Woodland View Hospital in Irvine, North Ayrshire, Scotland was constructed in 2016 and comprises 206 beds across 13 specialist wards. The hospital is operated 24/7, 365 days a year. In 2022, Woodland View Project Company commissioned an energy audit to address reducing energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions and to achieve net zero carbon emissions.
The audit found that heating and hot water accounted for the largest energy consumption and GHG emissions. The audit found that the energy usage could be reduced by c. 71 per cent, as well as generating 16 per cent of total energy through solar photovoltaic arrays (multiple solar panels electrically wired together to form a much larger PV installation), which could save a further 239 tonnes of emissions per year.
The report recommended using renewable energy, retrofitting existing equipment, and improving building insulation, as well as regular energy audits to assess and optimise energy use. Many of the measures have quick paybacks and therefore saving energy and responding to the climate crisis is also good business.
BBGI is supporting NHS Ayrshire and Arran to implement the NHS Scotland climate emergency and sustainability strategy and realise annual savings in their energy budget by commissioning this energy audit as well as investing £14,000 from the project company’s ESG budget, with support from the FM provider Equans, to implement the quick payback measures identified in the audit. This is expected to save NHS Ayrshire and Arran approximately £78,500 per annum in energy costs and reduce the carbon footprint of the facility by c. 140 tCO2e per annum.
