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2 W/ft² in a patient room even in the US seems too high to me, unless you're lumping in the lighting. I know that hospitals are known to have high EUIs, but that's due to high equipment loads and the need to run 100% outside-air in the clinic and public areas. In the hospital model that I developed for the Gas Research Institute, which later got into the DOE Reference Commercial Buildings, the equipment power densities in W/ft² by major zones are:

  • Clinic 1.5,
  • Core/Public 0.5,
  • Perimeter 0.5,
  • Kitchen 3.4,
  • and Hallway 0.0.

That's meant for US hospitals. If you think the Power Densities are lower in Saudi Arabia, I would take them down by a third to a half, but no more. The full GRI report is available here.

2 W/ft² W/ft2 in a patient room even in the US seems too high to me, unless you're lumping in the lighting. I know that hospitals are known to have high EUIs, but that's due to high equipment loads and the need to run 100% outside-air in the clinic and public areas. In the hospital model that I developed for the Gas Research Institute, which later got into the DOE Reference Commercial Buildings, the equipment power densities in W/ft² W/ft2 by major zones are:

  • Clinic 1.5,
  • Core/Public 0.5,
  • Perimeter 0.5,
  • Kitchen 3.4,
  • and Hallway 0.0.

That's meant for US hospitals. If you think the Power Densities are lower in Saudi Arabia, I would take them down by a third to a half, but no more. The full GRI report is available here.

2 W/ft2 in a patient room even in the US seems too high to me, unless you're lumping in the lighting. I know that hospitals are known to have high EUIs, but that's due to high equipment loads and the need to run 100% outside-air in the clinic and public areas. In the hospital model that I developed for the Gas Research Institute, which later got into the DOE Reference Commercial Buildings, the equipment power densities in W/ft2 by major zones are:

  • Clinic 1.5,
  • 1.5, Core/Public 0.5,
  • 0.5, Perimeter 0.5,
  • Kitchen 3.4,
  • 3.4, and Hallway 0.0.

That's meant for US hospitals. If you think the Power Densities are lower in Saudi Arabia, I would take them down by a third to a half, but no more. The full GRI report is available here.

Joe