Health, Doctors and Common Sense

Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital is proving that going green will improve its bottom line.

Some of the 3,000 solar panels in Sutter Auburn Faith Hospital's new energy source fill a field. Other panels in the $6 million project are positioned above an employee parking lot of the 87-bed hospital. Electricity from the panels will provide about one-third of the facility's power needs, and Sutter estimates about $2.5 million in savings over 25 years.

A switch is flipped Wednesday at the solar power event, led by, from left, SPG Solar CEO Tom Rooney, Placer County Supervisor Jim Holmes, Sutter Health regional President Sarah Krevans and hospital CEO Mitch Hanna.

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