

Title | Hospital Energy Benchmarking Guidance |
Publication Type | Report |
Year of Publication | 2009 |
Authors | Brett C Singer |
Series Editor | Paul A Mathew, Steve E Greenberg, William F Tschudi, Dale A Sartor, Susan Strom, Walter Vernon |
Pagination | 32 |
Date Published | 09/2009 |
Institution | Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory |
City | Berkeley |
Abstract | This document describes an energy benchmarking framework for hospitals. The document is organized as follows. The introduction provides a brief primer on benchmarking and its application to hospitals. The next two sections discuss special considerations including the identification of normalizing factors. The presentation of metrics is preceded by a description of the overall framework and the rationale for the grouping of metrics. Following the presentation of metrics, a high-level protocol is provided. The next section presents draft benchmarks for some metrics; benchmarks are not available for many metrics owing to a lack of data. This document ends with a list of research needs for further development. |
LBNL Report Number | LBNL-2738E |