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£14.8m energy project has been officially launched by Oxford University Hospitals NHS


Foundation Trust. The launch came on the same day


the trust received the first month figures for energy use at the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals following the installation of a new combined heat and power (CHP) and energy link. In October 2016, the trust’s energy


bill for the two hospitals, excluding the PFI estates, was £484,175.03. In October 2017, the same bill was


£252,832.27, equivalent to an energy spend reduction of £231,343.03 in the first month – a saving of £7,462 every day at the two hospitals. The new energy project, run in


conjunction with Vital Energi, included removing 30 and 40-year-old boilers at both hospitals and replacing them with CHP engines, new combi boilers,


associated upgrades, and the replacement of 6,407 light fittings. The two hospitals, which now share


an energy centre at the John Radcliffe Hospital, are connected via a 2.2km energy link which includes high-voltage cabling, district heating pipework, and communications cabling. This new energy and heating


infrastructure will cut the trust’s CO2 output by 10,000 tonnes a year and


guarantees to save the trust £461,746 a year on its energy bills for 25 years. Claire Hennessy, head of operational


estates and facilities management at the trust, added: “This is a new era of sustainable energy provision. For the first time in decades we are going into the winter with reliable heat and power, while


also cutting our CO2 emissions and saving on energy bills and backlog maintenance.” www.vitalenergi.co.uk


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HS trusts will be able to save money and significantly reduce their carbon footprint by


implementing the findings of a two-year project aimed at enhancing energy performance in existing buildings. Virtus Consult has completed a two-


year Knowledge Transfer Partnership (KTP) with Oxford Brookes University to refine and promote a holistic methodology for current building stock. The partnership followed a major


energy-efficiency improvement and carbon reduction project undertaken for an NHS trust, which saved the organisation 18% of its energy costs through guaranteed savings – equivalent to £900,000 a year and with a payback period of less than five years. For the project to deliver such


impressive results, Virtus Consult developed a unique five-stage process, which it believes will offer similar savings for other NHS trusts seeking to deliver the requirements of the NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy while still powering, heating and lighting ageing buildings. Jan Ponsford, director, said:


“Developing an innovative approach to energy management for one NHS trust is one thing. Proving the results can be replicated with others is something else altogether. “The associate we recruited as part of


the KTP programme first undertook a huge amount of market research to


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establish the key drivers for trusts to hit their carbon emissions targets and 5% cost reduction targets as mandated by the NHS. “Our associate in the role of energy


performance programme analyst soon discovered that an impediment to the successful implementation of our consultancy product was the method by which public bodies could engage our services, with accepted frameworks very much the preferred route.” As a result of the work undertaken on


the project, Virtus Consult was appointed to three different frameworks: LHC Energy Efficiency and Refurbishment Framework; LGSS Construction Consultancy Services Framework; and the Bloom Framework (formerly NEPRO). Ponsford said: “The impact of our


position on these frameworks was almost immediate, with Virtus Consult securing energy sustainability projects for three new NHS organisations, expected to deliver total annual savings in the region of £640,000. “We now have a validated


methodology that can help organisations across the public and private sectors to reduce energy consumption and carbon emissions through demand and supply-side improvements.”


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omerton University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust has become the first NHS organisation, and the first


hospital in the world, to be presented with a Planet Mark certificate in recognition of its commitment to year-on-year sustainability improvements. The trust has been working with Low


Carbon Europe (LCE) since 2013 to reduce the impact of services and buildings on the environment. And analysis of Homerton Hospital’s


latest figures show the relative carbon footprint for the year ending March 2017


was 1.7 tCO2e per employee; and the total carbon footprint was 5,885 tCO2e. Achieving The Planet Mark certification


means Homerton has shown good practice in sustainability, including: • Measuring its carbon emissions from


electricity gas, water and fleet • Setting a 5% carbon reduction target


for its 2017-18 reporting period • Investing in the Eden Project to


support education on climate change • Storing 260 tCO2e by protecting one


acre of endangered rainforest through the charity Cool Earth • Committing to engage employees


and suppliers to drive improvements. The hospital’s director of estates, Chris


Forster, said: “Working with LCE, we have been developing our sustainable management plan and action plan to reduce emissions in the hospital and our community units. “We have just appointed a new


environment and sustainability manager to take this work forward as we seek other new initiatives to enable us to become energy efficient.”


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