Tractebel develops tool for hospitals to map their potential for energy savings, renewable on-site energy production and CO2 reduction.
Following Tractebel’s study “A vision towards CO2-neutral hospitals,” our energy experts created a tool for hospitals to assess and reduce their carbon footprint.
The resulting “Carbon-Neutral Hospital Scan” is a high-level assessment that begins with benchmarking a hospital’s energy consumption and CO2 footprint against other hospitals. To establish the benchmark, various ENGIE business units provided energy consumption figures of hospitals worldwide. A low-threshold survey with simple yes/no questions provides a snapshot of the hospital’s areas for improvement.
Carbon-Neutral Hospital Scan: survey example
Benchmarking results
Next, a more in-depth approach identifies energy saving measurements on all energy vectors (heat, cold, electricity) and highlights the potential for on-site renewable energy production (heat/cold and green electricity) to reduce the hospital’s carbon footprint. As a summary for each measurement, yearly CO2 reduction, energy cost savings and estimated payback times are listed. The result is a decarbonization plan, with a suggested step-by-step, “waterfall” approach towards a carbon-neutral hospital.
Potential energy savings
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