Client Belfast Health and Social Care Trust (BHSCT)
Location Belfast, UK
Value £2.8m
Evaluating how Belfast's south-western hospital could meet carbon reduction targets using waste heat and a modern thermal system
About the project
IN2 were initially commissioned to provide an in-depth analysis of the energy usage on the Musgrave Park Hospital site. The site's thermal demand was met largely by large steam boilers which had exceeded their useful life expectancy.
IN2 analysed the current energy usage profiles for all buildings on the Musgrave Park Hospital site and identified the benefits of an on-site energy generation strategy to help the Trust meet the carbon reduction targets identified in their Carbon Management Plan (CMP).
IN2 confirmed that significant operational savings could be achieved through replacing the entire steam network with a modern thermal system with increased system efficiencies and lower operating temperatures. The enhanced benefit of “De-steaming” the hospital site and lowering the system operating temperature is that it becomes feasible to thermally integrate a CHP plant.
The challenge was to install a new LTHW boiler plant whilst keeping the steam plant operational and maintaining heat to the live hospital environment with minimal disruptions to operations. IN2 developed an innovative strategy for capturing waste heat from the boiler flues and exporting this heat to the adjacent swimming pool in the Trust’s rehabilitation centre. The rehab centre benefited from a source of cost-effective heat. The Trust benefited from the CCL exemption as a benefit of achieving CHPQA.
IN2 identified a strategy for energy reduction and successfully delivered the solution for on-site energy generation. IN2’s financial predictions including payback analysis and Whole Life Cycle costing were realised by the Trust.
