CASE STUDY NHS Tayside CEF CHP ENERGY CENTRE
CASE STUDY NHS Tayside CEF CHP ENERGY CENTRE PROJECT SUMMARY: PROJECT OVERVIEW CLIENT: Tayside Health Board Tayside Health Board oversees the and upgrades to associated plant and PROJECT: healthcare services in Angus, Dundee and equipment, the chilling system, the Ninewells Hospital, Perth Perth and Kinross, which employs around building management system (BMS) and Royal Infirmary and 14,000 workers and provides healthcare for lighting. Perth Royal Infirmary benefited Stracathro Hospital a population of around 415,000. The estate from lighting upgrades and other site TIMESCALE: includes three major hospitals (Ninewells, improvements, with lighting upgrades Sept 2015 - March 2017 Perth Royal Infirmary, Stracathro), being installed at Stracathro Hospital. + 25 years operation and numerous community hospitals, 60 GP Tayside Health Board wanted to invest in maintenance surgeries and a variety of health centres. significant energy upgrades to provide a The Health Board wished to make resilient energy supply to reduce energy THE BENEFITS: substantial upgrades to the infrastructure costs and carbon emissions, and reduce at Ninewells Hospital including a new maintenance backlog. Combined Heat & Power engine (CHP) > Guaranteed annual financial savings of £2.6m which NHS VITAL’S SOLUTION Tayside will use to fund the project, and operation and The Health Board procured the project carbon reductions and financial savings. maintenance costs through the Carbon & Energy Fund. In Our solution included lighting upgrades > Estimated CO2 savings of addition to designing and installing in all three hospitals, an upgraded BMS 287,000 tonnes over 25 the low-carbon energy system, we control system, an updated energy centre years are providing a comprehensive asset and insulation upgrades.
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