Improving Clinical Visibility While Reducing Energy Demand
Challenge
Brigham & Women’s Hospital, a leading academic medical center in Boston, wanted to improve lighting quality across high-traffic clinical and operational spaces while reducing the energy burden associated with aging infrastructure. Hallways, laboratories, offices, and common areas all required better visibility to support staff productivity, patient experience, and day-to-day hospital operations.
The facilities team faced a challenge familiar to many healthcare organizations: improving critical environments without increasing operational costs or disruptions. Continuing to rely on outdated lighting systems risked higher energy consumption, rising utility expenses, and suboptimal conditions for the clinicians, staff, and patients who depend on these spaces every day.
Having already supported numerous healthcare facilities projects, Mantis understood both the hospital's operational demands and the importance of minimizing disruption while delivering measurable performance improvements.
Solution
To help the hospital achieve its goals, Mantis developed and executed a phased lighting and controls upgrade strategy that ultimately encompassed more than 11 projects across the campus.
The approach focused on a clear path to success:
1. Identify opportunities to improve light quality in key clinical and operational areas.
2. Replace aging systems with more energy-efficient lighting solutions.
3. Implement upgrades in ways that support long-term facility performance and operational efficiency.
Through these improvements, the hospital modernized lighting throughout highly used spaces, reducing energy demand and creating a more comfortable environment for occupants.
Results
The completed upgrades helped Brigham & Women’s Hospital avoid the ongoing costs and inefficiencies associated with outdated lighting infrastructure while creating brighter, more effective environments for staff and patients.
Beyond reducing energy consumption, the project delivered a meaningful improvement in visibility and comfort across the facility. The result was a healthcare environment better equipped to support patient care, daily operations, and long-term sustainability goals, all while generating significant financial returns.
Performance Outcomes:
- $550,900 in total annual savings
- 3,130,500 kWh reduced annually
- $1,008,300 in incentives captured
- 3.8-year project payback achieved