TY - GEN
T1 - Cross-case energy simulation modeling analysis in healthcare facilities retrofit
AU - Mohammadpour, Atefeh
AU - Alanqar, Ibrahim
AU - Anumba, Chimay
AU - Messner, John
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© ASCE 2014.
PY - 2014
Y1 - 2014
N2 - Healthcare is one of the most complex and energy-intensive industries in the United States. Healthcare facilities consume 836 trillion BTUs, spending more than $8.8 billion, 1 to 3 percent of the operating cost, and 15 percent of their annual profits on energy each year. Retrofitting healthcare facilities, from a small renovation to building a new department, is considered an important approach to overcoming these challenges and provides an opportunity to implement energy conservation measures. This paper focuses on the energy consumption of three retrofit projects in three major hospitals and compares energy consumption before and after the retrofit. Based on the information collected from the Facility Departments, simulation models for the selected retrofit projects were developed and Energy Plus building energy simulation program was used to model the facilities. Monthly and annual energy simulation modeling results, before and after the retrofit, are compared and analyzed to identify key factors and opportunities for saving energy in existing healthcare facilities.
AB - Healthcare is one of the most complex and energy-intensive industries in the United States. Healthcare facilities consume 836 trillion BTUs, spending more than $8.8 billion, 1 to 3 percent of the operating cost, and 15 percent of their annual profits on energy each year. Retrofitting healthcare facilities, from a small renovation to building a new department, is considered an important approach to overcoming these challenges and provides an opportunity to implement energy conservation measures. This paper focuses on the energy consumption of three retrofit projects in three major hospitals and compares energy consumption before and after the retrofit. Based on the information collected from the Facility Departments, simulation models for the selected retrofit projects were developed and Energy Plus building energy simulation program was used to model the facilities. Monthly and annual energy simulation modeling results, before and after the retrofit, are compared and analyzed to identify key factors and opportunities for saving energy in existing healthcare facilities.
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U2 - 10.1061/9780784413616.209
DO - 10.1061/9780784413616.209
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:84934291353
T3 - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
SP - 1683
EP - 1690
BT - Computing in Civil and Building Engineering - Proceedings of the 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
A2 - Issa, R. Raymond
A2 - Flood, Ian
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - 2014 International Conference on Computing in Civil and Building Engineering
Y2 - 23 June 2014 through 25 June 2014
ER -
