Both technologies will work together to improve energy efficiency. They are being supplied by Ener-G as part of the eco-friendly design brief set by Interserve. Capita Symonds is providing building-services engineering and BREEAM consultancy.
This new hospital will include inpatient and outpatient facilities, X-ray and ultra-sound, day rehabilitation and therapies, palliative care and visiting mammography and MRI scanners. A minor injuries unit will transfer from the existing hospital, offering increased capacity.
The ground-source system involves 25 boreholes and two heat pumps with a combined heating/cooling capacity of 125 kW. The CHP unit has a reciprocating gas engine with an electrical output of 33 kW and a useful thermal output of 55 kW for the building and the ground loop for the heat pump.
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Keywords: Heat pump, Ener-G, Renewable energy, CHP, GHSP
