Building type
Care building: what the SRI measures
What the Smart Readiness Indicator measures in a care building, which domains weigh heavily and where the first points are.
In short
- 1Nursing homes and care centres run 24 hours a day, with vulnerable residents whose health is directly affected by comfort and air quality.
- 2Which domains weigh heavily: heating, domestic hot water, ventilation, monitoring and control.
- 3Buildings of this type are sometimes above the 290 kW threshold. Check the combined output of heating, cooling and ventilation.
Which domains weigh heavily
- Heatingheavy
- Domestic hot waterheavy
- Ventilationheavy
- Monitoring and controlheavy
- Coolingmedium
- Lightingmedium
- Dynamic building envelopemedium
- Electricitymedium
- Electric vehicle charginglight
27 services in the calculator.
Characteristics of this building type
- In continuous use, no night setback in living areas
- Hot water is a large, constant consumption
- Room-level comfort control is a care requirement
- Fault reporting is critical
What this means for you
- Owner
- Start with the domains that weigh heavily: heating, domestic hot water, ventilation, monitoring and control. Every step in control there delivers the most points.
- Tenant
- A higher score shows in comfort that is right by itself and in lower energy costs in the service charges.
- Advisor
- Use the weightings for non-residential buildings and the Western Europe climate zone. Method A covers 27 services for this type.
Next step
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