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Welcome to the Decarb Guidebook
Welcome
Current Climate
Why do we need to decarbonize?
Approach
Decarbonization Strategy
Benchmarking
Hospital energy use breakdown
Building Codes & Design Standards
Building Codes & Design Standard
State & Local Regulations
The State of Washington
The State of California
The State of Massachusetts
Technologies: Load Reduction
Introduction
Variable Air Volume Ventilation
Retrocommissioning of building controls
Displacement Ventilation
Better Zoning and Unoccupied Mode Strategy
Building Envelope Improvements
Improving Accuracy of Load and Energy Modeling
Technologies: Dehumidification
Dedicated Outdoor Air System (DOAS)
Desiccant Systems
Dehumidification using CHW Return Based Reheat
Technologies: If you must have a gas-fired boiler
Introduction
Condensing Boilers
Boiler Temperature Reset (HWTSR)
Right-sized Boilers
Stack Gas Economizer
Technologies: Central Plant
Introduction to Central Plant
Heat Recovery Chillers / Heat Pumps
Solar Thermal Water Heating
Ground Source Heat Pumps / Geothermal
Local Heating Systems
Technologies: Domestic Hot Water
DHW Heat Pump
Single Temperature Handwashing
Waste to Energy
Technologies: Steam
Alternative Steam Generation Methods
What if we didn’t use steam?
Converting from Steam to Hydronic heating
Technologies: Load Shifting and Energy Storage
Thermal Storage (HW and CW)
Compressed Air Energy Storage (CAES)
Phase Change Material Energy Storage
Large thermal mass in buildings
Technologies: Emerging Technologies
Heat Pumps Using Propane Refrigerant
Motivation Program
Motivation
Carbon Challenge
Health Sector Climate Pledge
Pilot Projects
Waste to Energy System
How to Pay for Decarbonization
IRA
Financing Strategies
Community Discussions
About
The Guidebook Project
Citations and Appendix
Citations
Appendix
Workshops
Kickoff workshop to decarb:HEALTHCARE
1. The First R: Reduce
2. Natural Gas boilers: 20th century marvel
3. Smart water: Redesigning domestic hot water systems
4. Let off some steam: Decarbonizing humidification and sterilization systems
5. Thinking Outside the Grid
6. Codeword: Decarbonize
7. Show me the money: Funding Decarbonization
8. Our REAL Decarb Journey
9. Official Decarb Guidebook Launch
Values and Identities

Values and Identities

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