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Key Green Solutions Sponsors and Helps Grand River Cleanup

KGS team participates in the 19th Annual Mayors’ Grand River Cleanup

This past Saturday the KGS team had the opportunity to participate in the 19^th Annual Mayors’ Grand River Cleanup in downtown Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Key Green Solutions :: Environmental Sustainability Stategies and Management – Energy software helps organizations across the country manage their water resources. As the leader in sustainability management software, Key Green is proud to be part of managing and maintaining clean water.

Author for therapidian.org Melissa Schrauben has said that “While the Grand River makes up 13% of the Lake Michigan watershed, it’s still the largest contributor to the lake’s pollution.” This unfortunate scenario is why the community has decided to come together and make a change.

This annual event is an opportunity for the community to come together and clean up trash from the Grand River and the surrounding land, helping the community make a commitment to a clean and sustainable future at home. In an interview from Fox 17 Annual Mayors’ Grand River Cleanup kicks off (fox17online.com) , Managing Partner of KGS Mark Huizenga was quoted saying of the event, “People from all over the area come here to say clean water’s important to us, and to be part of a solution.”

The Annual Mayors’ Grand River Cleanup is only one of many events that Key Green Solutions supports, and we look forward to finding more opportunities to not only help other businesses work towards sustainability, but to also show our community that we as a business care and are taking steps personally towards a better future.

Key Green Solutions is Proud to Support Local Conservation Efforts

Key Green Solutions is proud to sponsor the Kent Conservation District, whose mission is “to protect and enhance the natural resources of Kent County“.

Kent Conservation District provides natural resource management resources, and works towards the betterment of the state of Michigan overall, an effort KGS is proud to get behind with financial support. We hope that by teaming up with local efforts we can help create a more sustainable and healthy future. This aligns with the work of our clients, whether in a healthcare, educational, governmental, or transportation setting: working together to make small changes for a brighter future, and to be the leaders in industrial sustainability efforts.

We are proud to support and team up with customers who are also working towards a better future; if you would like a free demonstration of our software please reach out to Jeff Burks: jburks@keygreensolutions.com

Key Green Solutions—Compliments Software Within Your Facility

At Key Green Solutions, we work with raw data coming straight from your vendors. This means that we receive the most accurate data to provide your team with precise reporting and analytics. Key Green supplements many software tools you may already have in place. For example, we can partner with your Stericycle IWSS team and enhance data reporting by breaking down your waste categories. We can take big data and make it as small as you would like—creating easy to use charts, graphs and benchmarks – in which ever format your team needs!

We work closely with Stericycle IWSS staff to create “pull reports” that help with their sustainability reporting, and we are able to provide benchmarking. We also can include any fees you pay in your monthly cost reporting. We help make reporting more comprehensive, and can improve upon any programs you wish to strengthen.

Key Green Solutions can be introduced to any facility and fits in any atmosphere. Our job is to make data handling easier for everyone on your team, whether these team members are internal, or programs run by your vendors.

Our enterprise level sustainability tools will help your organization develop systematic solutions!

All Your Energy Data at the Touch of Your Fingertips!

At Key Green Solutions, one of the modules we offer for tracking is Energy & Water. We are able to obtain data directly from your vendors, making the process easy for your employees. Simply log in and have a comprehensive view of all your data.

Track energy sources by meter (consumption and supply) costs in one place:

Electricity (Grid, Hydroelectric, Wind, Solar, Biomass, Cogeneration)
- Heating (Natural Gas, Steam, Propane, Fuel, Cogeneration)
- Water (Potable water, Sewage, Irrigation, Make-Up, and Storm water)
- Chilled Water
- Hot Water

We normalize the energy data to account for changes in:

Weather (heating and cooling degree days)
- Square footage
- Billing cycle days / Calendar month days
- Rates

We are able to help you look at meter usage, and can point out any problems that may be costing your organization money in the long run.

Our enterprise level sustainability tools will help your organization develop systematic solutions!

