The project will see E.ON working with the hospital's support services and construction partner, Interserve, to upgrade the QMC campus's combined heat and power plant - which generates heat and hot water as well as electricity for use across the site - as well as install energy saving measures including boiler optimisation technology, low energy LED lighting and building energy management controls.
The improvements will be delivered through the NHS SBS Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) procurement framework under an Energy Performance Contract (EPC) which means the investment in new technologies can be carried out with no upfront cost to the hospital and will be paid back through the savings which have been guaranteed by E.ON.
The energy saving and conservation measures are guaranteed to bring savings in the region of £2.8 million a year by reducing energy costs and carbon emissions.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) assistant head of estates Andrew Camina said: "At NUH we are committed to doing all we can to save energy and reduce our carbon emissions. We are delighted to be working with E.ON and Interserve to do what we can to reduce energy costs and emissions and look at more innovative ways of reducing energy use."
Paul Baan, head of energy efficiency at E.ON Connecting Energies, said: "We have enjoyed a strong working relationship with NUH for nearly two decades and this new agreement is a much-welcomed vote of confidence in our abilities to work with NHS Trust management and to help them meet their business and financial objectives.
"Winning this large and complex contract means that we will not only be able to update E.ON's long-standing involvement with NUH but we'll also be installing new technologies to dramatically reduce energy costs and carbon emissions for the hospital.
"Across the country the NHS faces huge challenges in terms of budgets and Government-mandated environmental targets. No two hospital buildings are the same and the savings on offer will vary across different NHS operations but EPCs effectively offer an energy efficiency service which guarantees savings and a return on investment to Trusts across the country."
The measures are expected to deliver carbon reduction of 16,000 tonnes and cost savings of £2.8 million a year across the Trust, based on current pricing levels. An EPC allows an organisation to improve the energy efficiency of its buildings without having to raise the upfront capital itself, instead paying back the initial investment through the cost savings guaranteed in the agreement.
The upgraded equipment, combined with the new energy saving measures, will help the QMC Trust comply with new EU environmental regulations regarding greenhouse gas emissions and go towards nationwide NHS targets of reducing carbon emissions by 80% by 2050.
Combined heat and power (CHP) plants generate useable heat and hot water at the same time as electricity. E.ON has owned and operated the CHP system at the hospital for more than 15 years. The existing plant generates 4.9MW of electricity from a single gas turbine and the waste heat recovery boiler produces 12 tonnes of steam per hour. This is used for heating, cooling (via absorption chillers) and equipment sterilisation. Standby power supplies come from the local electrical grid into which the plant can also export, and steam backup comes from other boilers.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust is one of the biggest and busiest in England providing care to over 2.5 million residents of Nottingham and surrounding communities and specialist services to a further 3-4 million people from neighbouring counties. The Trust has three main sites with the QMC as the emergency care site.
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About E.ON
- E.ON is one of the UK's leading power and gas companies - generating electricity, retailing power and gas, developing gas storage and undertaking gas and oil exploration and production. It is part of the E.ON group, one of the world's largest investor-owned power and gas companies. E.ON employs around 12,000 people in the UK and more than 72,000 worldwide;
- In the UK, E.ON supplies power and gas to around five million domestic, small and medium-sized enterprise and industrial customers. E.ON also offers innovative energy services and technologies tailored to meet its customers' needs, and is helping customers become energy efficient by encouraging them to insulate their homes, moderate their energy usage and even generate their own power;
- E.ON has been voted Britain's best energy supplier for the second year running in the uSwitch.com Customer Satisfaction Awards. The independent report and awards are published annually and are based on a YouGov poll of over 5,000 energy customers;
- E.ON discusses changes with its customers through its 28,000-strong YourSay panel and its 1,000-strong MySay employee panel, and also through conversations with consumer advocacy groups. Improvements made to date include new tools to help customers use no more energy than they need, simpler products, transparent profits, fair prices, easier contact, and the confidence to complain;
- E.ON's generation portfolio includes world-class gas-, coal- and biomass-fired power stations. E.ON is a market leader in combined heat and power (CHP), and is one of the UK's leading green generators;
- One of the many ways E.ON leads the energy industry is through its commitment to market liquidity and transparency as evidenced by its actions on the day-ahead UK power markets including the N2EX auction. E.ON was the first company to sign a gross-bidding agreement with N2EX.
About Interserve
- Interserve's vision is to redefine the future for people and places. It is one of the world's foremost support services and construction companies, operating in the public and private sectors in the UK and internationally, offering advice, design, construction, equipment, facilities management and front-line services. Interserve is based in the UK and is listed in the FTSE 250 index. The Group employs some 50,000 people worldwide and in 2012 generated gross revenue of £2.3 billion.
- http://www.interserve.com/
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