UK-based multifaceted consultancy Capita Symonds is providing building services engineering and Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method (BREEAM) consultancy services to the new-build Malvern Hospital project.
The GBP17.7 million ($27.2 million approx) hospital will utilize renewable geothermal energy for heating, cooling and hot water and ground source heat pumps to harness solar energy absorbed by the earth. The hospital also features highly efficient combined heat and power (CHP) system to generate low carbon electricity to meet a major proportion of the building’s energy needs.
The combination of these sustainable technologies is expected to reduce both costs and carbon emissions. Both the technologies are supplied by Greater Manchester-based ENER-G as part of the eco-friendly design brief set by Interserve, which is contracted by Worcestershire Primary Care Trust.
Both the systems will work together, resulting in an expected savings of GBP8, 700 ($13,394 approx) per year on its energy bills and a reduction of carbon emissions by 15 tons per annum. ENER-G has won official certification for its expertise in renewable heat pump technology. The Approved Contractor certificate recognizes the quality of ENER-G’s design, supply, and installation of ground source heat pumps, in line with exacting technical standards set out by the Microgeneration Certification Scheme (MCS).
The secure and reliable source of energy that reduces both costs and carbon emissions is said to help in achieving BREEAM rating Excellent. CHP is said to reduce greenhouse emissions considerably by capturing the heat output that is wasted in conventional power generation.
The new hospital is designed to house in-patient and out-patient facilities, x-ray and ultrasound, day rehabilitation and therapies, palliative care and visiting mammography and MRI scans. A minor injuries unit will be shifted from the existing hospital, offering increased capacity.
The hospital is scheduled for late 2010 opening.
