Building automation expands for hospitals
Building automation system (BAS) providers are tasked with helping health care facilities find ways to reduce their costs, increase staff efficiency and provide secure operational systems, all while ensuring resiliency and redundancy.
Hospitals pose many challenges to BASs, ranging from external factors such as changing regulatory requirements to internal factors such as resource constraints and staff shortages.
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Checklists/Tools
Use actual data to estimate the benefits that would come from participating in the Energy to Care Program.
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One tool for benchmarking health care facilities is Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager.
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The EPA’s Energy Star Portfolio Manager has broken down the data for facilities in Energy Star’s Portfolio Manager in a guide, “Energy Use in…
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When engaging employees in sustainability, it’s best to use a combination of methods.