How to Prepare for a Decarbonization Study - Digital Version

 

Infrastructure investments in a hospital building’s systems that support a safe patient environment can also reduce carbon emissions and life-cycle costs. This monograph outlines the steps a hospital team can take to initiate a decarbonization study. As a companion piece to the American Society for Health Care Engineering’s book Electrifying Heat in an Existing Hospital, which describes the pathway one existing hospital is taking to achieve decarbonization, this piece provides suggestions to health care executives, facilities managers and sustainability managers on how to start planning, and budgeting, for a transition to clean energy.

 

Insights are shared on how to develop a business case for a decarbonization study at an existing hospital. Recommendations are also made to help define the scope of a decarbonization plan, develop a budget, engage with other important stakeholders and contract with external engineering support.

 

Topics include:

• The value of decarbonization
• Budgeting
• Internal collaboration
• Contracting with an engineering team
• Financial incentives for energy efficiency
• Sample language for a decarbonization study RFP
• Key deliverables for a decarbonization study