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Home » About CVMC Central Vermont Medical Center is striving to be the first hospital in Vermont to achieve the coveted ENERGY STAR® designation.




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In early 2016, Central Vermont Medical Center earned the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) coveted ENERGY STAR designation, which signifies the facility performs in the top 25 percent of all hospitals nationwide for energy efficiency and meets strict facility performance levels established by the EPA.  CVMC has improved the ENERGY STAR score for their entire Berlin campus by over 50 points.

This achievement is an amazing milestone for the hospital’s five-year “Energy Savings Initiative”, which has reduced energy consumption by 28 percent—an unprecedented mark for a Vermont hospital.

Working closely with partners—Efficiency Vermont (the statewide energy efficiency utility), Liebert Engineering, and Control Technologies—the team embarked on a multi-faceted initiative to implement an energy master plan to improve the performance of most hospital systems.

The use of new and innovative technologies has led to an annual savings of:

Major projects implemented by UVM Health Network – Central Vermont Medical Center include:


CVMC has reduced energy consumption by 28%—unprecedented for a Vermont hospital—improving CVMC’s Energy Star score by over 40 points. The hospital achieve ENERGY STAR designation, which is expected in 2016, emerging as a leader among Vermont hospitals by demonstrating what can be achieved through effective energy management practices.

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