Veristar Energy and Partners Honored at the 2026 CHP Alliance Summit
The Combined Heat and Power (CHP) Alliance brought together industry leaders, innovators, and policy advocates in Alexandria, Virginia, for the 2026 CHP Alliance Summit held on October 7–8, 2026. The annual event serves as a premier showcase for the technologies, projects, and people driving high-efficiency energy solutions across North America.
For Veristar Energy, this year’s summit was a monumental milestone. We are incredibly proud to announce that our leadership and our engineering work took center stage, earning top honors from the CHP Alliance.
Honoring Leadership: Justin Rathke Recognized as CHP Champion
Veristar Energy is pleased to share that our President, Justin Rathke, was named a CHP Champion at the 2026 awards ceremony.
This recognition highlights Justin’s relentless dedication to advancing clean, efficient, and reliable energy infrastructure. Under his guidance, Veristar Energy has continued to champion localized energy systems that offer industrial, commercial, and institutional facilities total control over their thermal and electrical needs, bypassing grid bottlenecks and proving that high efficiency goes hand in hand with robust operational security.
CHP Project of the Year: Emplify Health’s Onalaska Clinic
Adding to the celebration, the prestigious CHP Project of the Year was awarded to Emplify Health's Onalaska Clinic at the 2026 summit.
Emplify Health has long been a national trailblazer in corporate sustainability, renowned for pioneering healthcare energy independence. The award-winning Onalaska Clinic project exemplifies the pinnacle of what combined heat and power and resilient microgrid architecture can achieve. By integrating sophisticated, high-efficiency energy systems, the project ensures continuous, uninterrupted care for patients while aggressively lowering operating emissions and costs.
Winning CHP Project of the Year validates the critical role that localized, reliable thermal and electrical generation plays in mission-critical facilities where energy failure is simply not an option.
As grid constraints and climate demands continue to evolve, the recognition of projects like Emplify Health's Onalaska Clinic at the 2026 event proves that the future belongs to resilient, highly efficient onsite energy.
Interested in learning how high-efficiency CHP and microgrid architecture can transform your facility's energy strategy? Get in touch with our team today.