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Heating improvements for Bristol’s city centre hospitals
Work is taking place to create a new £10.8 million heating and energy system which will contribute towards the University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust's carbon emission reductions.
The trust is replacing its existing 1 megawatt (MW) Combined Heat and Power (CHP) engine with a larger 3.36MW CHP and district heating facility which will enable the organisation to efficiently generate more low carbon electricity and heat. The organisation has said that this will reduce the trust's need to import grid electricity. The district heating also replaces steam, reducing heat losses from the heat network.
University Hospitals Bristol NHS Foundation Trust has set ambitious goals to become carbon neutral by 2030.
Sam Willitts, energy and sustainability manager at UH Bristol, said: "This scheme will support these targets by reducing emissions, reducing heat losses, and ensuring a resilient and secure energy supply for our hospitals. We're committed to playing our part and leading by example to help protect the environment and this is just one of the ways we're taking action.
"We're also improving our lighting, reducing car journeys via lift-share, walking and cycle to work schemes for staff and reducing single use plastics where we can on our wards, operating theatres and catering. These are just some of the sustainability initiatives under way at the trust."
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