NHS Sustainable Development 2013: Delivering a Sustainable Health System

Theme:
Learning from best practice to drive operational efficiencies saving energy and improving environmental performance, whilst enhancing patient experience and comfort.  

Benefits of attending:
Understand common barriers within the NHS estate and how innovations in lighting can overcome them. Learn how an award winning lighting project at Bradford Royal Infirmary has improved patient experience and staff comfort increasing staff engagement.

Summary of content:
Build the business case for improving light quality whilst saving energy, carbon and maintenance costs by seeing where lighting and controls can achieve your estate objectives
1. Brief introduction to Philips Lighting history of innovation for healthcare environments  
2. Reflection on Challenges and Considerations for Lighting in an NHS estate  
3. Bradford Royal Infirmary - how investing in your lighting strategy can deliver substantial improvements to your estate
4. Application mapping and quick wins  
5. Considerations for your Estate how can Lighting & Controls achieve your estate objectives 

Theme:
Meeting carbon reduction targets without capital expenditure; the road to low carbon environments. Learn how Trusts have been benefiting from the guaranteed savings of EsPCs and what future development holds.

Benefits of attending:
In todays financial climate the challenge to achieve a low carbon estate looks daunting. Understand why you need to move from a short term to a longer term focus and how to achieve it. Review the principles of EsPC and procurement options.  Consider the benefits achieved to-date from an award winning project and the future roadmap for successful implementation.

Summary of content:
1. Brief intro to Honeywell
2. Review the carbon management challenge
3. Moving from short term to long term focus
4. Introduction to EsPC and procurement
5. EsPC in action a Trusts view
6. Future development
7. Finance
8. Opportunity for discussion

Theme:
The Mayor of Londons award-winning RE:FIT programme has been designed to help public sector organisations in Greater London achieve substantial guaranteed savings, improve the energy performance of their buildings and reduce their CO2 footprint.

Benefits of attending:
This session will enable you to gain a good understanding of the RE:FIT programme, which guarantees energy savings, is free to access and provides at no cost a dedicated Programme Delivery Unit to support the delivery of projects. You will also find out how RE:FIT has already delivered benefits to the NHS sector and is expanding outside of London.

Summary of content:
1. Programme background
2. How the programme works and its benefits
3. Success to date and example projects
4. Discussion & Q&A

Presented by:
Dimitri Hadjidakis, Director, Turner & Townsend Project Management and the RE:FIT Programme Delivery Unit
Justin Pereira, Assistant Director of Site Development and Facilities, Newham University Hospital, Barts Health NHS Trust

Theme:
Increasing energy efficiency in an existing steam system

Benefits of attending:
To teach an overview of a typical steam system and highlight where new technologies and modernisation can help reduce energy losses, how to fund these improvements, and how to check they do what they say

Summary of content:
1. Government Energy Reduction Targets
2. Steam system Walkthrough
3. Where do these energy losses occur
4. How to fund these improvements
5. Validating the benefits of our energy reduction systems on site

Theme:
Sustaining disposal of sensitive material within the NHS. A Unique perspective.

Benefits of attending:
When an organisation disposes of redundant IT hardware - there are fundamental questions around data security. WEEE does not address data security - so if your organisation has a WEEE contract in place you maybe exposed to data security legislation and monetary fines. Find out about WEEE and ITADs and if your organisation may be exposed in areas you may have assumed are covered. You wouldn`t put your bank statement in a wheelie bin - so don`t put your desktop or laptop PC in a skip!

Summary of content:
1. An Industry first look at on site data destruction and disposal
2. Current NHS trends (actual data)
3. The law and data. How to avoid the NHS crash test dummy scenario

Theme:
An in-depth look at the role of energy performance partnerships in an increasingly cost-conscious health sector.

Summary of content:
1. Find out how energy performance contracts can guarantee savings through the installation of energy reduction measures
2. Understand the funding options available including the use of third parties to reduce capital investment requirements
3. Learn the key components required to make sure a contract meets your objectives

Theme:
Providing the knowledge, understanding and solutions to achieve sustainable efficiencies.

Benefits of attending:
The Master Class will provide attendees with an understanding of how to achieve a sustainable cost effective reduction in water consumption using a tool kit of solutions.

