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Summary
Heat networks are a perfect fit for healthcare estates as the NHS looks for efficient strategies to achieve net zero goals, says Leigh Carter and Benjamin Smith of Turner & Townsend
NHS England has outlined its ambition to become the world’s first net zero national health service but questions still remain as to how trusts can achieve their targets.
Decarbonisation deadlines are looming and despite the progress that has been made across the NHS, healthcare executives must start looking to new and more efficient strategies to help meet these goals.
Heat networks (HNs) can be part of this solution. HNs supply heat from a central source to individual properties via a network of underground pipes carrying hot water.
Their design means that they offer low-cost, low-carbon heating options by capturing or generating heat locally, distributing it through a network and connecting multiple buildings. This often lends itself to public sector estates, such as schools, campuses and hospitals as they are able to provide critical mass for a network to become feasible.
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