The Xàtiva hospital optimizes its energy plan after achieving consumption savings of 50% - Levante-EMV

2022-09-16 19:29:35 By : Ms. Jannie Zheng

Follow us on social networks:Xativa |09.15.22 |19:09 |Updated at 20:04News saved in your profileReplacement of air conditioning equipment in the Xàtiva hospital.Raise-EMVThe sustainability actions carried out by the Department of Health for more than three years include an electricity saving plan based on constant investment in energy efficiency and the encouragement and promotion of electricity saving among professionals.In addition to the investment in more efficient technology in electricity consumption, there are the initiatives of the Sustainability and Urban Health Committee of the Department of Health, which has carried out the control of its consumption and the proposal of solutions for sustainability and energy expenditure that are already being implemented. .In the last three years, the Maintenance area of ​​the Hospital Lluís Alcanyís has completely replaced the exterior lighting based on sodium vapor with LED technology, achieving energy savings of 50% of consumption in external lighting.This line of improvements in electrical efficiency has also made it possible to replace more than 950 interior fluorescent lights with LED screens, which also achieve a 50% reduction in consumption for each replaced screen.The Lluís Alcanyís Hospital has put into operation more than 12 m² of thermal solar collectors with the capacity to heat more than 15,000 liters of sanitary water, which also results in notable energy savings.The objective is to obtain all the hot water through solar energy in the coming months.In addition, the Xàtiva Hospital plans to install about 100m2 of photovoltaic panels on one of the roofs of the industrial building, which will link its electrical production to the installation of the center and which provides for the provision of a peak electrical power of 18.48 Kwp.The constant in actions for the reduction of electricity consumption is also transferred to an initiative on the personnel: It is the campaign "Haz un Gesto" that began at the end of last year among the professionals of the entire Department of Health.The campaign consists of a notice through the professional intranet, which reminds how you can better contribute to energy saving with personal attitudes.Together, a web space has also been created that explains the objectives of this awareness campaign.In addition, at the beginning of each session, a reminder on how to help save energy is broadcast on all the Department's computer screens, urging them to turn off appliances and lights as soon as it is not necessary.The campaign aims to raise awareness not only of the monetary benefits of saving electricity, but also of reducing the carbon footprint and CO2 emissions generated by health centers.Currently, the Xàtiva-Ontinyent health department, and specifically its Hospital Lluís Alcanyís de Xàtiva, is one of the few hospitals in the Valencian network of public hospitals that calculates its carbon footprint, thus maintaining the CALCULA 2019 seal granted by the Ministry of Ecological Transition for its initial commitment to calculate in order to reduce its polluting emissions.From the Maintenance area of ​​the Department of Health and in accordance with these initiatives of the Sustainability Committee, electrical consumption is monitored to assess the effect of these initiatives and to be able to act on the results.In this way, after the summer period, new initiatives or improvements to the current plan will continue to be proposed so that they have a real effect on more sustainable and rational electricity consumption.Enjoy all the newsNews saved in your profileNews saved in your profileNews saved in your profileNews saved in your profile© Editorial Prensa Valenciana, SA All rights reserved