HEALTHCARE & HOSPITAL FACILITIES
A PRESCRIPTION FOR PROGRESSIVE PERFORMANCE
Hvidovre sees more than 40,000 patients admitted each year, so it was essential that any building upgrade did not disturb the building’s day-to-day functionality. Here, Siemens Building Technologies explain how their changes made energy savings of 33%.
Officially opened in March 1976, Hvidovre Hospital in Denmark was built between 1968 and 1979. The four main buildings are just three storeys high and placed in a park-like setting. It has 35 departments and operates as a teaching hospital for medical students from Copenhagen University.
Siemens experts analysed the 245,000m2 hospital in detail
and identified measures to reduce energy consumption and CO2
emissions. Since hospitals operate 24/7 and
consume a great deal of power, they also offer a large potential for energy efficiency upgrades. The project had to be carried out during normal operating hours.
Siemens works with organisations across the globe to increase the value and competitiveness of their buildings and infrastructure. This is achieved by delivering building performance and advisory services, underpinned by experience and expertise in building operations and
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data-driven digital service delivery, to significantly reduce energy demand, lower operating costs and conserve resources.
The measures at Hvidovre Hospital include expanding the hospital's large existing photovoltaic system, installing geothermal storage systems and wind turbines, optimising the existing technical systems and upgrading the entire building control system.
This energy performance contracting project is the largest of its kind in Denmark. Siemens is financing the costs in advance, and Hvidovre Hospital has a payback period of ten years. The major facility improvement measures of the project include replacement of existing air handling units, installation of 14,770 LED light tubes, replacement of pumps, and migration of the existing building management system to Desigo with 4,500 I/O and 409 Total Room Automation (TRA) controllers. The project also includes
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