National Health Executive
Summary
The boilers at the Oxford University Hospitals NHS FT’s Churchill and John Radcliffe (JR) hospitals dated back to 1963 and 1973. They were unreliable, polluting, inefficient, costly to maintain, and they drained resources. In addition, patient care was often interrupted because the heating or cooling had broken down. However, replacements had to be futureproofed and flexible to meet the trust’s anticipated needs well into the future.
The trust was advised by the Carbon and Energy Fund (CEF) and went to tender for a combined heat and power (CHP) generator solution with a financial model that did not use our capital funds.
The chosen company’s proposal for a CHP at the JR and an energy link between the JR and Churchill hospitals was selected because it provided the most adaptable solution and best financial model. We pay for this £14.8m project from savings guaranteed by the bidder and, if the savings are not met, the firm pays the difference.
Then and now
The project involved a number of changes, including new boilers at both hospitals; a 4.5MWe CHP at the JR to provide Churchill Hospital with 24/7 electricity, running power at the JR, and heating and hot water at both sites; a 2.2km underground Energy Link that connects the two hospitals to transfer electricity, hot water, and communications around both sites in a continuous loop; more than 6,400 updated light fittings; and new £2.5m chiller equipment to replace JR’s 1970s chilling plant.
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