A recently opened, ‘newly revamped’ £3.1 m energy centre at Cheltenham General Hospital designed and installed by Vital Energi, which will operate and maintain it under a guaranteed Energy Performance Contract for the next 18 years, will save Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust over £10 million, and reduce carbon emissions by over 32,000 tonnes over the contact term.
At the opening, Trust Chair, Professor Clair Chilvers (pictured with Ashley Malin, project development director, Vital Energi), said: “We had two specific ambitions – to significantly reduce the amount of money we spent on heating to allow us to reinvest savings into frontline services and patient care, and to reduce our carbon emissions. I’m delighted to say this project will deliver both. It’s a big success story for our Trust, for Vital Energi, and for the Carbon & Energy Fund, whose framework meant the project went from contract signature to practical completion in under nine months.”
Vital Energi says the project will deliver a 30% financial reduction on the Trust’s energy bills, and cut carbon emissions by 1,789 tonnes annually – a 40% reduction.
Both the Department of Health and Aviva contributed towards the CEFprocured scheme.
