Energy efficiency in the neoplastichospital–Surquillo-Limaafterthecovid-19 pandemic

Abstract

The aim of the study was to evaluate the energy demand and the economic cost of the Hospital for Neoplastic COVID-19 inits infection control intervention: treatment, diagnosis, and control of the Coronavirus disease. After projecting hospitalizations for COVID-19, a Hospital Energy and Infection model. From the model, increases in energy demand and reductions in infections were quantified. As part of the regulations to deal with the pandemic, INEN went from having8 ICU beds (December 2019) [13] to 39 ICU beds (December 2021), resulting in higher energy and operating costs. The interventions may result in cost savings realized through the reduction of infections but symbolize an increase in energy that could be mitigated under the comprehensive proposal of a hybrid system with photovoltaic panels. The results confirm that the energy consumption is proportional to the seasons of high COVID 19 infections, when there was no implementation to contain the virus, it made the patients stay more days, therefore, more electricity consumption, in the first quarter of 2020, there was an average patient duration of 354.7 days with a cost of S/1,343,150.30. The modeling of the hybrid panel system according to the dimensions of the roof allows the implementation of 869 panels around the hospital to reduce 621535 KWattH of the total 2843200 KWattH, it to reduce 21% of energy, with a carbon reduction of 7,178.55 tons of C02.