EMERGENCY PREPAREDNESS FOR THE MODERN ERA
UCSF Medical Center Mission Bay
Opening just four short months ago in February , the University of California San Francisco Medical Center at Mission Bay designed its hospital with climate disaster resilience , resource stability and patient care in mind .
In response to California ’ s drought , the medical campus uses an irrigation system that automatically adjusts water output depending on current weather fluctuations . It also has dual-flush toilets and low-flow , highefficiency showers and basins .
The hospital is expected to save nearly four million gallons of water each year .
Mission Bay has figured out how to cut that usage in half by incorporating a standalone central power station ,
stated Pacific Standard . The station works alongside other energy-saving technologies , including heat recovery ventilators that reclaim energy from exhaust overflows , patient rooms with access to natural light , heating and cooling systems that can be controlled remotely in most parts of the facility , and cooling systems that can be controlled remotely in most parts of the facility , and a photovoltaic system that converts solar energy into electricity .
These methods are saving Mission Bay a reported $ 784,000 in annual energy bills and reducing its CO2 emissions by 20,000 metric tons .
The Lucile Packard Children ’ s Hospital at Stanford University also has a new wing opening in two years
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