With the increasing variety and quantity of energy consuming equipment in hospitals, the phenomenon of high energy consumption in hospitals is becoming increasingly prominent. In June 2021, this study established an energy consumption control strategy for hospitals based on the energy consumption characteristics of medical service units, targeting the current situation and shortcomings of hospital energy consumption management, and then conducted exploration of strategy application. The strategy was designed to deepen the analysis of the energy consumption hierarchy and energy consumption characteristics of medical service units in the hospital′s energy consumption system, extract personalized energy consumption control indexes, and optimize or build energy consumption control systems with the help of self-control and information technology, through collaboration among multiple departments. These measures above aimed to reduce ineffective energy consumption in the energy consumption terminal of medical service units, promote the deep integration of energy consumption system operation status and energy consumption demand characteristics of medical service units, and realize precise energy consumption control.In June 2021 and March 2022, two tertiary hospitals carried out energy consumption control practices based on the energy consumption characteristics of operating rooms and wards respectively. After practices, the energy-saving rates of operating rooms and wards were both>10.0%, achieving good application results. This strategy can provide references for hospitals in China to promote energy conservation and emission reduction.

High salt content in soils severely hampers plant growth and crop yields. Many transcription factors in plants play important roles in responding to various stresses, but their molecular mechanisms remain unclear. WRKY transcription factors are one of the largest families of transcription factors in higher plants that are involved in and influence many aspects of plant growth and development. They play important roles in responding to salt stress. The regulation of gene expression by WRKY proteins is mainly achieved by binding to the DNA's specific cis-regulatory elements, the W-box elements (TTGACC). In recent years, there have been many studies revealing the roles and mechanisms of WRKY family members, from model plant Arabidopsis to agricultural crops. This paper reviews the latest research progress on WRKY transcription factors in response to salt stress and discusses the current challenges and future perspectives of WRKY transcription factor research.
Transcription Factors/metabolism* ; Plant Proteins/metabolism* ; Stress, Physiological/genetics* ; Salt Stress/genetics* ; Crops, Agricultural/genetics* ; Gene Expression Regulation, Plant ; Phylogeny ; Plants, Genetically Modified/genetics*