Sustainable Building Awards 2017

BUILD / Sustainable Building Awards 2017 21 Contact: James Carrick Contact Email: [email protected] Address: Hyde Park House, Cartwright Street, Hyde, Cheshire, SK14 4EH, UK Phone: 01457 337320 Website: www.nicorna.co.uk instrumental in bringing LED light fittings to all lifecycle and modernisation projects at the Trust to replace current standard fluorescent lighting. A small step but important all the same.” Regarding sustainability and the challenges in healthcare, James comments on how the firm would like to see greater investment in the UK’s energy infrastructure to move more towards sustainable energy production. “One of the biggest challenges in healthcare with regards to sustainability is bringing alternative energy sources to mainstream facilities due to the current small generation capacities to serve such energy hungry facilities. Nicorna would like to see greater investment in the UK’s energy infrastructure to move more towards sustainable energy production such as solar (PV), wind, heat source pumps and natural ventilation systems to increase the capacity nationally. To have a whole hospital off grid is the utopia and would make considerable g savings to struggling healthcare organisations with major deficits and cost saving requirements as well as protecting the planet from pollution and greenhouse gases for future generations.” Moving forward, the company feels there will be a significant shift to more innovative solutions. Nicorna must adapt to ensure facilities can make use of existing infrastructure, rather than demolishing and constructing new facilities. James notes how there has already been developments regarding more specialist equipment in operating theatre equipment. “With regards to healthcare in general in the future we feel there will be a significant shift to more innovative solutions and what is currently regarded as cutting-edge solutions such as hybrid and intraoperative operating theatres and combination radiology techniques will become the norm. “This will require careful planning to ensure these facilities can make use of the existing infrastructure rather than demolishing and constructing new facilities by enabling flexibility within and innovative ways to reduce the energy consumption of equipment. We have seen evidence of this already with the advancement of more efficient specialist equipment especially with regards to radiology and operating theatre equipment.”