News Round Up Chloe The Robot Joins Sodexo Cleaning Team At Stoke Mandeville Hospital
Sodexo’s cleaning team at Stoke Mandeville Hospital, part of Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, has a new recruit of the robot variety who has been named Chloe by young patients on the children’s ward.
Chloe the robot will be helping the team who keep Stoke Mandeville hospital a clean and safe space for all by ensuring the floors of communal areas, corridors, entrances and the children’s wards are kept spotless, whilst her human colleagues concentrate on sanitising touch points around the hospital which is crucial to preventing the spread of infections such as Covid-19.
Chloe has been designed with the patient experience in mind. She provides essential floor cleaning which dries quicker than other methods and can also interact with patients, visitors and hospital staff whilst performing her cleaning tasks. With her sleek design, expressive eyes and ability to speak, Chloe has a friendly and approachable personality.
Philip Leigh, CEO healthcare, Sodexo UK & Ireland said:
“Chloe is an exciting new addition to our cleaning team at Stoke Mandeville, reaffirming our commitment to the Trust to bring innovation into the delivery of FM services at the hospital... At Sodexo we understand the importance of patient experience and Chloe, will not only support her human colleagues in the provision of a high standard of cleaning and hygiene practice at the hospital, but will also provide some entertainment for the hospital’s younger patients and their carers as they interact with her as she carries out her duties.”
Chloe, who is teamed with a human colleague to assist her in her duties, has a range of sensors which include precision lidars, sonars and a light-enabled safety bumper, all well-integrated to equip the cleaning robot with the capability to cleverly see the environment around them and to respond accordingly, meeting the objective to detect and avoid any potential collisions in the cleaning path.
Chloe, is a LionsBot robot and is operated through Lions Operating System (LionsOS), software that empowers the robot for optimal performance. Using cutting edge technology in artificial intelligence, a LionsBot robot provides an excellent user experience while placing a strong emphasis on total safety, total security and total solutions from the ground up.
Ali Williams, Commercial Director at Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust added:
“We are delighted to welcome Chloe to our
hospital. She is a great innovation. Not only will she free up Sodexo’s team to ensure the hospital
continues to be kept clean and sanitised, but Chloe will also bring some fun and distraction for our young patients, their families and all those working at the Stoke Mandeville Hospital.”
Sodexo has worked side by side with Buckinghamshire Healthcare NHS Trust, which runs Stoke Mandeville Hospital, since 2006 providing innovative solutions to help improve patient care outcomes and ensure a safe working environment for the Trust’s hard-working employees.
Wates & JLL Win Silver Green Apple Environment Award For Energy Management System
An environmental partnership between Wates FM and JLL has received a silver International Green Apple Environmental Award as part of a campaign to find the greenest technologies. The award was presented to Wates FM and JLL in recognition of their partnership to pilot an innovative Energy Management System (EMS) Proof of Concept System to aid intelligent building management and reduce carbon emissions.
Wates FM and JLL competed against more than 500 other nominations in the International Green Apple Awards and were presented with their award at a ceremony in the Houses of Parliament in November. The project was funded from the profits of Wates FM’s contract with JLL at 45 Church Street in Birmingham, enabling it to pilot the EMS system for 12 months, with both businesses working together to closely monitor and enhance building performance. The EMS system has facilitated data capture, enabling the team to track large uses of energy that can be assessed for reduction. Since installation of the EMS, Wates and JLL have identified a saving of 27% on air handling at 45 Church Street.
Following the International Green Apple Award success, Wates FM has gained Green World Ambassador status, with its winning paper published in The Green Book, the leading international work of reference on environmental best practice. Becoming a Green World Ambassador will also entitle Wates FM to represent the UK in the Green World Environment Awards, which are held in a different country every year.
The Green Apple Awards are run by The Green Organisation - an international, independent, non-profit, non-political environment group that began in 1994 to recognise, reward and promote environmental best practice around the world.
Dawn Wise, Client Group FM Director JLL, commented: “JLL are delighted to have collaborated with Wates FM to achieve the International Green Apple Award at 45 Church Street. Achieving this award has demonstrated absolute recognition of sustainability excellence for all stakeholders. The initiative to pilot the scheme was an amazing success for JLL and Wates FM, a huge step forward in the direction of a Net Zero future. More so than ever before, it is essential that we all do as much as we can, to help combat climate change. The success of the scheme at 45 Church Street along with recognition received from the Green Organisation affords us the inspiration to look forward to other opportunities within other properties. We need to be innovative in our approaches, and JLL and Wates FM achieved that perfectly”
James Gregg, Managing Director of Wates FM, commented: “Our pioneering partnership with JLL is an exceptional example of what can be achieved when we turn a traditional customer- contractor
relationship into something much more
collaborative. The trust and mutual respect our businesses share made possible a truly innovative project; we believed in a green technology and invested a proportion of our JLL contract profit into sponsoring the system at 45 Church Street for a year, with the ultimate aim of improving our client’s carbon reduction strategy. We are very proud of the project and to
have received the silver Green Apple Award.” For more info visit:
www.thegreenorganisation.info/greenawards fmuk 05
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