• Due to operating constantly and relying on power-intensive equipment, heating, cooling, ventilation and lighting the U.S. healthcare industry is responsible for about 8.5-10% of greenhouse gas emissions.
• Hospital leadership needed assistance from a trusted lender and technology partner to help them reach their sustainability goals and reduce costs.

• Siemens Smart Infrastructure (SI) implemented energy efficient technology, such as critical upgrades to Signature’s main heating and cooling system, including a combined heat and power system, solar panels, totaling 1.9 MW, and state-of-the-art microgrid controls that connect the panels to a 4MWh battery energy storage system (BESS).
• Siemens Financial Services (SFS) provided a $9 million infrastructure improvement plan, including an energy savings performance contract facilitated by a refinancing of Signature’s existing bonds at a lower rate through a 10-year debt package totaling approximately $40 million.

Signature Healthcare is an award-winning health system committed to integrating energy-efficient technologies for the benefit of its patients and the environment with sustainable technologies and solutions. Based in Brockton, Massachusetts, Brockton Hospital operates under the Signature Healthcare system.