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Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Hospital Energy Benchmarking, Berkeley, CA
M+NLB researched and developed energy benchmark framework for hospitals in order to monitor and evaluate energy consumption for enhanced facility performance. The research explores the development of an energy benchmarking framework for hospitals in which performance is evaluated through metrics formulated to facilitate comparisons among similar entities. Responding to the fact that what is known about the distribution of energy consumption is questionable because it is based on models or healthcare commercial buildings. The research creates a structure for standardized source energy measurement in the healthcare environment.
This benchmarking system is designed to understand source energy use associated with theses major building energy systems: Cooling (including space and equipment), Space Heating, Domestic Hot Water, Steam, Ventilation, Lighting, and various miscellaneous equipment and plug loads (including distributed medical equipment and computers). Read more about our work in the Knowledge Center section under White Papers.
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