Decarbonizing healthcare with zero-carbon reheat systems
Summary
- SCH Number
- 2020060259
- Lead Agency
- Energy Commission (California Energy Commission)
- Document Title
- Decarbonizing healthcare with zero-carbon reheat systems
- Document Type
- NOE - Notice of Exemption
- Received
- Posted
- 6/12/2020
- Project Applicant
- Electric Power Research Institute, Inc.
- Document Description
- EPRI proposes to design, develop and install up to two Heating Ventilation Air Conditioning (HVAC) systems to replace 2 aging air handling units (AHU) at the Jacobs Medical Center in La Jolla, CA, in collaboration with UC San Diego Health and Conservant Systems, Inc. The project requires removing outdated AHUs, modifying existing equipment and installing new technology for the baseline and demonstration data collection. This project combines AHU technology with a High-Efficiency Dehumidification Systems (HEDS), known as a HEDS AHU system, that will greatly reduce and often eliminate energy consumption to reheat air post cooling and dehumidification and which will help meet California’s statutory energy goals. This project will benefit California Investor Owned Utility electricity ratepayers by demonstrating the energy and costs saving generated by the HEDS AHU(s).
- Contact Information
-
Jeanie Mar
California Energy Commission
1516 Ninth Street, MS-48
Sacramento, CA 95814
Phone : (916) 654-4287
Location
- Cities
- La Jolla
- Counties
- San Diego
- Other Location Info
- 9300 Campus Point Dr, La Jolla 92037
Notice of Exemption
- Exempt Status
- Categorical Exemption
- Type, Section or Code
- Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, § 15301 ; Cal. Code Regs., tit 14, § 15306
- Reasons for Exemption
- This project will test new HVAC technology in a hospital and replace 2 outdated pieces of equipment (AHUs). This project will result in no new construction beyond the current operating conditions and consists of only basic data collection, research and experimental management activities which will result in no disturbance to an environmental resource.
Attachments
- Notice of Exemption
- 2020060259_Decarbonizing healthcare PDF 215 K
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