SGS is pleased to announce that it has
certified Taiwan Adventist Hospital in Taiwan against the ISO 50001:2011 Energy
Management Systems Standard on February 21, 2012.
Taiwan
Adventist Hospital is the world’s first hospital to have obtained this
certification just following the publishing of ISO 50001:2011 by International
Organization for Standardization (ISO) on June 15, 2011.
The
Taiwan Adventist Hospital has introduced ISO 50001:2011 to its campus. The
hospital identified three energy-consuming items, namely, air conditioning
system, lighting system and boiler system through energy audits. Based on these
results, the Taiwan Adventist Hospital proposed four energy management
projects: (1) add inverters to the air conditioner units and blowers; (2) use
high-efficiency lighting and automatic sensor switches; (3) reduce electricity
consumption by more than 109,000 kWh; and (4) contribute 1.09% to the overall
energy saving performance.
To
fulfill its corporate social responsibilities, the Taiwan Adventist Hospital is
dedicated to provide the resources to support and manage a hospital
implementing the philosophies of environmental protection, energy saving, and
low carbon emissions by responding to government energy saving and carbon
reduction policies, following energy management regulations, improving energy
performance, and purchasing energy-saving products. The Taiwan Adventist
Hospital aims at being an example of energy management in domestic medical
systems to encourage numerous hospitals to promote the saving of energy and
reduction of carbon emissions.
ABOUT ISO 50001
The ISO
50001 Energy Management Systems standard is developed by the ISO/PC 242 energy
management project committee of International Organization for Standardization
(ISO). ISO 50001 specifies requirements for an organization to establish,
implement, maintain and improve an energy management system, which enables an
organization to take a systematic approach to achieve continual improvement of
energy performance, energy efficiency and energy conservation. It helps
organizations to manage energy supply and energy uses and consumption,
including measurement, documentation and reporting, design and procurement
practices for energy using equipment, systems, processes, and personnel.
Implementation of the standard should lead to reductions in energy cost,
greenhouse gas emissions and other environmental impacts through systematic
management of energy. ISO 50001 is anticipated to affect up to 60 percent of
the world’s energy consumption and has the potential to become a global trade
catalyst for industrial energy efficiency in the same way that ISO 9001 has
become for quality.
ISO
50001 is an international framework for industrial, commercial or institutional
facilities, or entire companies, to manage their energy, including procurement
and use. It is applicable to all types and sizes of organizations irrespective
of geographical, cultural or social conditions.
Conformance
with ISO 50001:2011 will demonstrate that a plant or company has sustainable
Energy Management System in place, has completed a baseline of energy use, and
has committed to continuously improve energy intensity.
To
learn more about the requirements of ISO 50001:2011 Energy Management Systems,
please download a complimentary white paper by SGS
(www.sgs.com/energy-management-whitepaper.aspx).
SGS has
already provided certification services to organizations/ companies in Europe
and in Asia against ISO 50001:2011. SGS Italy obtained accreditation against
ISO 50001 issued by ACCREDIA, Italian National Accreditation Body. Both SGS
Japan and SGS Taiwan obtained accreditation against ISO 50001 issued by Japan
Accreditation Board (JAB), SGS (CSTC) China is one of the two international
certification bodies in China approved by the Chinese Certification and
Accreditation Administration to conduct a pilot certification project against
China National Energy Management System Standards GB/T 2331:2009.
ABOUT TAIWAN ADVENTIST HOSPITAL
Taiwan
Adventist Hospital is one of over 600 healthcare institutions operated by the
Seventh-day Adventist Church in a worldwide mission system. With the church's
planning and the government's sponsorship, the Hospital was relocated from
Shanghai to Taipei in 1949.Dr. Harry Miller, the hospital's founder,
re-established the facility as the Taiwan Sanitorium Hospital. Madame Chiang
Kai-shek cut the ribbon at the completion of the hospital on March 28, 1955.
Afterwards, due to the hospital's expanded service scope, it was renamed the
Taiwan Sanitarium and Hospital. The hospital initially had 70 beds. Founder Dr.
Miller hoped that spreading the Good Word and curing sickness would lead more
people to follow Jesus Christ. As equipment and services expanded, the number
of beds increased to 220. Responding to changes in society, the hospital began
community health care work in 1971, and was renamed the Taiwan Adventist
Hospital. After the original building had become too small, a new building was
built on the original site in 1986, and heralded an improvement in medical
quality. Since 1994 the hospital was accredited by the Department of Health
(DOH), Executive Yuan as a Regional Teaching Hospital. The Bureau of Health,
Taipei City Government approved a change in the hospital's Chinese name during
the same year. In 2006,the hospital got the approval of a New Hospital and
Teaching Hospital Accreditation system by the DOH.
SGS is
the world’s leading inspection, verification, testing and certification
company. SGS is recognized as the global benchmark for quality and integrity.
With more than 70,000 employees, SGS operates a network of over 1,350 offices
and laboratories around the world.
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