Hospitals

SELECTED RESOURCES FOR HOSPITALS

American Hospital Association -- http://www.aha.org
American Society for Healthcare Engineering of the American Hospital Association -- http://www.ashe.org/
Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations --http://www.jointcommission.org/
Medical Construction & Design [trade journal] http://www.mcdmag.com

United States. DOE. Energy Information Administration. Table C13A. Total Electricity Consumption and Expenditures for All Buildings, 2003. [Includes Health Care - Inpatient] http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cbecs/cbecs2003/detailed_tables_2003/2003set15/2003pdf/c13a.pdf
Energy Performance Distributions for Hospitals. [EUIs] Oakridge National Laboratory. http://eber.ed.ornl.gov/apec/hosp.htm
Ranking Your Hospital’s Energy Performance. Oakridge National Laboratory. Buildings Technology Center. Building Design and Performance Program. http://eber.ed.ornl.gov/benchmark/hospital.htm

Reed, Clark A. Increasing Hospital Energy Performance with Energy Star: http://www.energystar.gov/ia/business/healthcare/IncreasingHospitalEnergyPerformance0105.pdf
Energy Star for Healthcare http://www.energystar.gov/index.cfm?c=healthcare.bus_healthcare
The Top Ten Green Hospitals in the U.S.: 2006. National Geographic March/April 2006 http://www.thegreenguide.com/doc/113/top10hospitals
CHP: the Business Case: Why Hospitals? Oakridge National Laboratory. http://www.chpcentermw.org/presentations/030318-IL/2A_CHP_BusCase030313.pdf
DOE. Building Technologies Program: Health Care Buildings http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/info/health/
U.S. DOE. Building Energy Codes. http://www.energycodes.gov/
U.S. DOE. Building Energy Codes. State Energy Alternatives: Building Commissioning http://www.eere.energy.gov/states/alternatives/building_commissioning.cfm
U.S. DOE. Building Technologies Program: Building Energy Software Tools Directory http://www.eere.energy.gov/buildings/tools_directory/

The Berkeley Hood: [fume] http://ateam.lbl.gov/hightech/fumehood/fhood.html
Clean Room Energy Benchmarking. http://ateam.lbl.gov/cleanroom/benchmarking/index.htm
Kohonen, Reijo. "Energy Efficiency in Hospital Ventilation." Hospital Engineering & Facilities Management. 2005. Issue 2. http://www.touchbriefings.com/pdf/1618/Kohonen.pdf

Illuminating Engineering Society and Point Source Group Inc. Lighting the Great Outdoors. [parking lots, security and other outdoor lighting issues] -http://www.gflrpc.org/programareas/AdditionalServices/Workshops/Spring2007/PSGi%20-%20Ltg%20The%20Great%20Outdoors%20Handout.pdf
National Lighting Product Information Program. Specifier Reports. Parking Lot and Area Luminaires. -http://www.lrc.rpi.edu/programs/NLPIP/PDF/VIEW/SRParking.pdf

Shoemaker, Dawn. "Going with Green Roofs: Can Hospital systems Save Lives?" Medical Construction and Design. March/April 2007. http://www.greengridroofs.com/pdf_docs/FdMCD0307_46-47_IF-Roofs.pdf?contentID=2828
Knoop, Aphrodite. "Anatomy of a Roof." Medical Construction and Design. March/April 2006. http://www.mcdmag.com/Anatomy.pdf
Heat Island Group. Demonstration of Energy Savings of Cool Roofs. Executive Summary. http://eetd.lbl.gov/EA/Reports/40673/ExecSummary.html

Windows & Daylighting Group. Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory. http://windows.lbl.gov/

Managing Energy Costs in the Hospital/Healthcare Sectors. 2002 http://www.fpl.com/business/savings/energy_advisor/PDF/CEA_Hospitals.pdf
Washington State University Extension Energy Program. Energy Efficiency Measures List http://www.energy.wsu.edu/documents/rem/energyaudit/energyeffic1.pdf
Washington State University Extension Energy Program. Energy Auditor Checklist. http://www.energy.wsu.edu/documents/rem/energyaudit/OMchecklists.pdf

Parks, Jim and others. Case Studies from SMUD’s Retrocommissioning Program. 2003. http://resources.cacx.org/library/HoldingDetail.aspx?id=188
Shroades, Renee L. “Green 2.0: Hospitals and the Environment.” Maintenance Solutions. August 2006. http://www.facilitiesnet.com/ms/article.asp?id=5018&keywords=green%20technology,%20alternative%20energy,%20health%20care
Newbury, Michael. “Identifying and Addressing Common Power Problems in Health Care and Other Facilities.” Building Operating Management. October 2005. http://www.facilitiesnet.com/bom/article.asp?id=3411&keywords=power,%20power%20reliability,%20health%20care%20facilities
Applications & Markets: Health Care Facilities. Midwest CHP Application Center. http://www.chpcentermw.org/06-01_application.html Check for the business case and other duplication.
Green Guide for Health Care http://www.gghc.org/ [Registration required]
ASHRAE to Provide Design Guidance for Green Health Care Facilities [press release August 10, 2007; worth tracking] http://www.ashrae.org/pressroom/detail/16432
Wasserman, Sue. “LEEDing the Charge in Hospital Design.” Environmental Design and Construction. August 1, 2007. http://www.edcmag.com/CDA/Archives/BNP_GUID_9-5-2006_A_10000000000000146462

DSIRE. Database of State Incentives for Renewables & Efficiency. -http://www.dsireusa.org/
Efficient Windows Collaborative. Utility Programs That Offer Incentives and Rebates for Energy-Efficient Windows. -http://www.efficientwindows.org/UtilityIncentivesWindows.pdf
Tax Credits for Commercial Buildings - http://www.energytaxincentives.org/business/commercial_buildings.php