DETERMINATION OF PRIORITY STRATEGIES FOR INCREASING THE EFFICIENCY OF SOLAR PANELS USED IN HOSPITALS USING THE FERMATEAN FUZZY DEMATEL METHOD

Öz

Hospitals are among the buildings with the highest energy consumption. Due to the unique characteristics of the service, such as uninterrupted and non-delayable ones, it is important to provide the service sustainably. In addition, the fact that health services are provided 24/7 reveals the extent of energy consumption in hospitals. In this context, the efficiency of solar energy panels used in hospitals will inevitably be increased. For this purpose, a set of criteria affecting the efficiency of solar energy panels used in hospitals has been established based on the literature. However, since the hospital management can't intervene in all of these criteria simultaneously, weighting was made with fermatean fuzzy DEMATEL. Accordingly, the most important issue affecting the efficiency of solar energy panels used in hospitals was found to be the material and technology of the panels. The results of the analysis show that the second most important criterion is energy storage systems. The criterion that affects the process the least is environmental factors. Accordingly, making the necessary technological investments and using up-to-date technologies will increase energy efficiency. In addition to having solar energy panels, the use of storage systems will contribute to energy efficiency. The use of automatic cleaning systems, water spray, or automatic brush cleaning systems are added as concrete steps.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Hospital
• Hospital Management
• Solar Energy
• Efficiency
• DEMATEL

HASTANELERDE KULLANILAN GÜNEŞ PANELLERİNİN VERİMLİLİĞİNİN ARTIRILMASINA YÖNELİK ÖNCELİKLİ STRATEJİLERİN FERMATEAN BULANIK DEMATEL YÖNTEMİ İLE BELİRLENMESİ

Öz

Hastaneler, enerji tüketiminin en yüksek olduğu binaların başında gelmektedir. Sunulan hizmetin kendine has kesintisizlik ve ertelenememe gibi özellikleri nedeniyle hizmetin sürdürülebilir şekilde sağlanması önem taşımaktadır. Ayrıca, sağlık hizmetlerinin 7/24 sunulması, hastanelerdeki enerji tüketiminin boyutu gözler önüne sermektedir. Bu bağlamda, hastanelerde kullanılan güneş enerji panellerinin verimliliğinin artırılmasının gerekliliği kaçınılmazdır. Buna yönelik olarak, literatür tabanlı belirlenen hastanelerde kullanılan güneş enerji panellerinin verimliliğini etkileyen kriter seti oluşturulmuştur. Fakat, hastane yönetiminin bu kriterler tamamına aynı anda müdahale etmesi mümkün olmadığından fermatean bulanık DEMATEL yönetimi ile ağırlıklandırma yapılmıştır. Buna göre, hastanelerde kullanılan güneş enerji panellerinin verimliliğini etkileyen en önemli husus panellerin malzeme ve teknolojisi olarak bulunmuştur. Yapılan analiz sonuçları, en önemli ikinci kriterin ise enerji depolama sistemleri olduğunu göstermektedir. Süreci en az etkileyen kriter ise çevresel faktörlerdir. Buna göre, gerekli teknolojik yatırımların yapılması ve güncel teknolojilerin kullanılması enerji verimliliğini artıracaktır. Ayrıca, güneş enerji panellerine sahip olmanın yanında depolama sistemlerinin kullanılması enerji verimliliğine katkı sağlayacaktır. Otomatik temizlik sistemlerinin kullanılması, su püskürtmeli ya da otomatik fırçalı temizlik sistemlerinin kullanılması somut adımlar olarak addedilebilir. Ayrıca, teknoloji kullanımı çerçevesinde güneş enerji sistemlerini izleyen ve optimize eden akıllı enerji yönetim yazılımlarının kullanılması faydalı olacaktır.

Anahtar Kelimeler

• Hastane
• Hastane Yönetimi
• Güneş Enerjisi
• Verimlilik
• DEMATEL

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