NEC Definitions of “Patient Care Spaces”
The simple definition of a patient care facility is: “any place in a health care facility where patients are intended to be examined or treated” (Article 100). But understanding this correctly means being clear about what is meant by a health care facility. We might say that a gym is a health care facility because […]
Exploring alternatives to health care micronetworks
At its Ontario Medical Center in Southern California, Kaiser Permanente is installing a microgrid that includes a 2.2-megawatt solar array, a 9.5-megawatt-hour zinc hybrid battery, and a state-of-the-art controller. This follows an earlier microgrid installation at Kaiser’s Richmond Medical Center, a smaller project that combined 1 megawatt of battery storage with the installation of on-site […]