Energy Efficiency Resources
Healthcare Facilities Building Performance Fact Sheet by Consortium for Energy Efficiency
Opportunities for extensive energy savings in hospitals by DHV
Managing Energy Costs in Hospitals by E Source Customer Direct
Healthcare: An Overview of Energy Use and Energy Efficiency Opportunities by ENERGY STAR
Leading Techniques for Energy Savings in Healthcare Facilities by Schneider Electric
How Energy Efficiency Ensures Financial Health for Hospitals by Schneider Electric
Renewable Heat Pumps in the Healthcare Institutions by Sustainable Energy Ireland
Overview: Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities by The Green Guide for Health Care
Fact Sheets from the U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory:
- Healthcare Energy Metering Guidance
- Commissioning Existing Hospital Buildings Aids Peak Energy Performance
- Energy-Efficient Hospital Lighting Strategies Pay Off Quickly
- Integrated Building Design Critical to High-Performance Hospitals
- Hospitals Save Energy and Money by Optimizing HVAC Performance
- Hospitals Discover Advantages to Using CHP Systems
- Efficient Hospital Boilers Result in Financial, Environmental, and Safety Payoffs
- Hospitals Realize Greatest Savings Through Formal Energy Management Program
- EnergySmart Hospitals: Retrofitting Existing Facilities
Hospital Energy Benchmarking Guidance by Ernest Orlando Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory
Analysis of Energy Use for Ontario Hospitals by Finn Projects
An Energy Efficiency Strategy for Ontario's Homes, Buildings and Industries by Ontario Clean Air Alliance
Energy Efficiency Opportunities in Ontario Hospitals by Ontario Hospital Association
A Prescriptive Path to Energy Efficiency Improvements for Hospitals by The Green Guide for Health Care
Advanced Energy Design Guide for Small Hospitals and Healthcare Facilities by U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Large Hospital 50% Energy Savings: Technical Support Document by U.S. National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Energy Efficiency in Hospitals Best Practice Guide by USAID ECO-III
HosPilot - Intelligent Energy Efficiency Control in Hospitals by HosPilot
Variable Frequency Drives for Energy Savings in Hospitals by Hospital Engineering & Facilities Management
Survey 2000: Commercial and Institutional Building Energy Use by Natural Resources Canada
2004 Commercial and Institutional Consumption of Energy Survey by Natural Resources Canada
Energy in Healthcare Fact Sheet by Targeting 100 Study
Recordings of the two ENERGY STAR HELP webinars are available on YouTube:
Webinar #1: Introduction to ENERGY STAR HELP
Oct. 14, 2012
Webinar #2: Going Green in the Kitchen with ENERGY STAR
Dec. 5, 2012
Both webinars are presented by Nicholas Cloet from My Sustainable Canada.
Additional Presentations (Slides Only):
Going Green in the Kitchen with ENERGY STAR Presentation by Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care
Rating Hospital Energy & Environmental Performance by Enerlife Consulting
Renewable Energy for Hospitals and Health Care Providers: Solar, Wind and Cogeneration by Pepper Law
Using Real Data to Guide Energy Efficiency at SickKids Hospital by SickKids Hospital
Reducing Hospital Costs through Energy Efficiency by Smart Energy Design Assistance Center
Energy $aving $olutions for Hospitals by Texas Hospital Association
Hospitals: Healthy budgets through energy efficiency by U.K. Carbon Trust
Energy Efficiency and Conservation by University Health Network
"Since 2004, the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto (Sick Kids) has reduced its energy consumption by 19.3% despite the addition of more energy intensive medical equipment and the expansion of services. Sick Kids is now one of Ontario's most energy efficient hospitals but it believes that its work has just begun. It is now planning to double its energy savings over the next few years."
Timmins and District Hospital - Timmins, Ontario"Timmins and District Hospital saw its energy bill trimmed by $530,000 in the first full year following the completion of an ambitious energy retrofit project that included new lighting, building controls and the installation of a high efficiency boiler plant for heating and hot water."
Cambridge Memorial Hospital - Cambridge, Ontario"The hospital will incorporate 'best practice' and 'best available' energy efficient technologies into all aspects of its building replacement program. As part of an energy saving and facility renewal program in partnership with Honeywell, the solar walls on the exterior of the building will significantly lessen energy costs and reduce the hospital's carbon footprint. With financial support from the Government of Canada, matched by the Province through the Ontario Solar Thermal Heating Incentive, it is the largest hospital project of its kind in the world and one of the largest solar projects of the past year in Canada."
Kingston General Hospital - Kingston, Ontario"The audit identified at least 35 areas in which improvements to building operations could be made, most of them very cost-effectively. The KGH was spending about $2.6 million on energy - $1.5 million on electricity, $925,000 on steam and $135,000 on water. The energy audit identified potential savings of about $200,000 per year, for an initial capital cost of just over $1 million. The investment would thus pay for itself in only five years."
ENERGY STAR HELP is delivered through a collaborative partnership between My Sustainable Canada and the Canadian Coalition for Green Health Care. Both organisations are ENERGY STAR participants.
