ASHRAE/ASHE decarbonizing hospital buildings guide /

Provides guidance for decarbonizing new and major-renovation North American healthcare buildings, focusing on emissions from typical hospital greenhouse gases and source energy, with discussions of whole-life carbon, the importance of improved energy efficiency and grid-supplied utilities, the impli...

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Corporate Author:	American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air-Conditioning Engineers. Task Force for Building Decarbonization (Author)
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Peachtree Corners, Georgia : ASHRAE, [2024].
Subjects:	Hospital buildings > Environmental engineering > United States. Hospital buildings > United States > Design and construction. Hospitals > Energy conservation > United States. Greenhouse gas mitigation > United States. Carbon dioxide mitigation > United States.

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Summary:	Provides guidance for decarbonizing new and major-renovation North American healthcare buildings, focusing on emissions from typical hospital greenhouse gases and source energy, with discussions of whole-life carbon, the importance of improved energy efficiency and grid-supplied utilities, the implications of transportation electrification, achieving simultaneous IAQ and carbon emission reductions, options for producing or acquiring renewable energy and on-and off-site energy storage and recovery options
Physical Description:	111 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 28 cm.
Bibliography:	Includes bibliographical references.
ISBN:	9781955516730 1955516731