Exploring Pathways for Decarbonising and Improving Resilience of NHS Healthcare Facilities in England

探索英国 NHS 医疗机构脱碳和提高弹性的途径

• 批准号: 2866540
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: University College London
• 依托单位国家: 英国
• 项目类别: Studentship
• 财政年份: 2023
• 资助国家: 英国
• 起止时间: 2023 至 无数据
• 项目状态: 未结题
• 来源: https://gtr.ukri.org/projects?ref=studentship-2866540
• 关键词: Exploring; Pathways; Decarbonising; Improving; Resilience

This project will research energy performance of existing healthcare facilities and explore challenges and opportunities for decarbonising healthcare facilities of the NHS. Firstly, understanding operational energy performance and key determinants of energy use based on high-resolution data can lead to identifying opportunities for reducing demand for energy. Secondly, improved understanding of the relationships between key parameters and energy use can facilitate exploration of the impact of future energy and climate scenarios.In 2020, the NHS committed to achieve net-zero carbon by reducing CO2 emissions from across England. Estates and facilities, which accounted for approximately 15% direct emissions (from energy, waste and staff travel) and a significant amount of indirect emissions (from construction, goods and services and outsourced F provision), were highlighted as having significant opportunities for reductions in emissions by improving energy efficiency of the existing estate. Whilst improving energy efficiency plays an important role in reducing operational energy use and associated CO2 emissions, achieving net-zero carbon requires on and off-site low and zero carbon technologies to further reduce CO2 emissions before any off-setting mechanisms are considered.In addition to energy efficiency, an aspect of the transition that should be taken into consideration is the resilience of the energy system, the balance between on and off-site generation e.g. from solar and wind, that the NHS estates and facilities will need to achieve in order to make a smooth transition. In addition to the foreseen impacts climate change, the soaring fuel prices [due to the events unravelling in Eastern Europe] have also highlighted the importance of moving towards a flexible system that can cope with future scenarios that could mitigate future risks whilst achieving the desired net zero carbon outcome.

该项目将研究现有医疗设施的能源性能，并探索NHS医疗设施脱碳的挑战和机遇。首先，根据高分辨率数据了解能源使用的运作绩效和关键决定因素，可以确定减少能源需求的机会。其次，更好地了解关键参数和能源使用之间的关系可以促进对未来能源和气候情景影响的探索。2020年，NHS承诺通过减少英格兰各地的二氧化碳排放来实现净零碳。房地产和设施约占直接排放量的15%（来自能源、废物和员工差旅）和大量间接排放量（来自建筑、商品和服务以及外包F供应），被强调为通过提高现有房地产的能源效率来减少排放的重要机会。虽然提高能源效率在减少运营能源使用和相关二氧化碳排放方面发挥着重要作用，但实现净零碳需要在考虑任何抵消机制之前采用现场和场外低碳和零碳技术，以进一步减少二氧化碳排放。除了能源效率外，转型过程中应考虑的一个方面是能源系统的复原力，NHS房地产和设施需要实现现场发电和非现场发电（例如太阳能和风能）之间的平衡，以便顺利过渡。除了可预见的气候变化影响外，燃料价格飙升（由于东欧事件的发生）也凸显了转向灵活系统的重要性，该系统可以科普未来的情景，从而可以减轻未来的风险，同时实现理想的净零碳结果。