WASHINGTON, D.C.—The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that two Texas medical facilities won their categories in the fourth-annual Energy Star National Building Competition: Battle of the Buildings. Teams from more than 3,000 buildings across the country spent the past year competing to see which could reduce their buildings’ energy use the most.
Metroplex Adventist Hospital in Killeen reduced its energy use by 14.7% in 2013, the most of any hospital in the nationwide competition. Memorial Hermann Southwest Plaza I in the Woodlands won the medical office category by cutting its energy use by 8.2%.
Joint Commission appoints experts
OAKBROOK TERRACE, Ill. –The Joint Commission announces the appointment of health care experts Grant Davies, Jane Englebright, Ph.D., R.N., and Gregg S. Meyer, M.D., MSc, and education leader Aurie Hollingsworth “Holly” Miller, B.A., M.A., to the Board of Commissioners.
JCR, a not-for-profit affiliate of The Joint Commission, announces the re-appointments of LaMar S. McGinnis, M.D., FACS, as chair of its Board of Directors and Clarion E. Johnson, M.D., as vice chair for 2014
JCR also announces the re-appointments of Tamra Minnier, R.N., M.S.N., FACHE; Nabil M. Kronfol, M.D., Dr.PH; and John Ovretveit, Ph.D. as external members to the JCR Board of Directors.