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- Title
Evaluation of Energy Consumption in German Hospitals: Benchmarking in the Public Sector.
- Authors
González González, Alfonso; García-Sanz-Calcedo, Justo; Rodríguez Salgado, David
- Abstract
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.
- Subjects
ENERGY consumption in hospitals; BENCHMARKING (Management); TOTAL quality management; PUBLIC hospitals; PUBLIC sector
- Publication
Energies (19961073), 2018, Vol 11, Issue 9, p2279
- ISSN
1996-1073
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.3390/en11092279