Investigation and Evaluation of Energy Consumption Performance for Hospital Buildings in China

Ru Ji and Shilin Qu
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Ru Ji: School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China
Shilin Qu: School of Civil and Resource Engineering, University of Science and Technology Beijing, Beijing 100083, China

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 6, 1-14

Abstract: Energy use in hospitals is higher than other public buildings, so it is essential to investigate and evaluate its energy consumption performance to save energy. In this paper, a comprehensive investigation was conducted to study energy consumption of hospitals in China. The investigation results show that electricity use accounts for the maximum share in total energy consumption of hospitals, especially in south China. Improving air conditioning systems is the most direct and effective way for realizing hospital building energy savings. What’s more, a new evaluation system of energy-saving performance for hospital buildings was developed. This evaluation system could evaluate performance of energy use in hospital, find out the weakness of energy use, and provide improving suggestions. Furthermore, a kind of visual software was given by our paper, which can be used intuitively by practitioners to evaluate building energy consumption performance of a hospital.

Keywords: hospital buildings; energy consumption; energy saving; evaluation system (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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