# Energy in buildings and Medical devices

Medical devices depends on energy in buildings.

Source page: https://www.materialinsights.org/links/energy-in-buildings-and-medical-devices/

[Energy in buildings](https://www.materialinsights.org/energy/e_buildings/) (energy) and [Medical devices](https://www.materialinsights.org/industries/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.