Evaluation of Energy Consumption in German Hospitals: Benchmarking in the Public Sector

Evaluation of Energy Consumption in German Hospitals: Benchmarking in the Public Sector

The use of benchmarking in the management of healthcare facilities enables immediate comparison between hospitals. Benchmarking allows ascertaining their expected energy consumption and estimating the possible savings margin. In the 2005–2015 period, 90 EU Eco-Audits of 23 public hospitals in German...

Full description

Saved in:
Bibliographic Details
Published in:Energies (Basel) Vol. 11; no. 9; p. 2279
Main Authors: González González, Alfonso, García-Sanz-Calcedo, Justo, Rodríguez Salgado, David
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Basel MDPI AG 01-09-2018
Subjects:
Benchmarks
Energy consumption
EU Eco-Audit
Health care
healthcare engineering
hospital
Hospitals
Public sector
Residential energy
Weather
Online Access:Get full text
Tags: Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
Description
Summary:The use of benchmarking in the management of healthcare facilities enables immediate comparison between hospitals. Benchmarking allows ascertaining their expected energy consumption and estimating the possible savings margin. In the 2005–2015 period, 90 EU Eco-Audits of 23 public hospitals in Germany were studied to analyze the energy consumption related with weather conditions, built surface area, gross domestic product (GDP), geographic location (GL), bed numbers, and employee numbers. The results reveal that the average annual energy consumption of a hospital under normal conditions, both climatic and operational, is 0.27 MWh/m2, 14.37 MWh/worker, and 23.41 MWh/bed. The indicator dependent on the number of beds proved to be the most suitable as a reference to quantify the energy consumption of a hospital.
ISSN:1996-1073
1996-1073
DOI:10.3390/en11092279