A new White Paper from Spirax Sarco is designed to ‘show how hospitals and healthcare institutions can improve the energy efficiency of their steam systems, reduce risk, and cut emissions in order to help meet NHS targets’.
The company said: “Using steam to provide hot water for space heating and domestic duties such as handwashing and cleaning, and sterilisation, is a significant contributor to the overall UK healthcare sector’s overall energy bill. Yet there is huge potential to save thousands of tonnes of emissions annually by applying existing and innovative steam system technologies. The investments needed are relatively low; even small-scale projects can reap surprisingly high returns.”
The White Paper outlines the options available, and gives examples of the potential savings. Examples include replacing conventional hot water calorifiers with the latest compact steamto-hot-water on demand systems, and improving systems to maximise the return of condensate to the boiler feedtank. Included are several case studies which reveal the energy and cost savings UK hospitals have achieved by investing in new technologies
To download the Healthcare Steam Systems White Paper, visit www.spiraxsarco.com/uk/resources/WhitePapers.asp.
