By Edel Wyse, Board Member, Carbon and Energy Fund When I reflect on where the public sector energy market is heading, I always come back to one word: collaboration. This is not a market that succeeds in isolation. It requires public bodies, contractors, funders and advisers to work together with transparency and discipline. From my...
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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.
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.
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
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).
Target savings for Dublin’s Mater Misericordiae University Hospital following the first year of operations have yielded an additional €44k of savings.
The Carbon and Energy Fund has appointed Veolia to deliver a £27million contract to cut carbon and energy costs for Eastbourne District General Hospital.
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.
Young engineers from North Lanarkshire school triumph in national engineering challenge final.
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.
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!
In June 2019, government passed legislation committing it to achieving ‘net zero’ greenhouse gas emissions by 2050.
Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust (NUH) has been successful in securing nearly £25m of grant funding as part of the Public Sector Decarbonisation Scheme.
The Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) will again be attending Healthcare Estates at Manchester Central on 9th and 10th October.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Hospital Times recently ran a spotlight feature on the award winning CEF energy project at Oxford University Hospital scheme.
The Carbon and Energy Fund were once again in attendance at this year’s IHEEM Conference.
CEF are delighted to announce the first edition publication of “Implementing Energy Strategies in Healthcare Estates. A Best Practice Guide to the Model Hospital”
The CEF is pleased to announce that Peter Sellars is to take up the position of Chair of Trustees.
Richard Howe MBE and Martyn Jeffery have both decided to leave their role as Trustees of CEF.
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.
The most recent CEF Newsletter is about helping Trusts achieve in the Lord Carter Challenge and our partnership with the New NHS Alliance.
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.
Below is the link to the OJEU Notice for the New Irish Framework being launched by CEF.
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.
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.
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.
Three Liverpool hospitals receive new Investor Ready Energy Efficiency™ certification, £100 million to be deployed across EU, UK.
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.
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.
The refurbished energy centre at Bridlington Hospital was officially opened on NHS Sustainability Day, 24th March.
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.
2015 has proved to have been an extremely busy year for the CEF.
Warrington and Halton Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust energy project case study.
A new energy centre for Ninewells Hospital at no cost to the NHS. Use the link below to read about this innovative energy project.
Oxford AHSN's September Newsletter highlights the collaboration between them and the CEF.
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.
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
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.
We are pleased to announce that the Oxford AHSN and the CEF have entered into a formal collaboration.
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.
The new Framework and the Tranche 5 projects were officially launched on 22nd July in the magnificent surroundings of Manchester Town Hall.
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.
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.
