Basic Documentation

Figure 5. A Energy Dashboard Indicates
Progress to Everyone in the Building.
Improve Equipment
Efficiency
The GGHC rating system awards a separate point
(EA 7) for Equipment Efficiency. This GGHC credit
focuses on improving energy usage through the
purchase of energy efficient equipment as part of the
EPA’s Energy Star
®
Program.
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Medical Equipment
When Energy Star qualified products are not
available, compile a market survey identifying the
top 25th percentile of lowest energy consumers for
different classes of equipment. Focus on high load
medical equipment such as Diagnostic Imaging
Equipment (x-rays, MRIs, etc.), Sterilization, and
Physiological monitoring.
Environmental Quality
Monitoring OA Delivery
The GGHC rating system awards one point (EQ1)
for Monitoring Outdoor Air Delivery. Outdoor air
ventilation air change rates are identified by patient
areas in the FGI 2006 Guidelines, Table 2.1-2.
Maintaining minimum required OA ventilation rates is
a key component to infection control in a healthcare
environment. Monitoring the OA Delivery for
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mechanically ventilated spaces ensures adequate
ventilation rates are maintained.
CO
2
sensors should be installed in all densely
populated occupied spaces (occupant density is
greater than 25 people per 1,000 sq ft) such as:
conference rooms, patient waiting areas, etc. CO
2
monitoring locations should be located three feet to
six feet above the floor. CO
2
and airflow
measurements should be monitored, controlled and
trended by the Building Automation System (BAS).
Controllability of Systems:
Thermal Comfort
The GGHC rating system awards one point (EQ6.2)
for Controllability Thermal Comfort. Studies have
shown that occupant control over the patient’s
thermal environment has positive impact on patient’s
and healthcare facility staff satisfaction.
To provide the patient easy access to thermal
comfort controls requires that the building
automation system be integrated with one of the
following systems: patient bed control systems or
patient entertainment system.
The Patient Portal enables patients to adjust the
temperature, humidity, and lighting in their room
using a computer touch screen monitor from their
bedside (Figure 6). The Patient Portal resides on the
Patient Infotainment s
ystem. The infotainment
system allows patients to access a diverse range of
applications including TV, internet access, food
ordering, patient room controls; and clinicians to
access patient records from the patient’s bed side
system.
Figure 6. Patient Room Touch Panel.