Lowering Carbon Emissions: Guidance for Hospitals 

Primary purpose is to aid managers of existing buildings in planning retrofit and operational strategies to achieve deep carbon reductions.

By HFT staff


The push to curtail climate change and its impact on communities and facilities is gaining momentum, and healthcare facilities are coming under mounting scrutiny to limit their carbon emissions as part of these efforts. 

To support healthcare facilities managers in their efforts to reduce their buildings’ carbon emissions, the Better Buildings program from U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) has developed a guidance document, Low Carbon Technology Strategies, for healthcare facilities. The primary purpose is to aid managers of existing buildings in planning retrofit and operational strategies to achieve deep carbon reductions. These strategy documents supplement existing energy design guides where new construction is the focus. 

The document includes steps managers can implement to achieve smart, healthy and low-carbon hospitals within their existing building portfolios. Hospitals typically include complex heating and cooling systems and specialty medical equipment. Managers can assess current conditions in their buildings against the simple, intermediate and advanced options to begin planning the next steps to reduce carbon emissions. The document addresses opportunities in these categories: 

  • Lighting 
  • Space conditioning and water heating 
  • Controls and analytics 
  • Building envelope 
  • Plug and process loads 
  • Renewables and battery storage. 


December 22, 2022


Topic Area: Sustainable Operations


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