Key Green Solutions a Silver Friend of the 2019 CHA Assembly

Key Green Solutions was honored to be a Silver Sponsor Friend of the CHA Assembly in Dallas, TX. This was our third year as a sponsor, and it was a great experience.

Key Green Solutions with our customer CommonSpirit Health on June 10, 2019

As a sponsor, we were able to meet many great members and share our software solution designed for healthcare. Our modular based software is the leading sustainability data solution for healthcare. The modules include:

• Waste

• Energy/Water

• Food

• Purchasing

Our solution automates your data collection process to all your vendors, eliminates paper, and allows you to benchmark your facilities internally or to national Key Green benchmarks.

To learn more about how we can help your organization improve your sustainability initiatives and enhance your bottom line contact us at sales@keygreensolutions.com to schedule a free online software demonstration.

University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Large Hospital” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions

Cleveland Medical Center has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Large Hospital” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. The award recognizes Cleveland Medical Center as the best performing large (>500 beds) hospital that is successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating a culture of sustainability. Cleveland Medical Center stands out with their strong commitment to energy, waste, food, and purchasing. They achieved top 25% highest recycling, top 25% lowest in water, and top 25% lowest RMW. They were the highest performer in the following categories; Local/sustainable Food, Healthy Beverages, and Green Cleaning purchases.

The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in San Diego, CA at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 7, 2018

Dignity Health St. Mary’s Medical Center has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Medium Hospital” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions

Dignity Health St. Mary’s Medical Center has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Medium Hospital” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. The award recognizes St. Mary’s Medical Center as the best performing medium (100-499 beds) hospital that is successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating a culture of sustainability. St. Mary’s Medical Center stands out with their strong commitment to energy and waste. They achieved top 25% highest recycling, top 25% lowest in water, top 25% lowest RMW, and top 25% lowest energy used. They were the top performer in Healthy Beverages at 65.9%.

The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in San Diego, CA at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 7, 2018

TriHealth Bethesda Butler Hospital has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Small Hospital” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions

TriHealth Bethesda Butler Hospital has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for a Small Hospital” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. The award recognizes TriHealth Bethesda Butler Hospital as the best performing small (0-99 beds) hospital that is successfully measuring, setting system goals, benchmarking, and creating and culture of sustainability. TriHealth Bethesda Butler Hospital stands out with their strong commitment to water. They achieved top 25% lowest in water. They also achieved top 25% in the lowest amount energy used. Bethesda Butler is the top performer in; Local/sustainable food purchases, recycling rate, and RMW rate.

The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in San Diego, CA at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 7, 2018

Sutter Health has been honored with the “Sustainability Tracking Award for an Emerging User” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions

Sutter Health has been honored with the “Emerging User Award” for 2017 from Key Green Solutions, the leading sustainability management software company. The award recognized Sutter Health for their engagement and commitment to improving sustainability and growing the sustainability culture at their organization.

The Key Green Solutions Sustainability Tracking Awards were presented in San Diego, CA at the Key Green Solutions reception on May 7, 2018.

Key Green Successfully Uploads Data to Practice Greenhealth Award Application

Another Successful Year!
Key Green Solutions has not only done it again, but we have done it bigger and better than last year. This year we automatically uploaded data into the Practice Greenhealth Partner for Change Award Application for 59 hospitals. We scrubbed through 610,082 data records to answer 4,000 questions in the Award Application. It took 5 minutes.
How?
One word; Automatic. Key Green Solutions is the Gold Standard for data. We collect data directly from the vendors and upload it into our software. We receive this data monthly from the vendors and keep our Dashboard up to date, allowing hospitals to view the most accurate and current data. Our team reviews the data and clarifies any discrepancies with the vendors.
This is how we export data into the PGH Award Application, all it takes is one click.

Key Green Solutions doesn’t just help hospitals save time and money, we help those hospitals set the standard, the standard of excellence. We would like to thank all the hospitals that relied on our team to help complete the Practice Greenhealth Award Application. It was our pleasure serving you and we look forward to next year’s upload.