Skip to main content
Facilitate Magazine: Informing Workplace and Facilities Management Professionals - return to the homepage Facilitate magazine logo
  • Search
  • Visit Facilitate Magazine on Facebook
  • Visit Facilitate Magazine on LinkedIn
  • Visit @Facilitate_Mag on Twitter
Visit the website of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management Logo of the Institute of Workplace and Facilities Management

Main navigation

  • Home
  • News
    • Comment
    • People
    • Reports
    • Research
  • Features
    • Analysis
    • Features
    • Round Tables
    • Webinars
  • Outsourcing
    • Contract Finder
    • Contracts
    • FM Business Models
    • Interviews
    • Mergers & Acquisitions
    • Opinion
    • Procurement
    • Trends
  • Know-How
    • Explainers
    • Legal Updates
    • White Papers
  • Jobs
  • Topics
    • Workplace Services
      • Hospitality
      • Catering
      • Cleaning
      • Front of House
      • Grounds Maintenance
      • Helpdesk
      • Mailroom
      • Manned Guarding / Security
      • Pest Control
      • Washroom Services
      • Disaster Recovery
      • Specialist Services
    • Professional Performance
      • Behavioural Change
      • Continual Professional Development
      • Education
      • Management
      • Recruitment
      • Training
    • Workplace Performance
      • Benchmarking
      • Health & Wellbeing
      • Operational Readiness
      • Procurement
      • Security
      • Workplace User Experience
      • Workplace Culture
    • Compliance
      • Health & Safety
      • Risk & Business Continuity
      • Standards
      • Statutory Compliance
    • Building Services
      • Architecture & Construction
      • Asset Management
      • Building Controls
      • Building Fabric
      • Drinking Water
      • Fire Protection
      • HVAC
      • Landscaping
      • Mechanical & Electrical
      • Building Security
      • Water, Drainage & Plumbing
    • Technology
      • Building Information Modelling
      • CAFM
      • Data & Networks
      • Document Management
      • Information Management
      • Internet of Things (IoT)
      • Software & Systems
    • Energy management
      • Energy Management Systems
      • Electricity
      • Gas
      • Solar
      • Wind
    • Sustainability
      • Environmental Quality
      • Social Value
      • Waste Management
      • Recycling
    • Workspace Design
      • Agile Working
      • Fit-Out & Refurbishment
      • Inclusive Access
      • Lighting
      • Office Interiors
      • Signage
      • Space Planning
      • Storage
      • Vehicle Management / Parking
      • Washroom
    • Sectors
      • Corporate Office
      • Education
      • Healthcare
      • Manufacturing
      • International
      • Retail
      • Sports & Leisure
      • Regions
  • Buyers' Guide
Quick links:
  • Home
  • Sections
  • News
HVAC
Energy management
Energy Management Systems
Solar
Sustainability
Environmental Quality
Healthcare

Gloucestershire NHS gains £13.7m for energy-saving works

Open-access content Wednesday 3rd February 2021
Authors
Facilitate Team
web_Cheltenham-general-hospital_credit_Donna-Gibbs_shutterstock_1451800949 (2).png

Cheltenham General Hospital – Donna Gibbs-Shutterstock

Gloucestershire Managed Services has secured £13.7 million to carry out a range of environmental projects at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.

The in-house FM provider at Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust will work on schemes at Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospital to help the NHS trust to achieve its carbon reduction targets and guarantee that Cheltenham General and Gloucestershire Royal Hospitals are more energy-efficient.

The funds will be spent on sustainability developments and all the works should be completed by the end of this year. These include:

  • Heating-system upgrade and pipe insulation;
  • Solar panels on the trust buildings’ roofs;
  • Installation of a battery storage system for the trust’s electrical distribution network;
  • LED lighting;
  • Metering to monitor energy use;
  • Upgrading the building management system that controls electrical and heating infrastructure at the hospital
  • Installation of a heat pump to create heat from the environment
  •  Installation of energy-efficient fans for the trust’s ventilation system

Keith Hamer, managing director at Gloucestershire Managed Services (GMS) said: “This funding will enable us to make some important environmental upgrades to Gloucestershire’s hospital facilities. GMS helps to manage the estate for one of the largest NHS trusts in the country, and these projects will drive down the carbon footprint and make our operations as environmentally friendly as possible.’’

In December 2019, Gloucestershire Hospitals declared a climate emergency, recognising climate change as one of the biggest threats to public health. It plans to meet the target set for all NHS organisations to be carbon net-zero by 2040. This latest funding was awarded through the Public Sector Decarbonisation Fund managed by Salix Finance to provide government funding to the public sector to reduce carbon emissions and energy bills

The trust said that the projects would go a long way to achieving these goals in Gloucestershire and estimates that over the next seven years it will save the carbon equivalent of 24 football pitches’ worth of trees.

Professor Steve Hams, director of quality and executive lead for sustainability, said: “This is a real boost for our greener NHS agenda. Although Covid has been the focus for the past 10 months, the climate emergency has not stopped and projects like these will help to make our hospital more sustainable for the future.”

Image credit | Donna Gibbs-Shutterstock
Filed in
News
Also filed in
HVAC
Energy management
Energy Management Systems
Solar
Sustainability
Environmental Quality
Healthcare

You might also like...

Share
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Linked in
  • Mail
  • Print

Today's top reads

 

Latest Jobs

Operations Director

Barnsley
Competitive – AfC Band 9 Equivalent
Reference
59401

Head of Facilities

Norwich
Market competitive salary with excellent benefits package
Reference
59397

Deputy Director of Estate Services

Newcastle-under-Lyme
£75,000 per annum
Reference
59396
See all jobs »

 

 

Sign up to our newsletter

News, jobs and updates

Sign up

Subscribe to print

Sign up to receive our bi-monthly magazine

Subscribe
Facilitate magazine cover, June 2020
​
FOLLOW US
@Facilitate_Mag
Facilitate Magazine
Facilitate Magazine
CONTACT US
Contact us
Tel: 020 7880 6200
​

IWFM

About IWFM
Become a member
Qualifications
Events

Information

Privacy Policy
Terms & Conditions
Cookie Policy
Think Green

Get in touch

Contact us
Advertise with us
Subscribe to Facilitate Magazine
Write for Facilitate Magazine

General

IWFM Jobs
Help

© 2023 • www.facilitatemagazine.com and Facilitate Magazine are published by Redactive Media Group. All rights reserved. Reproduction of any part is not allowed without written permission.

Redactive Media Group Ltd, 71-75 Shelton Street, London WC2H 9JQ