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Salford Royal NHS Foundation receives £7m energy efficiency fund
Salford Royal NHS Foundation has announced it has secured a £7m fund which will be used to upgrade the trust’s combined heat and power plant and switch lighting to LEDs, in a bid to save £2m in annual energy costs.
The funding was awarded by investors DLL and The Green Investment Bank (GIB), which is providing £3.4m as part of its £50m NHS energy efficiency funding alliance.
The fund will be used to finance the installation of a new 2.5MW combined heat and power system, new energy saving lighting and an upgrade to the trust’s building management system.
The project is being run by Vital Energi, which already has a 15 year contract to install and maintain the new technology.
Ed Northam, head of investment banking at the UK GIB, claimed upgrading the NHS' existing technology would increase resilience of its entire estate.
He said: "This programme of energy efficient improvements will save energy, cut costs and reduce greenhouse gas emissions without impinging on patient care.”
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