Seminar 63 -- Decarbonization Strategies for Health Care Facilities

2023 ASHRAE Annual Conference

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The healthcare sector offers opportunities to reduce carbon emissions through the electrification of equipment and systems and the subsequent utilization of renewable sources of power. The link between decarbonization and electrification will be discussed as the pathway to net zero, which at its foundation is the electrification of equipment and systems. Opportunities to modify building level systems are explored along with those at the plant level including use of non-fossil fuel technologies. Implementation of these concepts and the use of renewables for electrical production such as solar PV and wind power are the pathway to net zero.