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So many of the external doors on the corridors throughout the hospital seem to always be open- meaning the corridors are cold and unpleasant for patients, staff and visitors and we lose loads of heat and energy to the outdoors!

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The best approach is to address the main utilities with the high grade heating and cooling loads of Mega Watts.
Cooling for process and space HVAC;
Look at the options of introducing modern wet cooling towers using triple redundancy dosing and filtration for anti-legionnella prevention.
Hitched to modern variable speed driven absorption based chillers this combination could reduce the whole site energy requirements from 45% to 65%. These use less than 85% of traditional air cooled chiller solutions.
A consideration could be use of large scale cold water cooling storage buffer tanks, but unless real estate can become available this is not practical, but it could be erected over existing areas such as car parks.
Heating;
The next phase is support enhanced use of heat recovery from the the existing Central Heat & Power plant.
HVAC:
With upgrades and replacement of heating ventilating air handling systems, adopt a RBHT engineered specification based on low energy filtration, enhanced re-circulation systems and smart adiabatic controlled systems.
Potentially there is annual multi-million revenue savings,l but it requires and huge leap in large scale engineered solutions to global issues.
A good step initially would be to employ and energy consultant to start the plan and target the savings.

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Pharmacy to stop printing out loads of paper to reconcile medication!

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Pharmacy to stop printing out loads of paper to reconcile medication!

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Could we think of a way within pharmacy department to stop these unnecessary printouts? Can they get iPads/laptops/anything else to reduce this waste of paper?

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Let's recycle the single use masks/FFP3 - single-use face masks are made from polypropylene plastic which may take up to 450 years to completely decompose if not recycled. Northumbria Healthcare installed a special recycling machine that melts the masks down into plastic blocks that then can be used to make chairs/kidney trays/bins/other containers. Installing a machine could be costly but maybe just finding an appropriate waste collector would be enough? And it is so easy to recycle those if bins are put in appropriate places.

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Sustainability newsletter a couple of times per year for staff

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Sustainability newsletter a couple of times per year for staff

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 Sustainability Day? With fruit smoothie bikes for staff to get involved 

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 Sustainability Day? With fruit smoothie bikes for staff to get involved 

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 Analyse all purchasing data to identify top 100 plastic items and apply a waste hierarchy approach to the top 100 list to identify and roll out projects

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 Analyse all purchasing data to identify top 100 plastic items and apply a waste hierarchy approach to the top 100 list to identify and roll out projects

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Can we use lighting controls to reduce lighting in areas that do not need to be fully lit. For instance, passive infrared sensors, photoelectric/ dimming controls and zonal switching

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Can we use lighting controls to reduce lighting in areas that do not need to be fully lit. For instance, passive infrared sensors, photoelectric/ dimming controls and zonal switching

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Can we recycle inhalers with the GlaxoSmith 'Complete the Cycle' campaign?

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Can we recycle inhalers with the GlaxoSmith 'Complete the Cycle' campaign?

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many computers are 24hours turned on when they could potentially be turned off, especially at night where staff numbers go down and pc stations of those who work "office hours" (e.g. ward doctors, therapist team and so on).
d/w I.T. and explore possibility of setting (some/all) machines in a way in which could save electricity e.g. to automatically go into suspension mode or turn off after a certain time, especially pc stations -who are known to be used by staff Mon-Fri 8-17

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make recycling bins more accessible and add more of them where possible.
place recycling bins close to where we know recycle waste is produces e.g. treatment room, store rooms.
I daily witness black bins full of recyclable waste

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Hand washing paper towels, upgrade to single dispensing paper towels

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Hand washing paper towels, upgrade to single dispensing paper towels

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All day everyday, we get through hundreds+thousands of paper towels for hand hygiene. The Trust could upgrade the paper towel dispensers to single towel dispensing to save on wastage and help the environment

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Let's try to stop printing out documents and properly Go Digital.

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The disposable masks are ending up everywhere!  They seem to be an addition to the litter we hated before pandemic!

Has it been investigated whether there is an antibicrobial mask that staff can safely use that is washable/reusable?

If we could cut the waste from disposable masks, that would be amazing!

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All the polystyrene now used in the canteen should we invest in a recycled carboard?

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All the polystyrene now used in the canteen should we invest in a recycled carboard?

