Hospital completes carbon emission project

Solar panels and heat pumps will help the hospital reduce its carbon emissions

A hospital predicts it will save 1,200 tonnes of carbon every year after completing an energy efficiency project.

Horton General Hospital in Banbury, Oxfordshire, has improved insulation and installed heat pumps and solar panels as part of a number of improvements.

The upgrades are part of Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust's (OUH) £6.5m project to reduce its carbon footprint and deliver financial savings.

Jeenash Mistry, head of estates and facilities at OUH, said: "The investment is integral to the trust’s commitment to becoming net zero by 2040.”

Horton General Hospital has installed solar panels, heat pumps and control panels

Mr Mistry explained the project was “a huge achievement” which involved getting the job finished on time and “with minimum disruption to patients”.

He said: "The majority of the work was done behind the scenes in the boiler rooms and electric sub-stations, areas most staff, patients and visitors never see but they are already feeling the difference with more efficient heating and improved controls.”