low carbon, low energy

Keeping the Campus’ Carbon footprint down

Making the Campus as environmentally friendly as possible is a key task for the stakeholders, and as such, great consideration has been given to making the new hospital and associated buildings low carbon and low energy users.

Indeed, all facilities within the Campus are being set the target of exceeding the current “excellent” ratings for each of the building use types identified:

• New hospital; NEAT excellent plus 27% improvement on energy consumption from NHS target
• Homes; ECOHomes excellent rating
• Business Units; BREEAM excellent rating

The use of a Combined Heat and Power plant will contribute significantly to carbon dioxide emission reductions for the Campus given the enhanced fuel efficiency which can be achieved.

The stakeholders have also worked with the Waste and Resources Action Programme (WRAP) to ensure that high-recycled content materials are used within the new facilities wherever possible. The stakeholders have also committed to maximising the reuse within the Campus, of materials from the demolition and excavation to construct the Campus.