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Southampton University Hospital Trust is the latest in a growing number of
meetenvironmental obligations andreduce saving systems havebeen
hospitals and healthcare trusts around the country turning to Ex-Or for
lighting control to help meet environmental obligations and reduce
operatingcosts. installed overthreefloors of
operating costs. Pictured here is one of their reception areas.
Southampton University HospitalTrust is twoblocks atSouthampton
oneoften NHSTrusts across England, General Hospital,controllingopen planoffice controlsystems atLymingtonHospital,
Wales and Scotland set tocut its annual areas, meetingrooms,corridors and patients’ NewForest,andwillsoonbeginan
carbonfootprintby 18 per cent, or12,500 waiting areas. installationofcontrolsystems incorridors and
tonnes ofcarbondioxide emissions,by Lightingin allareas ofanoperatingtheatre stairways at NorthDevonHospital,
joiningthe CarbonTrust’s NHS Carbon suite(apartfrom the operating area itself)is Barnstaple.Ex-Or’s scenesettingand
Managementprogramme.This is alsohelping beingcontrolledby Ex-Orsystems.They dim dimmingsystemhas beeninstalled in
reduce its combined annual energy bill by and switch offthe lights whentheareas are conferencerooms and lecturetheatres of
morethan£3.5million per year. Lighting outofuse.Thesystemalsoswitches the WhittingtonHospital,NorthLondon.
typically comprises 20 per cent ormoreof ventilationsystems on andoffinlinewith Ms CharmianCvek,Ex-Ormarketing
theelectrical load ina hospital building, usagepatterns. manager,said:“Overthe last20years,we
accounting fora significant proportionoftotal Ex-Orlighting controls willalsobeinstalled haveamassed extensiveexperience of
electricity costs. in twopaediatric operatingtheatres inthe lightingcontrolprojects withinthepublic
Fred Rolfe,principal engineerin hospitalas partoftheTrust’s programme to sector.Weareincreasingly seeingvalue for
SouthamptonGeneral Hospital’s estates and upgradeand improve patientwardlighting. money and eliminationofwasteful
capitaldevelopment department.said: Ex-Or’s daylight savingequipmentwilldimthe expendituremovehigheruptheagenda for
“Wewant tocutourcarbon emissions by 18 lighting whenlevels ofnaturallightarehigh, healthserviceadministrators andmorerealise
percentoverthenext five years.We have thus maintaining optimumlightinglevels on thatevery pound savedfrom energy cutbacks
identifiedseveral energy conservation the wards at all times oftheday. canbeputtowards improvingpatientcare.”
schemes that will help us achieve this, Southampton joins a numberofhospitals Ex-Ormanufactures andinstalls a wide
around the country thathaveturnedtoEx-Or range ofsystems whichautomatically control
forenergy efficientlightingcontrols.These lighting.They enable lights todimorbrighten,
include Churchill HospitalinOxfordshire, andswitchonandoff,by monitoringthe
whereEx-Orsystems wereinstalled presence ofoccupants andby measuring the
throughoutits oncology department.Ex-Or amountofnaturallightavailable.
recently completedaninstallationoflighting 01942719229www.ex-or.com
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