Case Study:
Front end planning for energy efficiency in hospitals
The pilot project in Norway involved four hospitals:
- Østfoldsykehuset
- St. Olav’s
- Uni-versitetssykehuset i Nord-Norge, and
- Haukeland Universitetssykehus
A joint survey by the Norwegian LCB-HEALTHCARE team and the national ‘Lavenergisykehuset’ (Low Energy Hospitals) research group showed that hospital planners and decision-makers lacked focus and clear goals when trying to procure new, innovative and ‘low-carbon’ solutions. This survey, together with experience gathered from a number of strategic workshops, demonstrated that Norway’s hospital sector needed better and more detailed guidelines and evidence concerning energy use both in individual buildings and in the functional areas within those buildings.
