NewYork-Presbyterian Receives Energy Star Award

NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital was recently recognized with a 2013 Energy Star Combined Heat and Power Award by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). The hospital was recognized for its highly efficient combined heat and power system at its Weill Cornell Medical Center campus, which opened in 2009. The state-of-the-art system creates an independent source of electricity and heat for the campus, protecting the hospital from power outages during weather-related events, allowing doctors and nurses to provide uninterrupted care and safeguarding medical research facilities, diagnostic labs and pharmaceutical supplies.

This isn't the firs time that the EPA has recognized NewYork-Presbyterian for its sustainability efforts. Next week, the hospital will receive its eighth Partner of the Year Award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management.

“NewYork-Presbyterian Hospital leads the field with its commitment to energy efficiency and demonstrates how all Americans can save energy, save money and create a healthier environment,” said Bob Perciasepe, acting administrator of the EPA.

Connie Milstein is a long-time member of the NewYork-Presbyterian Board of Trustees and has worked with the hospital in a number of ways. She currently serves on the Quality and Performance Improvement Committee, the Real Estate and Major Facilities Committee and the Join Conference Committee. She also serves as a Governor of the NewYork-Presbyterian Foundation, Inc. Connie’s parents, Vivian and Seymour Milstein, began working with the hospital in the 1950s and Connie helped to open the Vivian and Seymour Milstein Family Heart Center in 2006 in their honor.