Upgrading Strategies For Hospitals

(Golden Jubilee Hospital)

Contents

Homepage

BOSCAAR

General Hospitals

The Golden Jubilee Hospital

SWOT Analysis

SBEM Model

ESP-r Model

Financial Analysis

Future Strategies

The Group

Acknowledgements

BOSCAAR

Background

The NHS have set targets for their hospitals to reduce their energy usage and carbon emmisions as part of targets set by the government. These targets mean that all NHS hospitals should be aiming to reduce their carbon emmisions via a selection of methods. This project will investigate two potential options that can be employeed to reduce the energy consumed within hospitals. These options will be investigated using a case study and modelling techniques to demonstrate their effectiveness.

The Golden Jubilee Hospital was selected as a case study for a variety of reasons. The most significant of which is that the hospital has both deep plan sections as well as shallow plan sections to the building. This allows the hospital to be an ideal case study due to the fact that both of these building types can be investigated using a single case study. This is important as previous investigation has shown that this is a key factor in determining how much energy a hospital consumes.

The Golden Jubilee Hospital was originally a private hospital built for an American company, as a result of this it has some very American features. The most notable of which is a large amount of air conditioning which negatively affects its performance in the National Review each year.

It is of interest to note that The Beardmore Hotel which is part of the complex has plans to install a CHP system. For this reason it is of interest to investigate the CHP systems potential within the main building of the hospital

Objective

• Initial feasibility investigation into the 4 options put forward by the project manager
• Detailed investigation into the most feasible option/s
• Produce suggested course of action to be implemented
Make the project value for money

Scope

• Reduction in overall energy usage from a combination of the Hospital and the adjacent Hotel in terms of both or either heating and hot water
• No requirement to reduce any specific are of heating & hot water for the buildings � just an overall reduction to be made by the proposed solution.
• Only the options initial suggested require any investigation � no other renewable sources are required to be investigated.

Constraints

• Time
• Project to be completed in academic calendar
• Different Time Tables
• Co-operation
• Lack of Detailed Data
• Project Location

Approach

• Project Plan
• DMAIC
• Definition - What technologies to consider
• Measure - Current Demand / Literature Review
• Analyse - Technology best suited to hospital
• Improvements - Decisions and Reasons
• Conclusion - Review Project
• Presentations throughout to update progress
• Website produced to report findings

Assumptions

• Data will be available regarding the hospitals energy requirements
• Suitable case studies available
• All members of the team will work towards the common goal with similar effort

Risks

• Difficulty in producing website - Begin Early
• Group does not work as a unit - Regular Meetings
• Preferred option by facility manager is not preferred option by group - Communication
• Lack of Data - Case Studies
• Choice of right technology - Initial Technology Review

Renewable Energy Systems & The Environment

Group Project

It is the hope of the Energy Systems and Environment project team that the information contained in this website will contribute to the relevant field. Please feel free to use any of the findings presented to further your own study, making due acknowledgement where appropriate.