In general, if you are benchmarking a hospital campus all buildings on the campus should be included. If you are applying for ENERGY STAR Certification for a Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) --which is the only Hospital property type eligible for certification -- you must apply for certification as a campus. However, there are a few exceptions listed below where select building(s) on the campus can be excluded from the campus parent property in Portfolio Manager that is being used to apply for certification.
What must be included:
- Spaces that are owned by the hospital that are located within the Hospital campus, including Medical Office Buildings, and non-clinical spaces such as administrative offices, food service, retail, hotels, and power plants.
- Follow our rules for “when to create a separate property use.” For example, Medical Office Buildings and hotel should be broken out as separate property uses because they are both scoreable property types. A hospital gift shop does not meet our definition of retail, so it should be included in the hospital property use.
- Gross Floor Area (GFA) should include all space within the building(s) on the campus including but not limited to operating rooms, patient rooms, emergency treatment areas, medical offices, exam rooms, laboratories, lobbies, atriums, cafeterias, restrooms, stairways, corridors connecting buildings, storage areas, and elevator shafts.
What can be excluded (provided these spaces are individual buildings and sub-metered; you can’t exclude the 10th floor of a building):
- Medical Office Buildings that are leased. Those that are owned must be included. See: Do MOBs need to be included in a hospital's campus?
- Senior Living Community buildings
- Other buildings of a type that is not commonly found on a hospital campus, is not mentioned on the "include" list above, and isn't integral to the operation of the hospital, for example a Transportation Terminal/Station. Please contact us to confirm if your scenario meets this criteria.
- Spaces/energy uses that meet the general criteria for exclusion when applying for certification: see: What can I exclude from my property?
Other related resources:
- How do I benchmark a hospital property?
- Full definition for the Hospital (General Medical & Surgical) property type
- State/local compliance ordinances vs. EPA Guidelines