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NC-2009 EAp2:Minimum Energy Performance

Standard baseline for each piece of medical equipment

I am building a model for healthcare project and trying to save energy use as much as possible, but the energy use of medical equipment is huge. There are some comments about finding the standard baseline for each piece of medical equipment and use it as the baseline energy. Finally I found the energy use of three different brands of medical equipment, but I have no idea how to use it. Could I use the average as the baseline energy? Will it be accepted? Does anyone have the experience of finding the standard baseline for each piece of medical equipment? Thank you.

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Tue, 12/27/2011 - 17:00

See the medical equipment pilot credit. http://www.leeduser.com/credit/Pilot-Credits/PC3

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 09:59

How do you define "baseline" or "industry average"? Is a baseline of a piece equipment such as an average power consumption of three products of other makes sufficient? Is there a minimum number of other makes that you have to find? Because what we are trying to find is the baseline of proton therapy machine, and there are not that many companies manufacture it (only 3 or 4).

Wed, 12/28/2011 - 15:51

The common phrase used is "standard industry practice". So if you are looking at a particular piece of equipment I would not take the average of what is on the market. I would tend to look at it like Energy Star, the top 20% or so of the market qualifies. So document each and show that you bought the one that is most efficient. Then claim the energy savings through the exceptional calculation method.

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