Latest Updates - CEF
18/03/2024
Framework 05

Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital is set to open its new solar farm at a former landfill site in April 2024

A solar farm which will power Wolverhampton’s New Cross Hospital for three quarters of the year is set to be up and running this spring.

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18/03/2024
Framework 05

CEF appoints F P Hurley to deliver a £9million contract to cut carbon and energy costs for Warwick Hospital

We’re pleased to announce that F P Hurley has been awarded a major decarbonisation project at Warwick Hospital with on-site works starting December 2023.

22/09/2023
Framework 05

CEF enables Nottingham University Hospitals to partner with E.ON to deliver on its net zero ambitions

New Queen’s Medical Centre heating and cooling system expected to cut CO2 emissions by around 10,000 tonnes a year– the equivalent of taking more than 2,200 cars off the road

22/09/2023
Framework 05

Bridlington Hospital receives £4.7m of grant funding

York and Scarborough Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust received £4.7m of grant funding as part of the government’s Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme (PSDS).

09/03/2023
Framework 05

Mater Misericordiae University Hospital

Target savings for Dublin’s Mater Misericordiae University Hospital following the first year of operations have yielded an additional €44k of savings.

28/02/2023
Framework 05

Eastbourne District General Hospital

The Carbon and Energy Fund has appointed Veolia to deliver a £27million contract to cut carbon and energy costs for Eastbourne District General Hospital.

03/10/2022
Framework 05

Framework 5

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Trust (COCH) and the Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) are pleased to announce the release of their latest Framework.

03/08/2022
Talks & Events

North Lanarkshire school triumph in national engineering challenge final

Young engineers from North Lanarkshire school triumph in national engineering challenge final.

21/07/2022
Framework 04

Sun to help generate clean green energy at Wolverhampton hospital

More than 15,000 electricity generating solar panels are being installed at a new city solar farm to help power the whole of New Cross Hospital and save 1,450 tonnes of carbon a year.

01/10/2021
Talks & Events

IET Faraday Challenge: Bringing engineering to life for young people

Bringing engineering to life in the classroom so that it opens up a whole new world of career choices is a challenge that our profession needs to address!

21/06/2021
Talks & Events

NetZero Government presents Public Sector Sustainability

In June 2019, government passed legislation committing it to achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.

19/03/2021
Framework 02

Nottingham University Hospitals Trust secures £25 million funding for its City Hospital Energy Project

Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has been successful in securing nearly £25m of grant funding as part of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.

28/06/2018
Framework 04

Healthcare Estates 2018

The Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) will again be attending Healthcare Estates at Manchester Central on 9th and 10th October.

21/05/2018
Framework 02

£200m of Capital Available for Energy Projects & Backlog Maintenance

The Countess of Chester Hospital NHS Foundation Trust (COCH) and the Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) are pleased to announce the release of their latest Framework. CEF Frameworks have already procured over £250m of projects that are in the process of delivering gross savings of £50m plus and 245,000 tonnes of CO2 per annum.

04/05/2018
Framework 02

NHS Tayside – Collaboration of the Year – H&V News Awards 2018

At the H&V News Awards held at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London on 19th April, the CEF project at NHS Tayside received the award for Collaboration of the Year for both Vital Energi and NHS Tayside. Congratulations to them both.

04/05/2018
Framework 02

NHS Grampian – Retrofit Project of the Year – H&V News Awards 2018

At the H&V News Awards Evening held on 19th April 2018 at Grosvenor House Hotel, Park Lane, London, the CEF project at NHS Grampian received the award for Retrofit Project of the Year for the successful bidder on the project, Vital Energi.

23/02/2018
Framework 02

Incredible Team Effort At Gloucestershire Royal Hospital!

The CEF project with Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust got off to a flying start with the majority of the major plant items being delivered in a single day.

22/02/2018
Framework 02

Best Practice Guide – CPD Certified

We are delighted to announce that the Best Practice Guide issued in November 2017 has now been confirmed as certified literature conforming to continuing professional development principles.

24/01/2018
Framework 02

Energy Centre saves £230,000 in first month

The new Energy Centre at Oxford's John Radcliffe Hospital reduced the Trust's overall spending on energy bills by over £230,000 in its first full month of operation compared with the same month last year.

09/01/2018
Framework 02

HT Spotlight on Award Winning Oxford Energy Project

Hospital Times recently ran a spotlight feature on the award winning CEF energy project at Oxford University Hospital scheme.

12/10/2017
Framework 02

IHEEM Conference 2017, Manchester Central

The Carbon and Energy Fund were once again in attendance at this year’s IHEEM Conference.

09/10/2017
Framework 02

Implementing Energy Strategies in Healthcare Estates. A Best Practice Guide to the Model Hospital

CEF are delighted to announce the first edition publication of “Implementing Energy Strategies in Healthcare Estates. A Best Practice Guide to the Model Hospital”

25/07/2017
Framework 03

New Chair of Trustees

The CEF is pleased to announce that Peter Sellars is to take up the position of Chair of Trustees.

25/07/2017
Framework 03

Retirement of Trustees

Richard Howe MBE and Martyn Jeffery have both decided to leave their role as Trustees of CEF.

