Here is the media message distributed by the OUH NHS Foundation Trust today. Please see our later post for comments.

Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust has today announced details of The Hospital Energy Project, an 18-month £14.8 million project to upgrade the heating and hot water systems that supply the John Radcliffe and Churchill hospitals.

The project, called The Hospital Energy Project, is critical to ensure that energy systems at both hospitals are flexible enough to meet future growing demands for heating and hot water as hospital patient numbers increase, while facilities expand and improve. When fully completed, the new system will deliver a 45% reduction in annual energy costs and a 38% reduction in annual carbon emissions.

 

The new energy systems will offer both hospitals better resilience and less reliance on the national power grid in the high demand months of winter, as well as reduce carbon emissions from both sites with the ability to meet future environmental compliances. The Energy project will reduce future disruption to patient care and services.

Contractors, Vital Energi, who are extremely experienced at the installation of these types of systems including district heating through The Energy Link. Please do email any questions on this aspect of the installation or regarding the project, please email hospitalenergyproject@ouh.nhs.uk

Members of the public can also see details of the Hospitals Energy Project on our website www.ouh.nhs.uk or drop by one of the displays at either the JR or Churchill Hospitals until October 2016. For updates, please follow us on twitter @ouh_estates #ouhenergy