Tom Davies, Sales manager for Energy Control at fortop Automation & Energy Control (fortop UK), explores how improving power quality and energy management is essential for healthcare estates teams in the quest to achieve Net Zero carbon goals.
Estates and Facilities managers and their teams in NHS hospitals and other healthcare settings face major challenges. With the NHS committed to becoming the world's first Net Zero national health service, numerous energy-saving measures must be implemented, with gas as an energy source increasingly being replaced by electricity.
Additionally, the growing use of electronic equipment is contributing to electrical pollution, placing the reliable operation of equipment under increasing strain.
NHS hospitals have experienced a significant rise in the use of electronic medical devices over recent decades, with, for example, CT scanners, MRI scanners, X-ray machines, dialysis equipment, and surgical robots, now indispensable in healthcare. With more advanced devices being introduced, productivity is increasing, and hospital stays are being shortened. At the same time, the need for energy efficiency is becoming more pressing, with solutions such as solar panels, LED lighting, and frequency-controlled drives, being widely implemented.
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