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Key Green Solutions: Beyond Data Tracking

Did you know that Key Green Solutions is not just a software system? We go beyond a website, and have an entire team that helps you interpret and collect your data. When you bring our software to your organization, you get your own personal relationship coordinator that is dedicated to helping your facilities thrive.

Your relationship coordinator can help you:

upload data to other interfaces
put together presentations
contact your vendors concerning any data discrepancies
send out reports
train coworkers to use the software
and more!

Does your facility use EnergyStar Portfolio Manager? No longer does your team have to spend hours on end uploading data; we can do it for you! We are dedicated to making your job easier. We take care of the details so that your team can focus on the big picture, and positively impacting your communities!

Sustainable Purchase Tracking: How Green are Your Purchases?

Another module Key Green Solutions offers is Purchasing! It’s important to know what your facility is buying. With our software, you can manage and measure different categories of product purchases!

•Safer Chemicals (Green Cleaning, DEHP/PVC Reduction, Healthy Interiors)

•Smarter Purchasing (Reprocessed Devices (SUD), EPEAT)

•Paper (Post Consumer Recycled)

•Office Supplies (Cartridges, IT Equipment, etc.)

•Telecommunications (Telephone, Long Distance, Wireless, Cable/Satellite, Broadband/Data)

Our software helps easily identify which products are being purchased to promote safer and healthier environments. Take a step towards greener purchasing to help promote better health for your community’s environment!

Key Green Solutions Welcomes Tim Schuitema

Key Green Solutions is thrilled to welcome Tim Schuitema, our newest Implementation Coordinator, to the Key Green Solutions family.
Tim Schuitema is a graduate of Calvin College with a Bachelor’s of Arts in Business Administration and Psychology. While at Calvin College, Tim spent time volunteering at Adam’s Head Start and interning at Weather Shield Roofing providing customers with estimates. Tim brings excellent project management skills, customer service, and flexibility to his position at Key Green Solutions.

Energy Star Export Available to Key Green Customers

Key Green Solutions is proud to announce our Energy Star Export located on the new Key Green Solutions dashboard. This easy to use feature enables users to generate an excel document with their energy data. The data is then in the ideal format to uploaded into Energy Star Portfolio Manager. This feature is available to all Key Green customers.

Key Green Visits West Coast Customers

Key Green Solutions had a fantastic time visiting several of our West Coast customers. We had the opportunity to meet with sister Mary Ellen Leciejewski from Dignity Health, Terry Duffinia and Erika Kimball from Stanford, and Jean Parkinson from VA Palo Alto.

Key Green Solutions welcomes Julia Reigler

Key Green Solutions is thrilled to welcome Julia Reigler, our newest Implementation Coordinator, to the Key Green Solutions family.
Julia is a graduate of Michigan State University with a Bachelor’s of Science in Environmental Science and Sustainability. While at Michigan State, Julia worked on a community sustainability project that helped with the local farmer’s market at the Lansing State Capital. Julia also has previous work experience in customer satisfaction. Her studies have included environmental management, environmental engineering, and practicing sustainable design. Julia has a strong passion for the environment and believes that it is important to better the current environmental state.
Jeff Burks, Key Green Solutions Relationship Manager, writes “we are very excited to have Julia Reigler join our team. Her customer service skills will greatly benefit our users. Welcome Julia!”

Palomar Health saves over $30,000 annually in waste service costs by reducing the number of pickups!

Barbara Hamilton, System Sustainability Manager at Palomar Health, states “when I was
looking at the data in the Key Green Solutions dashboard, I noticed that our Palomar
Downtown campus was paying twice as much per ton as the other two campuses for
municipal solid waste, (regular trash). Upon closer inspection, and because all the information is in the same place and easy to compare, I noticed that the waste compactor at Palomar Downtown campus was being picked up for disposal 3 times per week, and it only needed to be picked up one time per week. Apparently the schedule had never been changed after the move to Palomar Medical Center. By catching this in the software and reducing that service, we are now saving over $20,000 per year. We made a similar adjustment at Palomar Medical Center and reduced service by one day and are saving an additional $10,000 at that campus.”
Key Green Solutions is the leading international provider of a sustainability management software suite for healthcare. Key Green is benchmarking and standardizing energy, water, waste, food and environmentally preferred purchasing data for hospitals and
helping in their quest for increasing efficiency and managing costs as they deliver care in their facilities. The software has interfaces to load the vendor’s electronic data, instead of
manually collecting the data in spreadsheets.

Exciting Staff Updates at Key Green Solutions

Key Green Solutions has experienced some exciting staff updates this fall.
On September 7, Alyssa Antekeier, one of our Relationship Coordinators, married
Brett Buit, a U.S. Naval Fire Controlman, and become Alyssa Antekeier Buit. In late October she moved to Yokosuka, Japan where Brett is stationed. We are very excited that Alyssa will continue to work for Key Green Solutions from her Japanese office!! She will continue to serve our customers in the same great manner that she has historically.
The week after Alyssa was married, Alison Waske, our Senior Sustainability Consultant, married Bill Sutter on September 14 and became Alison Waske Sutter.
In September, we also added Juleen Haartman, a part-time Data Specialist, to help manage the vendor data we receive on your behalf. We’re very excited about the addition to our staff.

Key Green Solutions LLC welcomes Alison Waske, the new Sr. Sustainability Consultant, to the Key Green team.

Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, has hired Alison Waske as a Sr. Sustainability Consultant. Alison’s
expertise and knowledge as a full-time on-site sustainability officer at Metro
Health Hospital and her contagious passion for sustainability make her an
invaluable resource for hospitals interested in implementing or expanding upon
a sustainability program.
Jeff Burks, Relationship Manager for Key Green, says, “We are very excited to have Alison join our team. Her strong background in healthcare sustainability and analytical and managerial skills to help hospitals achieve their sustainability goals and objectives will
benefit our customers greatly.”
For more information on Key Green Solutions sustainability consulting,
click here.

Key Green Solutions LLC welcomes Joel Buys, the new Sustainability Coordinator, to the Key Green team.

Key Green Solutions LLC, the leading hospital sustainability management software company, has hired Joel Buys as a Sustainability Coordinator. Joel has a Bachelor of Science in Accounting from Calvin College in Grand Rapids, Michigan. He brings expertise and experience in accounting and data analysis.
Jeff Burks, Relationship Manager for Key Green, says, “We are very excited to have Joel join our team. His strong background in accounting and attention to detail will benefit our customers greatly.”