Powering Health
Electrification Options for Developing Country Health Facilities
Tools
Health clinics can use online software tools to conduct energy audits, calculate energy loads, and evaluate the economic and technical feasibility of the most cost effective options for delivering reliable electricity to the health facility.
Energy Audit
A spreadsheet tool and guide designed to be an overall off-grid energy information package to help energy experts and procurement officers collect and analyze information, plan PV and generator systems in off-grid health centers, and develop specifications and bidding documents.
Load Calculation and System Optimization
This online software tool is designed to assist health care providers in designing appropriate power systems for their rural health clinics. The software is designed to evaluate hybrid power systems that include generators, utility power grids, batteries and photovoltaic arrays. The software uses the optimization program tool called HOMER to determine the most cost effective options for delivering continuous electrical energy to the health facility.
View our Privacy Policy
Contact the Webmaster
Last updated: November 17, 2010
The information provided on this Web site is not official U.S. Government
information and does not represent the views or positions of the
U.S. Agency for International Development or the U.S. Government.