The ASHRAE Technology Awards recognize outstanding achievements by members, on an international scale, who have successfully applied innovative building design in areas of occupant comfort, indoor air quality, and energy conservation. 

At the centre of this recognition is the hospital’s innovative geothermal system, which serves as the primary source for heating and cooling. Designed to deliver significant energy savings and reduce operating costs over the facility’s lifespan, the system features a geothermal field located beneath the hospital’s parking lot. This field includes approximately 375 boreholes, each drilled 600 feet deep, totaling nearly 500,000 linear feet of piping.