Focus: Energy Efficiency

Cantonese hospital designed with green features

The Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University uses photovoltaic panels passively and actively, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website


The 3 million-square-foot Shunde Hospital of Southern Medical University in the Cantonese city of Shunde uses photovoltaic panels in two ways: passively, as shading louvres on major south-facing façades, the roof, and the atrium skylight, and actively, as a source of renewable energy supplying an estimated 25 percent of the building’s needs, according to an article on the Healthcare Design website.

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December 3, 2018


Topic Area: Energy and Power


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