Serving the Community With Sustainability Initiatives

Ochsner Health’s new Office of Sustainability recently launched enterprise-wide sustainability practices to reduce waste and energy consumption, promote resiliency, and create a culture of stewardship.

Our sustainability efforts build upon Ochsner’s past successes through partnerships like the one we have with Bernhard – a landmark, first-of-its-kind energy asset concession arrangement launched in 2017. The Bernhard partnership has enhanced resiliency, reduced energy consumption and saved costs at select Ochsner campuses. The project has generated an annual energy savings of $2.6 million.

Through this partnership, in conjunction with new construction at the Ochsner Medical Center – Jefferson Highway’s West Tower and Ochsner Medical Complex –The Grove, we addressed aging infrastructure, expanded the central plant, upgraded to more efficient boilers and chillers, and added more generators.

Ochsner Baptist launched initiatives through this partnership in 2021 and has already seen a 52% reduction in natural gas usage.