Case Study
Best Practice
Success Stories: Bes Practice March 2, 2016 Catholic Contracting Group Members Drive $6.7 M in Energy Savings by Adopting Best Practices CHALLENGE Health systems are challenged to continue reducing energy costs through smarter market purchasing and physical energy asset development. This requires the adoption of best practices that go beyond traditional auction methods of market sourcing and procurement. SOLUTION Several members of Catholic Contracting Group (CCG) were able to realize significant savings by adopting best practices in energy procurement. These best practice standards, crafted by Hospital Energy, recognize that energy is a financial market. This means that participants should move beyond traditional bid purchasing and embrace financial market management methods. The standard