CONTENTS IHEEM REGULARS 5 COMMENT
5 COVER STORY: CEF TO PUBLISH GUIDE TO REACHING NET ZERO CARBON
7 INSTITUTE NEWS
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FEATURES 18 CUTTING CONSUMPTION AND ENHANCING COMFORT
Ann Vandycke, an architect and the head of the Technical Department at Belgian care organisation, Mintus, examines some of the latest innovations in building technologies – from renewable energy solutions to predictive building control systems, and the use of sensors to monitor the indoor environment and patient comfort. With an ageing population in many countries, she suggests we can expect to see increasing short-to- medium term engineering innovation in such fields.
23 SUPPORTING THE ‘REAL LIFE-SAVING WORK’
Michael Brown, a Biomedical Service Technician based at Christchurch Public Hospital, the largest teaching and research hospital in the South Island of New Zealand, discusses his day-to-day job, and the important role that biomedical engineers play in enabling clinicians to do ‘the real-life-saving work’. The article is based on a presentation he gave at the Institute of Healthcare Engineering Australia (IHEA) Healthcare Facilities Management Conference 2019 in Sydney last October.
29 RESILIENCE AND CAPACITY BOOSTED AT NEWCASTLE’S RVI A major upgrade of the HV and LV electrical infrastructure at Newcastle’s Royal Victoria Infirmary, which took over a year in planning, and a further 18 months to complete, has substantially boosted the site’s electrical capacity, increasing its resilience and reducing power outages after a peak of 10 such incidents in December 2017, as well as ‘future-proofing’ the hospital for several decades in the light of further major site development planned.
37 SENSORS MONITORING VACCINE TEMPERATURES
As efforts to develop a COVID-19 vaccine continue, key considerations emerge with regard to the vaccine cold chain throughout mass distribution. With 25 years’ experience in electronics engineering, and now specialising in data logging solutions, David Ing, Standard Products manager at Corintech, considers the role that advanced sensors and data loggers could play in the successful delivery of potent vaccines.
43 ‘EXTREMELY COMPLEX’ PLANT INSTALLATION The creation of a highly advanced decontamination ‘supercentre’ for the Royal Free NHS Foundation Trust on a standalone site in Enfield which is enabling it to decontaminate and sterilise surgical instruments from its three main hospitals considerably more efficiently under one roof, and also to take on such work from other Trusts, required an ‘extremely complex’ plant installation.
52 NIGHTINGALE TEAM SPIRIT SHONE THROUGH
Eugene Conroy, managing director of Eta Projects, reports on the personal experiences of the professional team in the delivery of the NHS Nightingale Hospital London. His article is based on feedback and personal experiences from fellow team members and other professional partners with whom the firm worked closely.
58 PANDEMIC LESSONS INFORM FUTURE PRACTICE
Stuart Skinner, senior Product manager at water controls specialist, Rada, looks at what can be learnt from the initial response to COVID-19, and how those learnings can inform the role that infection control plays in the very fabric of our healthcare infrastructure.
62 STAFF GO ‘ABOVE AND BEYOND’ IN THEIR EFFORTS
This year’s coronavirus outbreak has seen many organisations in the healthcare sphere turn their hand to non- ‘run-of-the’ mill activity as part of the wider UK effort to tackle the virus. One of several UK manufacturers to harness its engineering expertise to produce ventilator components outside its normal scope and, equally, to provide specialist guidance and advice to those who have needed it, is Brandon Medical.
68 SMARTER WAYS TO MANAGE ENERGY SUSTAINABLY
Many NHS Trusts have taken advantage of distributed energy technologies to reduce energy costs, improve sustainability, and improve resilience. Few, however, are making the most of newer opportunities to fully optimise their energy, argues Tony Orton, head of Healthcare Business Development at Centrica Business Solutions.
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