Facilities Management Association

The UK Green Buildings Council recently identified that hospitals are the poorest performing public sector buildings in terms of carbon emissions. This comes at a time when NHS Trusts are facing incredible pressure on their budgets, the Carbon Reduction Commitment comes into effect, and the remaining opportunities to reduce energy bills and carbon emissions are limited.

 

The single largest energy efficiency improvement a trust can make is installing a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant. Due to their high demand for round-the-clock energy, hospitals are ideally suited to make use of CHP or form the basis of a district heating and/or cooling scheme. It is also a solution that fits the current requirements of a very short payback period (3-5 years) and can be purchased with little or no capital outlay. This potential was highlighted in the 2009 NHS Carbon Reduction Strategy set out by the NHS Sustainable Development Unit (SDU), which called for CHP deployment to be increased to the maximum potential by 2020.

 

The Combined Heat & Power Association, with support from the Department of Health, the Department of Energy and Climate Change and the NHS SDU, are organising a free, one-day workshop for NHS energy buyers that will give practical guidance on how CHP systems work, the different technology and financing options available, explore existing case studies and feature a tour of the Royal Liverpool’s CHP plant.

Speakers include:

 

• Chris Holme, Sustainability Programme Lead, Department of Health Estates and Facilities

• Sonia Roschnik, Operational Director, NHS Sustainable Development Unit

• Neil Witney, Senior Policy Advisor on CHP, Department of Energy and Climate Change

 

For more information or to book a place, contact Brian McGuire on: [email protected] or 0207 828 4077.