Hospitals, Healthcare Providers to Save with Energy Efficiency Services Agreements.CHARLOTTE, N.C. -- Premier Purchasing Partners, LP, today announced new agreements for energy efficiency services have been awarded to American Energy Assets of Denver, Colo.; Carrier Corporation of Farmington, Conn..; Johnson Controls Johnson Controls, Inc. (NYSE: JCI) is a United States company, based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, specializing in the design, manufacturing, and installation of automotive systems, automotive batteries (Optima[1] based in Denver, Colorado) and climate control systems. , Inc. of Milwaukee, Wis.; Siemens Building Technologies of Buffalo Grove Buffalo Grove A village of northeast Illinois, a suburb of Chicago. Population: 43,300. , Ill.; and Trane of Piscataway, N.J. The agreements with American Energy Assets, Carrier Corporation, Johnson Controls and Trane were effective May 1, 2007. The agreement with Siemens Building Technologies was effective August 1, 2007. These agreements offer discounted pricing for energy efficiency services to acute and continuum of care members of the Premier alliance. About Premier Inc., 2006 Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award The Malcolm Baldrige National Quality Award is given by the United States National Institute of Standards and Technology. Through the actions of the National Productivity Advisory Committee chaired by Jack Grayson, it was established by the Malcolm Baldrige National Quality recipient Serving 1,700 hospitals and more than 48,500 other healthcare sites, Premier is the largest healthcare alliance in the United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. dedicated to improving patient outcomes while safely reducing the cost of care. Owned by not-for-profit hospitals, Premier operates one of the nation's largest healthcare purchasing networks, the most comprehensive repository of hospital clinical and financial information and one of the largest policy-holder owned, hospital professional liability risk-retention groups in healthcare. Headquartered in San Diego San Diego (săn dēā`gō), city (1990 pop. 1,110,549), seat of San Diego co., S Calif., on San Diego Bay; inc. 1850. San Diego includes the unincorporated communities of La Jolla and Spring Valley. Coronado is across the bay. , Premier has offices in Charlotte, N.C., Philadelphia and Washington. For more information, visit www.premierinc.com. |
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