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Applicability of CHP Systems 25

Electrical Capacity
Total Total
Sector/ 100– 500– 1,000– CHP MW CHP MW
No. Buildings 500 kW 1,000 kW 5,000 kW >5,000 kW Potential Potential (%)
1 Office 7,532 5,055 4,362 1,665 18,614 24.1
buildings
2 Schools 7,130 6,781 973 0 14,884 19.3
3 Hospitals 647 904 5,275 2,052 8,878 11.5
4 Nursing 1,014 2,837 3,923 219 7,993 10.3
homes
5 Hotels 2,642 627 1,353 2,081 6,703 8.7
6 College/ 221 407 1,693 1,929 4,250 5.5
universities
7 Health clubs/ 665 2,839 48 0 3,552 4.6
spas
8 Extended 2,802 173 415 0 3,390 4.4
service
restaurants
9 Correctional 261 517 1,515 428 2,721 3.5
facilities
10 Golf clubs 836 574 513 285 2,208 2.9
11 Supermarkets 897 203 84 0 1,184 1.5
12 Water 452 342 155 0 949 1.2
treatment/
sanitary
13 Refrigerated 131 448 183 30 792 1.0
warehouse
14 Commercial/ 183 279 23 0 485 0.6
laundries
15 Museums 73 202 123 0 398 0.5
16 Car wash 253 28 0 0 281 0.4
Total 25,739 22,216 20,638 8,689 77,282 100.0
power (MW)
Total (%) 33.3 28.8 26.7 11.2 100.0

Source: Based on Onsite (2000).
TABLE 2-4 BCHP Potential by Electrical Power Average Demand (MW) Sorted from Highest to
Lowest