November 17, 2010
Energy improvement initiatives funded at Harborview
Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn presents Eileen Whalen, executive director of Harborview Medical Center, with a $75,000 matching grant from Community Power Works for energy improvement initiatives.
On Nov. 10, Seattle Mayor Mike McGinn presented a $75,000 matching grant from Community Power Works to Harborview Medical Centers Executive Director Eileen Whalen. Funded by a $20 million federal stimulus grant and local matching funds, Community Power Works is a neighborhood‐based building retrofit program working to achieve deep energy savings and create green jobs.
Harborview will use the award to move forward with a number of energy improvement initiatives, which are included in our new 10-year Major Institutional Master Plan.
Current projects include the replacement of two large HVAC supply fans that bring fresh air to a number of floors in the hospital with a modern, energy-efficient fan wall. In addition to achieving energy savings, this new fan configuration will meet the need for Harborview to have redundancy ventilation solutions as a Level I trauma hospital.
The mayor’s press conference was hosted by Harborview. Matching grant awards were also presented to Virginia Mason, Group Health and Swedish Medical Center.
