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Energy in buildings and Medical devices

Medical devices depends on energy in buildings.

Energy in buildings (energy) and Medical devices (industry): 1 relationship.

How they are linked

1. Industry input

Physical flow · Criticality 3 of 5 · Energy in buildings → Medical devices

2 of the enterprise types in Medical devices depend on energy in buildings; for the most dependent, it rates 3 out of 5 on criticality.

  • 2 enterprise types depend on it
  • 3 of 5 highest criticality

Enterprise types that depend on it:

  • Hospitals, diagnostic chains and device-service firms: hospital power and cooling (criticality 3 of 5)
  • Medical distributors and group purchasing organisations: warehouses (criticality 2 of 5)

Built from the site data on production routes, energy flows, industry value chains, input-output tables and prices.