Reducing healthcare facility energy consumption

The most important thing to do when trying to reduce energy consumption is to measure it


Every healthcare facility’s opportunities to cut energy consumption are unique and depend on a number of factors, such as building design, climate, internal processes, hours of occupancy, the price of energy, control systems and age of equipment, according to an article on the FacilityCare website.

The most important thing to do when trying to reduce energy consumption is to measure it, the article said.

Good measurement practices require a disciplined approach of benchmarking performance; setting goals on key metrics, prioritizing information needs; collecting the right data, plotting it in graphical form and reviewing the data on a regular basis.

Measurement is fundamental because it can tell us where we are starting from, how much opportunity we have for improvement and whether we are maintaining the gains from our program, the article said.

Read the article.

 

 



May 7, 2015


Topic Area: Energy and Power


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