Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital
is a groundbreaking analysis conducted by the American Society for Health Care Engineering and Providence St. Peter Hospital that establishes the technical and financial feasibility of electrifying the existing hospital buildings thermal load.
This case study provides a detailed outline of the steps one hospital is taking to successfully achieve this feat something once thought impractical by many in the health care facilities management field.
Table of Contents Overview:
- Introduction
- Results
- Facility Description
- Performance and Load Testing
- Decarbonization Studies
- Resilience
- Capital Equipment and Costs
- Construction Phasing
Read the companion piece, , to learn how health care executives and facilities teams can initiate a decarbonization study and start planning (and budgeting) for a transition to clean energy.