solar solutions for medical centers, clinics, hospitals, private practice offices 

Where there are health concerns, let there be light! Natural sunlight offers tremendous productivity and health benefits for medical centers and their patients, not to mention significant cost savings to run the facilities.

Dispel the Darkness
One of the biggest architectural challenges of designing hospitals and medical centers is getting natural sunlight into more rooms. Since these buildings are typically very large and contain mostly windowless rooms, skylights and atriums have been the default solution. Unfortunately, these solutions have big drawbacks. Skylights can leak both heat and precipitation, and atriums are costly and result in stories and stories of wasted space.

Compounding this tough situation is the fact that a lack of natural light can adversely affect employee health, performance, and satisfaction, leading to increases in sick leave and absenteeism. Patients admitted to hospitals or clinics for an extended time can also suffer from a lack of natural light.

Conversely, plenty of natural light can increase people’s sense of well-being, improve their health, and elevate moods, work performance, and work satisfaction. Adequate natural light can even offset the effects of genuine medical problems such as Seasonal Affective Disorder (SAD), a mood disorder in which sufferers experience depression and other symptoms due to a lack of bright light. In fact, full-spectrum light therapy is often prescribed as a remedy for this serious disorder. While SAD usually occurs in the long, dark winter months, its symptoms can appear in any season in workers who spend several hours a day indoors without natural light (such as X-ray, medical imaging, or radiation technicians).

Solargreen can help your hospital or medical facility solve these problems by bringing natural light into the deepest, darkest corners of your building! Our fiber optic daylighting solutions can bring natural light from any rooftop or southern-facing exterior wall into the heart of your building. Best of all, fiber optic lighting costs much, much less than an atrium and wastes absolutely no space. And unlike traditional skylights, our fiber optic solutions are maintenance free and never leak. Their compact design ensures aesthetically pleasing results on the outside of your building as well. You will love how our brilliant fiber optic technology can transform any medical workplace into a pleasing, inviting, and healthier environment.

Hot Water and Electric Power for Much, Much Less
Two major energy costs for medical facilities are hot water and electricity. Hot water is paramount for hygiene and health. Health care providers from hospitals to private practices couldn’t “scrub up” or wash their hands between patient visits without it! Hospitals use it in laundry facilities, individual patient rooms, therapy rooms, and cafeterias. With a solar thermal/hot water system from Solargreen, your facility could save a large portion of its energy costs devoted to hot water. Let us show you how you can heat that water at no cost using the latest technology from Solargreen.

Another great way to save on operating costs is to supplement your current electrical power with solar electric (photovoltaic, or PV) technologies from Solargreen. By installing PV panels on your building roof, you can offset the cost to power all the technology and machinery in your facility with conventional power such as hydroelectric, coal-burning, and more. Additionally, solar energy is non-polluting and free: the sun will never send you a bill or raise its rates!

Call Solargreen today at 303.295.7652 or 970.493.8241 or email us to learn how we can help your medical center boost employee and patient well-being, improve facility functionality, and reduce energy costs!