Eaton Collaborates with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering to Address Complex Healthcare Power Management Challenges

June 9, 2015 | By Business Wire News

PITTSBURGH

Power management company Eaton today announced a collaboration with the American Society for Healthcare Engineering (ASHE) to highlight the critical power management solutions helping the healthcare industry safeguard patients and data. Eaton experts will develop in-depth technical, thought leadership content focused on advancing energy efficiency and power resiliency through lighting, critical power and building efficiency solutions transforming healthcare environments.

“Healthcare is one of the world’s largest industries and relies on solutions that set new standards of safety, power reliability and efficiency to transform lives,” said Justin Carron, global healthcare segment manager at Eaton. “Eaton looks forward to working with ASHE to address the power management challenges of tomorrow, so that healthcare providers can focus their investment on patient care.”

As part of the collaboration, Eaton will publish two white papers and webinars on modern power management approaches to achieving resiliency and advancing energy efficiency. Eaton experts will provide guidance on how to construct or retrofit critical electrical infrastructure, while supporting always-on power, even in the event of a major storm or power outage. Additionally, Eaton will provide in-depth information on how to implement LED lighting and integrated control platforms, ranging from multi-facility campuses to single outpatient providers.

Eaton will also develop Performance Improvement Measures (PIMs) to support ASHE’s Sustainability Roadmap for Hospitals and the Energy to Care program. The resources will provide ASHE members with free, practical tools to better understand how to reduce their energy costs and environmental footprint. Eaton’s Performance Improvement Measures and case studies will focus on:

Industry-leading lighting solutions yielding dramatic improvements in energy efficiency
Highly-efficient uninterruptible power systems (UPSs) to support always-on power for the essential electrical system
Advanced adjustable frequency drive technology (AFDs) to reduce energy consumption and costs

For more information about Eaton’s healthcare solutions, visit www.eaton.com/healthcare.

ASHE is a personal membership group of the American Hospital Association. More than 11,000 members count ASHE as a key source of professional development, industry information, and advocacy, including representation on key issues that affect their work in the physical health care environment. For more information about ASHE, contact 312-422-3800 or visit www.ashe.org.

Eaton’s electrical business is a global leader with expertise in power distribution and circuit protection; backup power protection; control and automation; lighting and security; structural solutions and wiring devices; solutions for harsh and hazardous environments; and engineering services. Eaton is positioned through its global solutions to answer today’s most critical electrical power management challenges.

Eaton is a power management company with 2014 sales of $22.6 billion. Eaton provides energy-efficient solutions that help our customers effectively manage electrical, hydraulic and mechanical power more efficiently, safely and sustainably. Eaton has approximately 102,000 employees and sells products to customers in more than 175 countries. For more information, visit www.eaton.com.