Full de-steam ahead for Yeovil facility

Which involves the conversion of the existing steam-based heating and hot water infrastructure at Yeovil District Hospital to a considerably more economical, efficient, and future-proof, low temperature hot water (LTHW) system which should also provide added resilience. HEJ editor, Jonathan Baillie, reports.

In a project involving an initial £2.7 million capital investment, but under which Cynergin is guaranteeing its client, the Yeovil District Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, £5.8 million in savings at today’s prices, plus a 26,000 tonne carbon reduction, over the 15-year contract term, the energy services specialist has not only taken on all the design and installation elements of the major de-steam project, but, through the Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) procurement framework, is supporting the Trust through the project.

The engineering element of the eightmonth project – scheduled for completion this April – includes removing and replacing three existing steam boilers and the associated infrastructure with a sitewide low hot temperature hot water system for both heating and hot water; a partial refurbishment of the existing main boiler house to accommodate two new dual fuel boilers; installation of two further identical boilers within the separate Women’s Health and Maternity Unit building, and supplementing the hospital’s existing CHP unit with a second CHP engine. Cynergin is also supplying a new building management system for primary heating and hot water, and replacing a wide range of existing, mainly fluorescent, lighting, in both clinical and non-clinical ‘spaces’, with over 2,500 new LED light fittings.