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Delivering cost savings through effective energy management

Delivering cost savings through effective energy management Guy ’ s and St Thomas ’ NHS Foundation Trust Joe Grice, Energy Manager. Our approach to sustainability. Connect with health! Consider financial & social sustainability alongside environment

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Delivering cost savings through effective energy management

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  1. Delivering cost savings through effective energy management Guy’s and St Thomas’ NHS Foundation Trust Joe Grice, Energy Manager

  2. Our approach to sustainability • Connect with health! • Consider financial & social sustainability alongside environment • Set out a strategic approach to reducing carbon emissions • Enable and encourage healthy living • Clear and comprehensive governance and reporting

  3. Key developments • Implementing energy efficient measures • Comprehensive water reduction programme • Sustainability strategy, capital projects • Sustainable and ethical procurement charter • Trust wide governance committee – led by Trust Chairman

  4. The case for combined heat and power Our journey We were one of the first NHS trusts to invest in CHP in 2009 as part of a London-wide programme to address carbon reduction and reduce costs. Generates power Our engines generate half of the hospitals’ power needs through high efficiency, maintenance-friendly GE Jenbacher engines, reducing our reliance on the National Grid. Meets and exceeds targets Our CHP engines have cut our carbon emissions by 20%. This fulfils the 2015 UK Climate Change Act target as set out by the Sustainable Development Unit, and sets us up to exceed future targets. Ed Miliband MP opens the GE Jenbacher CHP engines, 2009

  5. Delivers business benefits Savings into patient care Our engines save £2m per year and £5k per day, the equivalent to employing 80 nurses or performing 324 heart bypass operations. Leads the public sector The capacity of our engines is one of the largest in the NHS, and serves as an example of what is possible. Benefits accumulate Since they were installed in 2009, our CHP engines have saved approximately £8m and 45,000 tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of taking 14,000 cars off the road.

  6. How are we doing? 2012/13

  7. Sustainability strategy for capital projects • £400m capital programme • Cancer Centre and Guy’s Tower re-cladding • Strategy builds sustainability into the design and implementation of refurbishments and new buildings

  8. Progress to date • Energy reduction programme • Over £3m/year savings yielded • 40% energy reduction per patient contact • Health and wellbeing programme • Capital project manager training • Water – 7% reduction • agreement in place • Signatory to the Ethical Trading Initiative

  9. Joe Grice Energy Manager joseph.grice@gstt.nhs.uk

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