Abstract
US Department of Energy report shows the inpatient medical facilities (2.45 billion square foot) in 2015 use 0.51 quadrillion BTUs of energy with an intensity of 208.2 thousands BTUs per square foot. With such a high level of usage and intensity it can easily be claimed that the health-care industry is one of the most energy-consuming applications in building industry.
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Khazaii, J. (2016). Health-Care Facilities. In: Advanced Decision Making for HVAC Engineers. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-33328-1_4
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