Abstract
The 1984 Auditor General's report on energy-thrift in the Health Service claimed that energy-thrift programmes in hospitals were not achieving their performance targets. In order to determine the reasons for this failure, twenty hospital energy-audits were analysed. It was discovered that the two principle factors impairing the performance were the thermal conflict between thrift measures implemented on the same thermal system, and inefficient implementation strategies. In order to investigate the influences of thermal conflict and implementation strategy on the out-comes of energy-thrift programmes, it was decided to develop a computer model which was capable of simultaneously thermally modelling the implementation of energy-thrift measures on several hospital sites; to use the model to predict the thermal and financial out-comes of various implementation strategies; to test the sensitivity of the out-comes to changes of unit fuel prices and capital costs, and to compare the predicted results with those actually obtained. (author).
Citation Formats
Adderley, A E.
The management and implementation of energy-thrift in hospitals. V. 1 and 2.
United Kingdom: N. p.,
1989.
Web.
Adderley, A E.
The management and implementation of energy-thrift in hospitals. V. 1 and 2.
United Kingdom.
Adderley, A E.
1989.
"The management and implementation of energy-thrift in hospitals. V. 1 and 2."
United Kingdom.
@misc{etde_5951142,
title = {The management and implementation of energy-thrift in hospitals. V. 1 and 2}
author = {Adderley, A E}
abstractNote = {The 1984 Auditor General's report on energy-thrift in the Health Service claimed that energy-thrift programmes in hospitals were not achieving their performance targets. In order to determine the reasons for this failure, twenty hospital energy-audits were analysed. It was discovered that the two principle factors impairing the performance were the thermal conflict between thrift measures implemented on the same thermal system, and inefficient implementation strategies. In order to investigate the influences of thermal conflict and implementation strategy on the out-comes of energy-thrift programmes, it was decided to develop a computer model which was capable of simultaneously thermally modelling the implementation of energy-thrift measures on several hospital sites; to use the model to predict the thermal and financial out-comes of various implementation strategies; to test the sensitivity of the out-comes to changes of unit fuel prices and capital costs, and to compare the predicted results with those actually obtained. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1989}
month = {Jul}
}
title = {The management and implementation of energy-thrift in hospitals. V. 1 and 2}
author = {Adderley, A E}
abstractNote = {The 1984 Auditor General's report on energy-thrift in the Health Service claimed that energy-thrift programmes in hospitals were not achieving their performance targets. In order to determine the reasons for this failure, twenty hospital energy-audits were analysed. It was discovered that the two principle factors impairing the performance were the thermal conflict between thrift measures implemented on the same thermal system, and inefficient implementation strategies. In order to investigate the influences of thermal conflict and implementation strategy on the out-comes of energy-thrift programmes, it was decided to develop a computer model which was capable of simultaneously thermally modelling the implementation of energy-thrift measures on several hospital sites; to use the model to predict the thermal and financial out-comes of various implementation strategies; to test the sensitivity of the out-comes to changes of unit fuel prices and capital costs, and to compare the predicted results with those actually obtained. (author).}
place = {United Kingdom}
year = {1989}
month = {Jul}
}