A Boiler Room in a 600-Bed Hospital Complex: Study, Analysis, and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Improvements

Fraile, Juan-Carlos; Alonso, Julio Francisco San José; González-Alonso, Ana

doi:10.3390/en7053282

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“…Fraile et al (2014) realized a study about energy efficiency improvements in a boiler room in a 600-bed hospital complex. They monitored six gas-fired boilers of heat and hot water over a six-month period and actions were implemented in the hospital boiler room control system to increase the efficiency of the heat production facilities [25].…”

Section: Improvement Of Air Conditioning and Heating Systems (Hvac)mentioning

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Economic and Environmental Impact of Energy Saving in Healthcare Buildings

2018

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The purpose of this article is to estimate the economic and environmental impacts of energy consumption derived from healthcare buildings and proposes several energy-saving options in the sector. An experimental energy consumption study was development between 2005 and 2013 in 12 hospitals and 70 healthcare centres in Spain, built between 1980 and 2005 through audits carried out between 2005 and 2012, performed by the Extremadura Energy Agency. The study focused on electric energy, HVAC, DWH, lighting systems, renewable energies, maintenance strategy, thermal insulation, and optimal building size. Specifically, the following parameters were evaluated: energy savings, investment emission of CO 2 , NO 2 , and SO 2 gases, and payback. The results revealed that through an appropriate energy management of healthcare buildings it is possible to save up to 8.60 kWh/m 2 per year, for buildings of less than 5000 m 2 (with no beds), which represents an expense of 1.55 €/m 2. In healthcare buildings larger than 5000 m 2 (with beds), it was possible to save up to 6.88 kWh/m 2 per year, which represents an expense of 1.25 €/m 2 .

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Section: Improvement Of Air Conditioning and Heating Systems (Hvac)mentioning

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Economic and Environmental Impact of Energy Saving in Healthcare Buildings

2018

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“…Therefore, the research on the index of hospital building energy consumption has been carried out all over the world. A study in German [1][2][3] found EPB was more suitable for evaluating hospital energy consumption. A Spain study got the same concluded with the German one, and furthermore it made 300 beds as the dividing line standardizing electricity, natural gas, diesel and other energy sources for the bed average energy consumption.…”

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Energy Evaluation Method and Index Analysis of Hospital Building

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Energy analysis and energy evaluation are the important basis of efficiency management of hospital building. The purpose of this paper is to summarize the scientific and applicability of the evaluation methods and indicators of hospital energy consumption in China. Based on the analysis of energy consumption characteristics of different types of hospitals, the simple normalization method and multiple regression model were used to evaluate the building energy consumption of hospitals, and the conclusions of the two were compared. Based on the data analysis of 30 sample hospitals in Shanghai, this paper analyzes the defects in the evaluation and classification method of Chinese hospital buildings and the quota energy consumption index. This study found that at the present stage, the classification of hospital energy consumption evaluation in China is not clear, and the evaluation conclusions obtained from different indicators are inconsistent. On this basis, this paper puts forward the development needs of hospital energy consumption analysis and energy saving evaluation in the classification of hospital types, selection of evaluation indexes and dynamic evaluation methods, in order to solve the above problems effectively.

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“…Healthcare engineering has become a relevant issue in hospital management, since one of its objectives is focused on energy and environmental efficiency of the building [7] and the fulfilment of the Environmental Biosafety conditions, keeping the perspective of patient safety [8].…”

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Analysis of the Average Annual Consumption of Water in the Hospitals of Extremadura (Spain)

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Abstract:The aim of this paper is to quantity the annual average consumption of water in 13 public hospitals in Extremadura (Spain). An analytical study in order to reduce water demand was conducted from 2010 to 2014 in the above-mentioned hospitals. The study concluded that, in order to determine the average annual water consumption, a fixed ratio is not the appropriate tool. A parametric type related to the built surface area and/or number of beds by hospital should be used instead. The average annual consumption of cold water for human consumption ( The ratio between DHW and CWHC was 35.62% (5.53). The time period of greatest demand was between 12 p.m. and 6 p.m. Considering B as the number of hospital beds and S its built surface area, to calculate the average annual cold water for human consumption in a hospital, the equation 165B + 12,100 (m 3 ) or 1.568S + 2400 (m 3 ) should be used. Similarly, in terms of hot domestic water, the average annual consumption in m 3 corresponds to either 53.65B + 5170 (m 3 ) or 0.53S + 1400 (m 3 ).

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A Boiler Room in a 600-Bed Hospital Complex: Study, Analysis, and Implementation of Energy Efficiency Improvements

Cited by 5 publications

References 16 publications

Economic and Environmental Impact of Energy Saving in Healthcare Buildings

Economic and Environmental Impact of Energy Saving in Healthcare Buildings

Energy Evaluation Method and Index Analysis of Hospital Building

Analysis of the Average Annual Consumption of Water in the Hospitals of Extremadura (Spain)

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