comissioning a new green hospital

Submitted 1 year 7 months ago by Tim Martin.

Imagine your NHS trsut had been given the go ahead to spend £350 million on a new hospital. Where could you go to learn the best practice for this hospital. Are there hospitals anywhere in the world that are carbon zero?

Appreciate any thoughts

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Barts is a pretty good case example

Submitted by Kathleen Leedha... on Thu, 2019-10-24 16:02

Barts is a pretty good case example. They are also building a new hospital wing out at Whipps Cross - the sustainability plans there might be worth viewing.

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/sustainability

This is a handy infographic that shows all the measures they put in place to reduce its carbon footprint (or rather triple bottom line).

https://www.bartshealth.nhs.uk/download.cfm?doc=docm93jijm4n662.pdf&ver=929

Not carbon neutral, but they're taking their targets seriously and aiming for 80% reduction by 2050. Impressive inclusion of primary prevention as a strategy.

a future carbon zero hospital

Submitted by Tim Martin on Mon, 2019-10-28 10:47

Dear everyone, thanks for your comments and the links. The 80% reduction of CO2 emissions by 2050 target isnt in line with the IPCC targets, especially given how much of our CO2 we've exported overseas. Not sure if this is counted in the figures used . Does anyone know?

True - I can't see how they

Submitted by Kathleen Leedha... on Mon, 2019-10-28 11:37

True - I can't see how they have calculated their absolute value for their carbon footprint. IMHO the only way to approach carbon neutrality is not a hospital-based model, instead a massive investment in preventative and recovery-based primary care delivered via a network of relatively low-tech local clinics. Not helped by electioneering promises to build new hospitals and order new scanners.

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