14/06/2017
Framework 02

Harrogate opens New Energy Centre

Over the last 18 months Harrogate’s Estates team and Imtech’s Engineering Services team have been working within the Carbon Energy Fund (CEF) framework to identify, design and install numerous improvements to the mechanical and electrical systems across the hospital.

14/02/2017
Framework 03

February 2017 Newsletter

The most recent CEF Newsletter is about helping Trusts achieve in the Lord Carter Challenge and our partnership with the New NHS Alliance.

07/02/2017
Framework 02

NHS Grampian lead the way!

Work began this week to link the Royal Cornhill Hospital and Aberdeen Royal Infirmary at the Foresterhill Health Campus to share a single energy source and reduce the Boards carbon emissions.

31/01/2017
Framework 02

OJEU Notice

Below is the link to the OJEU Notice for the New Irish Framework being launched by CEF.

12/12/2016
Framework 02

The CEF joins the New NHS Alliance

As a trusted and proven provider of more than 40 energy infrastructure projects to NHS Trusts, the CEF are delighted to become part of the New NHS Alliance - a values-led movement of people and organisations committed to building a sustainable, community-based health service.

07/12/2016
Framework 03

CEF awarded ICP Credentialed Quality Assurance Provider

The CEF is delighted to confirm that it is an ICP Credentialed Quality Assurance Provider and it is greatly looking forward to bringing ICP Europe Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ projects to market in the near future.

07/12/2016
Framework 03

NHS Tayside nears Completion

The CEF project at NHS Tayside is nearing its completion and Ninewells Hospital, Dundee recently took delivery of its CHP engine and back up boilers as part of c£15m energy project procured through the CEF Framework.

07/07/2016
Framework 02

Liverpool Project awarded Investor Ready Certification

Three Liverpool hospitals receive new Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ certification, £100 million to be deployed across EU, UK.

30/06/2016
Framework 02

Securing Healthy Returns

The CEF recently contributed to the NHS Sustainable Development Unit's Securing Healthy Returns Report and the CEF schemes at both Rampton Hospital and York Teaching Hospital are cited as exemplar case studies.

28/06/2016
Framework 02

Oxford University Hospitals Energy Project

Created by the Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust for the benefit of their staff and stakeholders, this video shows how the trustees and managers recognised the need to upgrade their outdated energy infrastructure.

07/04/2016
Framework 02

Bridlington Hospital Energy Centre

The refurbished energy centre at Bridlington Hospital was officially opened on NHS Sustainability Day, 24th March.

02/02/2016
Framework 03

£300m of funding for District Heating Network schemes

The Government’s Spending Review has announced £300m in funding to support up to 200 heat networks across the country, opening the door to £2 billion of infrastructure investments in UK cities. These heat networks will generate enough heat to support the equivalent of over 400,000 homes and leverage up to £2 billion of private capital investment.

28/01/2016
Framework 02

A busy 2015

2015 has proved to have been an extremely busy year for the CEF.

21/01/2016
Framework 02

Warrington and Halton – A Collaborative Project from Start to Finish

Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust energy project case study.

21/12/2015
Framework 02

New energy centre will lead to greener hospital at no cost to the NHS

A new energy centre for Ninewells Hospital at no cost to the NHS. Use the link below to read about this innovative energy project.

10/12/2015
Framework 03

Oxford AHSN Sustainability Drive

Oxford AHSN's September Newsletter highlights the collaboration between them and the CEF.

25/11/2015
Framework 03

Generating Savings through Heat and Power

The news that seven acute hospitals made zero carbon at zero cost to the NHS, is just one success story showing that it has been a busy year for the Carbon and Energy Fund.

15/10/2015
Framework 02

NHS carbon footprint declines!

Seven acute hospitals made zero carbon at zero cost to the NHS, largest TDA approved scheme in the NHS and proving that Trusts with PFI can install their own CHP. It’s been a busy year for the CEF

07/09/2015
Framework 03

Healthcare Estates 2015

The Carbon and Energy Fund is delighted to be taking part in the Healthcare Estates Conference and Exhibition 2015 on 20th & 21st October at Manchester Central.

11/08/2015
Framework 02

Oxford Academic Health Science Network

We are pleased to announce that the Oxford AHSN and the CEF have entered into a formal collaboration.

04/08/2015
Framework 02

From Truro to Dundee

July has proved to be a busy month for CEF with two projects reaching contract close, two Trusts appointing Preferred Bidders and the first project under Framework 3 being launched.

30/07/2015
Framework 03

Framework 3 – Launched in Manchester

The new Framework and the Tranche 5 projects were officially launched on 22nd July in the magnificent surroundings of Manchester Town Hall.

16/03/2015
Framework 02

CEF 2015 – A New Year, New Beginnings

The Carbon and Energy Fund is delighted to announce a great start to 2015 with having recently reached Practical Completion on Rampton Hospital (Nottinghamshire Health) and Wirral University Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust.

16/03/2015
Framework 02

CEF’s Farewell To 2014

The CEF ended 2014 on a great note, with many great achievements in saving millions of pounds and protecting the planet with our carbon savings.