NHS unveils plan to decarbonise lighting
The National Health Service has unveiled an ambitious plan to decarbonise its lighting and other services over the next 15 years.
The organisation, which has a goal of achieving net zero by 2040, has through its Shared Business Services arm published its Decarbonisation of Estates framework agreement.
This will enable which will enable estates managers in health care and other public sector settings to ‘create greener and more attractive buildings and working environments’.
Worth £500m over four years, the framework agreement includes lighting, electric heating and ventilation as well as works such as internal and external wall insulation, ground source and air source heat pumps and photovoltaic systems.
Traditional works such as replacement of windows and doors, and solutions to tackle damp and mould in domestic properties are also covered.
‘This new framework agreement will support the delivery of the NHS’s ambition in ‘Delivering a Net Zero Health Service’ and is a response to the profound and growing threat to health posed by climate change,’ said Anjub Ali, senior category manager at NHS Shared Business Services. ‘It’s geared towards helping the NHS modernise and decarbonise aged assets and buildings throughout the public sector’s estates.’
The framework agreement allows for both further competition and direct award across seven geographical regions and can be used by all NHS and wider public sector authorities, including local government and housing associations.
Suppliers listed on the framework include Willmott Dixon. For a list of suppliers, which will be expanded over time, visit NHS Shared Business Services Decarbonisation of Estates Framework Agreement.
Although the agreement doesn’t specifically address the circular economy, individual NHS Trusts have been enacting measures such as the reuse and upgrade of luminaires rather than replacement.
For instance, at St Thomas’ Hospital in London, recessed luminaires in the wards were recently reconditioned and upgraded with an LED gear tray, with MyMesh intelligent nodes added.
The NHS is rolling out the technology across the extensive St Thomas’s site with plans to extend it to sister facility, Guy’s Hospital.
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