at the Maryland Hospitals for Healthy Environment (MD H2E) conference on November 10, 2011.
MD H2E is a technical assistance and networking initiative that promotes environmental sustainability in health care. Participants include hospitals, clinics, nursing homes, research laboratories, and other ancillary health care providers in Maryland. Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, is proud to be a partner with Carroll Hospital Center and University of Maryland Medical Center, two award winning hospitals with MD H2E.
Carroll Hospital Center receives 2011 Trailblazer Award from Maryland Hospitals for Healthy Environment
The award was given to recognize the hospital for its ability to effectively track and quantify its many environmentally friendly initiatives through the Key Green Solutions sustainability management web-based software. The software showed, for example, how the hospital’s natural gas consumption and red bag waste was reduced by 30 percent in 2011 due to the hospital’s green initiatives.
http://www.carrollhospitalcenter.org/news/?sid=1&nid=813
Jeff Burks, Sustainability Manager with Key Green Solutions, presented with Colleen Duerr, Green Chair with Carroll Hospital Center, at the conference. Please click on the link below for a copy of the presentation and see Session 2A: Sustainability Metrics.
http://nursing.umaryland.edu/events/environmental/2011/presentations.php
Key Green Solutions LLC (KGS) presents with West Michigan Shared Hospital Laundry at the IAHTM 2011 Annual Meeting in St. John, New Brunswick on September 17-22, 2011.
The International Association for Healthcare Textile Management (IAHTM) was founded in 1969 and, today, is the largest healthcare central laundry organization in the world. IAHTM members provide service to approximately 3,000 healthcare facilities in the U.S. and Canada and process 700 million pounds of clean linen each year. Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, is proud to be a partner with West Michigan Shared Hospital Laundry and to participate in the exciting event.
Key Green Solutions, LLC (KGS) welcomes Alyssa Antekeier, the new Relationship Coordinator, to the KGS team.
Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, has hired Alyssa Antekeier as the Relationship Coordinator. Alyssa has a Bachelor of Science in Sustainable Business from Aquinas College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. She brings expertise and experience in healthcare and sustainability.
Jeff Burks, Relationship Manager for KGS, says, “We are very excited to have Alyssa join our team. Her strong background in sustainability and technology will benefit our customers greatly.”
Key Green Solutions, LLC (KGS) welcomes Covenant Health Systems, a leading Practice Green Health member and multi-year sustainability national award winner, as a customer.
Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, announces today that it has entered into an agreement with Covenant Health Systems to provide exclusive Sustainability Management Software to Covenant and the sponsor hospitals, nursing homes, assisted living residences and other health and elder services throughout New England. The agreement represents an expansion for Key Green Solutions in the New England (Massachusetts, Maine, New Hampshire and Pennsylvania) market.
Nancy Mulvihill states,”Covenant knows that Key Green Solutions’ management software will help our system advance even further in our now seven-year journey in our commitment to be good stewards of the earth. By providing automation to our energy, water and waste data collection and analysis, dashboards, scorecards, program management tools and regulatory reporting (greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculation), we can achieve more and better understand areas for improvement.”
Key Green Solutions, LLC (KGS) welcomes Bronson Healthcare Group, a leading Practice Green Health member and nine year national Environmental Leadership Circle award winner with Practice Green Health, as a customer.
Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, announces today that it has entered into an agreement with Bronson Healthcare Group to provide exclusive Sustainability Management Software to Bronson in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The agreement represents continued expansion for Key Green Solutions in the Michigan market.
Jeff Burks, Relationship Manager for KGS, commented, “We are very pleased that Bronson has selected KGS as the provider of its sustainability management software. Bronson is a national sustainability leader and multiple award winning organization through their successful model for growing sustainability in their facilities. We welcome Mike Way (Vice President of Materials Management & Facilities Services), Lisa Hardesty (EOC and Sustainability Manager) and their high quality team to the KGS family and are looking forward to a mutually rewarding partnership.”
Key Green Solutions, LLC (KGS) welcomes University of Maryland Medical Center, a nationally recognized leader in sustainable health care, as a customer.
Key Green Solutions LLC, a leading hospital sustainability management software company, announces that it has entered into an agreement with University of Maryland Medical Center to provide exclusive Sustainability Management Software to UMMC in Baltimore, Maryland.
Denise Choiniere, Sustainability Manager for UMMC states, “UMMC chose to partner with KGS to help us streamline and track our sustainability goals. KGS’s willingness to work with us to develop the best tool possible to help us move our sustainability program forward is very exciting. Not to mention the time saved by not having to manual enter data, frees up staff to work on other projects.”
Key Green Solutions, LLC (KGS) welcomes Ridgeview Medical Center, a leading Practice Green Health member and Minnesota’s multi-year national Environmental Leadership Circle award winner, as a customer.
Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, announces today that it has entered into an agreement with Ridgeview Medical Center to provide exclusive Sustainability Management Software to Ridgeview in Waconia, Minnesota. The agreement represents an expansion for Key Green Solutions into the Minnesota market.
Todd Wilkening, Director of Facilities for Ridgeview states “choosing Key Green Solutions is the right choice for Ridgeview. It contributes to our annual score card with Practice Green Health and also provides us comparables against like hospitals in terms of square footage and business units.”