Summary of content:
1. Understanding Water Use Providing an understanding of where and how water is used.
2. Information on Tap Discussion on the benefits of real time consumption information.  
3. Site Assessment - Understanding the benefits of site assessment and how to use the information to achieve real cost effective efficiencies.
4. Whole Life costing The factors that need to be considered and the conflicts that exist.
5. Managing Change Turning Initiatives in to sustainable change.

Theme:
How Spirax Sarco can help steam users meet their energy consumption targets, reducing energy costs and CO2 consumption.

Benefits of attending:
Gaining insight into how users can:
1. Meet carbon reduction targets
2. Reduce energy costs
3. Combat Legionella risks
4. Reduce life cycle costs
5. Reduce day-to-day maintenance
6. Obtain capital via our Spirax Rental Scheme

Theme:
The Shell Master Class will reveal how the NHS can reduce its carbon footprint by improving the fuel efficiency of its fleet of vehicles.

Benefits of attending:
Delegates will learn tangible steps for improving the fuel efficiency of their fleet, which can be easily implemented following the session.

Summary of content:
1. The session will provide delegates with a series of simple steps for improving the fuel efficiency of their fleet and, in doing so, reducing their carbon footprint and expenditure on fuel.
2. Content will range from improving driver behaviour and weight management to vehicle maintenance and fuel and lubricant selection.
3. The session will conclude with a Q&A.  
4. A flyer detailing quick wins for improving fuel efficiency will be handed out at the end of the session, for ease of reference in the future.

Theme:
Energy efficiency explained from a financial, commercial and structural point of view.

Benefits of attending:
1. Understand the key drivers for improving energy efficiency
2. Understand the financial mechanisms of how an EPC contract works
3. Appreciate the benefits and risks of entering into an EPC contract

Summary of content:
1. We examine the intricacies of Energy Performance Contracting including:
2. Off balance sheet structures
3. Improving bottom line OpEx without additional CapEx
4. What makes a bankable deal

Summary of content:
Following the announcement of the plan for a paperless NHS by 2018, what role can managed print services play in the reduction of paper and printing costs across the health service? Tracey Rawling Church of Kyocera Document Solutions outlines the principles of managed print and looks at some of the ways it can both aid productivity and reduce costs. The session will cover best-practice examples, consider the role managed print could play in a transition to a fully paperless system and explore some of the potential barriers that might be encountered.

Theme:
There is huge scope to improve the quality and sustainability of the accommodation across the whole NHS.  While all NHS Trusts and partners are committed to sustainability, energy efficiency is not just about achieving carbon reduction targets it is also about making the places where people work and live more attractive, comfortable and fit for purpose.

Benefits of attending:
Delegates will learn about the strategies and techniques that have been implemented and tested with success in other sectors.  The returns on investment will be reflected in reduced energy consumption and the transformation of the working conditions of people in formerly wastefully-heated and under-insulated premises.  The presentation looks ahead to what might be on offer for nurses accommodation and other lower paid NHS workers from energy companies under the new Energy Company Obligation (ECO).

Aims/ Objectives:
To outline the options available for installing insulation in both new and existing buildings drawing on actual examples and success stories from the public and private sectors.  To outline strategies that estate managers can take to optimise energy usage, reduce costs and make NHS buildings more attractive and comfortable for workers and patients. 

Theme:
The healthcare industry, and more specifically the NHS, is faced with uncertain times amongst further predictions of change. Shared challenges for healthcare providers and waste services companies include managing compliance, going green and reducing costs.

Overview:
Within these changes, the requirements to sustainably manage healthcare waste are higher than ever. However, where does managing waste start and what valuable contributions can waste producers make? This master class will look at how correct waste management methods can result in environmental sustainability and subsequent cost savings. Using smarter ways to manage healthcare waste can also contribute to energy recovery, and effectively close the loop.

The future of waste management must not just concentrate on safe solutions, but also on solutions that result in sustainability. However, with current incineration and alternative treatment technologies over 25 years old, is it time for a rethink and what does the future hold?

A summary of the content:
1. Where does managing healthcare waste start?
2. How can waste producers make a difference?
3. What are the current technologies available?
4. How can waste producers benefit from smarter waste management?
5. What does the future of waste management hold and can it become a sustainable one?