Hospital Energy Alliance Subcommittees

The Hospital Energy Alliance (HEA) subcommittees encompass five areas in hospital building systems and operations that require best practices toolkits and research into innovative, cost-effective technologies. Here you will find a brief description of each subcommittee.

Each HEA subcommittee is made up of hospital members who can identify and take advantage of design, retrofit, and operations and maintenance (O&M) energy-efficiency opportunities. Subcommittees develop technical tools and resources for different hospital building systems, acknowledging significant technological overlap across building types (e.g., roof top units, lighting) to reduce redundant efforts across subcommittees.

Working groups established under each subcommittee are tasked with specific projects to meet the subcommittee's goals, with a structure similar to the Retailer and Commercial Real Estate Energy Alliances, allowing for capture and usage of common data points. All subcommittee work is done in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), national laboratories, and suppliers. Hospitals that want to join HEA should choose a subcommittee of interest.

Power Alternatives

Members will investigate on- and off-site alternate energy development for renewables and CHP systems.

Lighting

Members will explore more cost-effective and high-quality light-emitting diodes (LEDs) for interior and exterior hospital lighting and parking lot lighting.

HVAC

Members will create a data repository of results from hospital pilot projects and best practices for heating, ventilation, and air conditions (HVAC) systems. In addition, members will work to develop more effective HVAC systems and tools for analyzing and implementing them; identifying heat recovery opportunities; and exploring building envelope improvements and dehumidification techniques that can reduce the workload of HVAC systems.

Medical Equipment and Plug Loads

Members will work to improve the energy efficiency of medical equipment and plug loads.

Benchmarking and Integration

The Benchmarking and Integration subcommittee will apply and integrate other subcommittee efforts for whole-building hospital energy efficiency, including better benchmarking tools, training programs, and other multi-system solutions.