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

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，了解基于高分辨率数据的运营能源绩效和能源使用的关键决定因素可以帮助确定减少能源需求的机会。其次，提高对关键参数与能源使用之间关系的理解，有助于探索未来能源和气候情景的影响。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排放。屋苑和设施的直接排放量（来自能源、废物和员工差旅）约占15%，间接排放量（来自建筑、货物和服务以及外包F供应）占相当大的比例。报告强调，通过提高现有屋苑的能源效率，它们有很大的机会减少排放。虽然提高能源效率在减少运营能源使用和相关的二氧化碳排放方面发挥着重要作用，但在考虑任何抵消机制之前，实现净零碳需要现场和非现场低碳和零碳技术来进一步减少二氧化碳排放。除了能源效率之外，转型的另一个方面应该考虑的是能源系统的弹性，即现场和非现场发电之间的平衡，例如太阳能和风能，NHS庄园和设施需要实现平稳过渡。除了可预见的气候变化影响外，燃料价格的飙升（由于东欧发生的事件）也突出了转向灵活系统的重要性，这种系统可以应对未来的情况，既可以减轻未来的风险，又可以实现预期的净零碳结果。

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.