A Study on the Determinants of Energy Efficiency for the Mega-Watt Energy Users in Hospital Industry in Taiwan

• Main Authors: Shun-Po Yang, 楊舜博
• Other Authors: Jin-Xu Lin
• Format: Others
• Language: zh-TW
• Published: 2015
• Online Access: http://ndltd.ncl.edu.tw/handle/56862751615719503378

碩士 === 中原大學 === 國際經營與貿易研究所 === 104 === In order to prevent climate change, the world has put effort in saving energy. However, according to the World Energy Outlook 2012, the most important tool is to use the energy effectively and to save energy use at the same time. Especially, electricity saving could contribute 50% to the reduction of CO2 emissions in 2020. The energy management should firstly focus on the industries with high total energy use and high energy intensity. For the service sectors, the industries with higher energy intensity are wholesale and retail trade industry, hotel industry and hospital industry. The purpose of this study is to investigate the factors that will influence hospital''s energy efficiency. According to research finding, the result shows that the aging of the building, operating area scale, dispersion of hospital bed, employee intensity, and the unit cost of energy are key factors that will influence energy efficiency for hospital. Based on these factors, the energy administration or business operators to develop energy management strategies at the hospital, must consider distinct energy conservation plans and consumption efficiency reference value for different type of hospitals in order to develop a reasonable energy-saving goals.