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The right tools for the job: Will the NHS reach net zero?

David Newell, director of health at Gemserv, explores the NHS’s challenging ‘net zero’ carbon emissions targets and what these mean for suppliers a...

London’s health service goes green

NHS trusts across the capital reduce use of harmful gases by 20% as they commit to carbon net-zero targets

Veolia to deliver £27m carbon and energy reduction scheme at Eastbourne hospital

Project is one of the first to take a whole-building approach using wide-ranging energy upgrades to target carbon savings of 4,129 tonnes

Keeping the lights on: Overcoming the electrical challenges in healthcare

Paul Armstrong, UK sales director at Schneider Electric, looks at how, through retrofitting systems to analyse asset and power health, healthcare f...

Plans submitted for UK’s most-sustainable hospital

ACORN consortium submits plans for new Velindre Cancer Centre

Plans for £16m surgical hub unveiled

Designs submitted for new standalone facility at Hereford Hospital

Carbon cuts save trust £10m

Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust reduces carbon footprint by 39% in 10 years

Special report: Designing a new model for children's hospitals

BBH speaks to the team behind the design of the new Cambridge Children's Hospital, a project which is setting a benchmark for the future of paediat...

Community diagnostic centres ‘may struggle to reduce the NHS backlog’

New report from The King’s Fund warns staff and skills shortages, and the location of centres, may prevent the outcomes the Government has promised

Case study: NHS Exeter Nightingale Hospital - the future is flexible

BBH speaks to Andrew Rolf, project director at Arup, about how the team built the NHS Exeter Nightingale Hospital at the height of the COVID-19 pan...

When hospital buildings aren’t healthy

Andrew Cooper, managing director of Smartlouvre Technology, reveals how the very-latest in solar shading solutions could help hospitals create the...

Comment: Changes to embedded benefits - what could this mean for the healthcare sector

Andrew Morris, power originator at Gazprom Energy, explores the implications to the healthcare sector of the decision, by Ofgem, to review charging...

Why joining up health and social care is crucial to digital transformation

BBH speaks to Alex Nash and Martin Lowthian of Access HSC about why local authorities and the NHS need to pool their digital resources to meet the...

Comment: Getting to net zero in life sciences

Richard Coxon, sales director for life sciences at Dassault Systèmes, looks at how the life sciences sector can get to net-zero carbon emissions th...

NHS trusts face increase of up to £2m a year in energy costs

We explore how innovation in technology can help the NHS to address rising energy costs and keep on track with carbon reduction efforts

Comment: A smart start for smart hospitals

Gary Thompson, UK sales director for Siemens industries and markets at Siemens Financial Services (SFS), explores the application of smart building...