WORK is nearing completion on a new energy efficient boiler plant at Warrington Hospital which will significantly reduce the hospital’s carbon footprint.
The hospital is going “green” after completing work replacing an old, energy inefficient steam raising boiler plant, with new modern medium temperature water boilers.
Three new natural gas/gas oil fired low pressure hot water (LPHW) boilers are now providing heating and hot water throughout large parts of the hospital.
The hospital Trust is committed to energy conservation and improving the environment. The replacement LPHW boiler plant will operate at an efficiency of around 82 per cent or more.
As a comparison many older domestic central heating and hot water boilers operate at an efficiency of between only 50-60 per cent.
Design calculations show the new plant will reduce the Trust’s gas use by over 4,125,000 kWh per annum. This will mean a reduction of more than 750 tonnes of carbon emissions per year.
This in turn will equate to an annual saving of more than £100,000 on energy costs carbon allowances at current energy prices.
Specialist services manager Marcus Summers whose role includes energy management said:
“The replacement system will have the advantage of benefiting from recent improvements in boiler technology and the associated improvements in boiler operating efficiencies. This will result in reductions in both carbon emissions and energy costs.
“The project is engineering infrastructure based and so for a vast majority of staff, patients and visitors, the initial difference will be difficult to see.
“The new plant will continue to provide hot water and heating to the areas that it serves – however ‘behind the scenes’ this will be carried out by a much more energy efficient process.”
