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Sustainability in focus at successful ROI and NI Branch event in Dublin
The IHEEM 2022 joint Northern Ireland and Republic of Ireland Conference, Exhibition, and Awards Dinner, held last month at Dublin’s famous sporting stadium, Croke Park, attracted 360 delegates, saw high-profile speakers – including from Ireland’s Health Service Executive (HSE), Irish and Northern Irish healthcare providers, and NHSE/I, present in an absorbing conference – and saw four awards, recognising the winners’ proactive approaches to sustainability, presented at a gala dinner.
High-profile keynotes Titled ‘Delivering Sustainable Healthcare Estates’, the two-day event took place from 16-17 May in association with the Carbon and Energy Fund. After a welcome to all from IHEEM’s President, Paul Fenton, the two first-day keynote conference presentations were given by Dean Sullivan, Deputy CEO of Ireland’s HSE, and William Walsh, CEO of the Sustainability Energy Authority of Ireland. Other Day One speakers included Kevin Sheridan and Rachel Keating of the HSE Capital & Estates Energy Unit; Caroline Lowe, Workforce HR System Manager, National NHS Estates & Facilities Team, NHSE/I; Bernard Pierce of HSE National Estates Information Systems, and Mark Kane, Assistant National Director, HSE Capital & Estates – New Construction Methods, Strategy, Risk and Sustainability. The first of two second-day morning
keynotes, following an opening address from IHEEM Northern Ireland Branch Chair, Steven Johnston, was given by Brendan Smyth, Director of Health Projects within Construction and Procurement at Northern Ireland HSC, with the second delivered by Eric Savage of Northern Ireland’s Department For the Economy. Other Day Two speakers included Damien O’Mullan, Head of Energy at Northern Ireland Water; Scott Hislop, Principal National Investigator, UK Healthcare Safety Investigation
Above: IHEEM’s President, Paul Fenton, opens the two- day conference.
Left: Dean Sullivan, Deputy CEO of Ireland’s HSE, gives his presentation via videolink.
Branch; George McCracken, Head of Risk and Environment at Belfast Health and Social Care Trust, and Dr Patrick Keatley, Lecturer in Energy Policy and Infrastructure at the University of Ulster.
Exhibition showcased innovation Alongside the conference – where among the key themes were ‘Planning for a Sustainable Healthcare System’, ‘Sustainable Healthcare Capital Development’, ‘Developing a Sustainable Workforce’, and ‘Management of Strategic Risk Through Sustainable Solutions’ – attendees were able to see products and services targeted at the sector from 42 companies and other organisations in an accompanying exhibition. The Gala Dinner on the evening of 16
May saw over 270 guests enjoy dinner, and hear after-dinner speaker, Gordon D’Arcy, the retired Irish international and Leinster rugby player, look back at his sporting career, discussing some early setbacks, ‘life lessons along the way’, and some of his own career highlights. The gifted inside centre retired from rugby in 2015, having won three Heineken Cups, a Challenge Cup, and four league titles with Leinster, plus two Six Nations titles with Ireland –
including a Grand Slam in 2009. Gordon D’Arcy then presented four awards: n The Sustainability Champion Award, sponsored by KCC Group, was won by Veolia. Judges felt its AI headset- equipped stand illustrated the future – the headsets offer potential buyers of Veolia products and services an ‘AI’ view and experience of them in their chosen location.
n The Sustainability Team of the Year, sponsored by Centrica Business Solutions, went to St James’s Hospital Dublin, which has worked alongside the Carbon and Energy Fund and suppliers to improve its environmental performance, while reducing its energy costs in sustainable long-term way.
n Veolia – which has been awarded Business Working Responsibly Mark certification for responsible and sustainable business practice – won the Sustainable Organisation of the Year Award.
n The Sustainable Project of the Year award winner was Children’s Health Ireland in Crumlin, Ireland’s largest paediatric hospital – selected ‘because it illustrated what could be achieved without large spending programmes, but rather via changing attitudes and behaviours using training’. Two projects were also ‘highly commended’ – The Mater Hospital, Belfast’s ‘large-scale energy storage scheme’, and Mater Misericordiae University Hospital, Dublin’s ESCO project, the first of its kind in Irish healthcare, ‘providing a road map for hospitals to follow’.
The Ireland Conference working group, comprising members of both the IHEEM Northern Ireland and ROI Branches.
10 Health Estate Journal June 2022
A ‘well overdue’ event Paul Fenton MBE, IHEEM President, said “A fantastic conference, and well overdue!
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