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Foundational principles for energy planning
Applying the three A's to energy planning: Alignment, analytics and aggregation
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Infrastructure
Planning for energy resiliency
A business approach to support long-term resiliency and sustainability of health care campuses
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Field Report
Power system saves space and costs
Paralleling control devices allow hospital to procure smaller, space-saving backup power system
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Energy management
Medical center’s fuel cells help cut reliance on grid
SUNY Downstate Medical Center's fuel cell system helps to free up traditional grid power for rest of community
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Field Report
Software optimizes hospital generator
Rex Hospital adopts customized SCADA system to manage emergency power system
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Engineering
Puerto Rico hospital turns power back on with help of Tesla
Donated photovoltaic system allows children's hospital to resume operations
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Codes and standards
Fuel polishing aids facility in emergency power readiness
Pennsylvania hospital relies on critical product to meet NFPA and CMS standards
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TECHNOLOGY
Smart technology will drive energy savings, cut service calls in new MOB
New medical office building, surgery center will include latest building system integration
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Energy management
Hospitals fine tune systems to achieve energy efficiency
Retrocommissioning and equipment upgrades pay off as health systems reduce energy use
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Infrastructure
Assessing upstream and downstream vulnerabilities
Resources to prepare for electrical and water system failures
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