Your green neighbor Posted on April 22, 2015April 22, 2015 by Dakota PikeWatch our Earth Day message here!Here at Nathan Littauer Hospital, we have come up with simple and creative ways to stay green.Nathan Littauer, caring for Mother Earth, too.On this Earth Day we would like to share just a few things we do to care for Mother Earth too:We have saved 24,000 gallons a year by switching to microfiber mop heads.We use a chemical free floor stripper, which is non-toxic and odor free.We added a car charging station last year.We also added new lights to our parking lot, which will save us 330,000 kilowatt hours.We repurpose buildings for our Primary Care Centers.We send unused medical supplies to third-world nations.We clean condenser coils because we have found we use six to eight percent less electricity if we do so.We have bike racks and many employees car pool.We added a white roof to our nursing home to save electricity.That is why we people call us their “Green Neighbor”.Â
Greener lighting saves Littauer and environment Posted on September 8, 2014September 8, 2014 by Dakota PikeEnergy-saving lights installed at LittauerJune 22, 2014Leader HeraldGLOVERSVILLE – Thanks to an incentive by National Grid, all the lights in Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home’s parking lots were changed from high pressure sodium to LED, a news release said.According to the release, the move will save Littauer close to 330,000 kilowatt hours and nearly $70,000 per year. The lights also will save more 175,000 pounds of carbon dioxide gas and greenhouse emissions.“Nathan Littauer Hospital & Nursing Home goes above and beyond just saving energy,” said energy consultant Debra Sickles of Wolberg Electric Supply Company in the release. “I wish other hospitals were doing a fraction of what Littauer is already doing.”The NLH Engineering Department and its director, David Bruhns, work with electric suppliers, such as Wolberg Electric, Warren Electric, Constellation New Energy and National Grid, with the goal of using electricity wisely, the release said.Littauer’s other green initiatives include indoor lighting fixture upgrades from 64 to 34 watts; solar-powered, hands-free faucets; LED replacements of fluorescent bulbs and fixtures in corridors and stairwells; and repurposing materials and existing buildings.“Green initiatives are not just one project; it’s a mindset,” Bruhns said in the release. Fixtures on all Littauer campuses have been changed overPHOTO: Electricians with Fulton County Electric install LED lighting in the Nathan Littauer Hospital parking lot. Photo submitted.