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food recycling bins in kitchens to reduce waste going to landfill

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food recycling bins in kitchens to reduce waste going to landfill

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Stop using plastic cutlery and plastic cups

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Stop using plastic cutlery and plastic cups

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Multi-disciplinary clinics - less travel

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Multi-disciplinary clinics - less travel

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As discussed at the 17th Nov 2021 meeting of South Reading Patient Voice - multi-disciplinary clinics could mean fewer patient journeys - a good saving all round.

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A small reduction for bringing own reusable cup to cafes for drinks - not always possible to have a cup for each cafe and more water dispensers for all to refill drinks bottle eventually stopping shops on site selling bottled water

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A small reduction for bringing own reusable cup to cafes for drinks - not always possible to have a cup for each cafe and more water dispensers for all to refill drinks bottle eventually stopping shops on site selling bottled water

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Reading Hydro have access to grants in the future for organisations who are trying to lower their footprint. should be fyi

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Reading Hydro have access to grants in the future for organisations who are trying to lower their footprint. should be fyi

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Can we recycle food waste in each department. I am at Prince's House and we don't have anything

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Can we recycle food waste in each department. I am at Prince's House and we don't have anything

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Fairtrade products throughout the Trust including Coffee/Tea etc.

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Fairtrade products throughout the Trust including Coffee/Tea etc.

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Go paperless for appointment / clinic letters

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Go paperless for appointment / clinic letters

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I'm not sure whether this is already a "thing" or not, but perhaps we could offer patients the option to go paperless, the same way that banks and utility companies give you the option. It wouldn't work for every patient but for those who regularly use their emails etc it might help with reducing the amount of printing, paper and postage that we use.

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Cafe and restaurants offering small discount for bringing your own containers/cutlery etc

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Cafe and restaurants offering small discount for bringing your own containers/cutlery etc

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I see so many staff buying food on site which is served in plastic takeaway boxes with plastic cutlery. It might be helpful to offer staff a small discount to encourage people to bring in their own tupperware and reusable cutlery rather than using single use boxes

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Encouraging staff to work from home unless it is vital that they attend in-person. It would help with keeping traffic off the roads, help out with the parking issue on-site and reduce the amount that staff buy food from the restaurant/cafes resulting in less single-use plastic from takeaway containers.

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So many wires and devices are constantly plugged in and switched on when they are never actually used. It would also help with clutter.

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Not achievable for now but perhaps in future estates work a Royal Berks charity shop on-site would be good. Fast fashion/consumer items (toys etc.) have a massive impact on the environment. This will offer a place for staff/patients to bring items for charity which RBC can sell to raise funds for the hospital.

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Can we source reusable PPE to (a) reduce waste and (b) stop our reliance on suppliers who may run out of stock (like in the early days of COVID).
If these are not commercially available can we design & make & sell our own ? - e.g. working with local suppliers or the University

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Education how to be more environmental friendly outside of work as well

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Education how to be more environmental friendly outside of work as well

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The more awareness with give each other on how to be more eco-friendly in our whole lives will hopefully help make people more conscious and this attitude will be brought into the Trust

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Encourage F2F meetings when safe to-do / switching off camera on Teams call if suitable

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Encourage F2F meetings when safe to-do / switching off camera on Teams call if suitable

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Interesting article on the BBC about the impact video calls are having on the environment and how simply switching your camera off can make a huge reduction in your carbon footprint.

Of course, this won't work all the time but an idea.

Six easy ways to be environmentally friendly - For Families - The Regenerators - BBC Bitesize - BBC Bitesize

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Glass bottles of milk are a more sustainable option when it comes to buying the white stuff, with the rinse and return policy enabling the bottles to be used over and over again. In 2019, 70,000 new customers in the UK signed up to have their milk delivered, highlighting an eco-friendly revival of sorts. A true piece of Future Nostalgia, as Dua Lipa would say.

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Six easy ways to be environmentally friendly

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Glass bottles of milk are a more sustainable option when it comes to buying the white stuff, with the rinse and return policy enabling the bottles to be used over and over again. In 2019, 70,000 new customers in the UK signed up to have their milk delivered, highlighting an eco-friendly revival of sorts.

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Find more local suppliers/producers for applicable products to save on transportation impact on the environment.

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More environmental friendly food options available

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More environmental friendly food options available

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Our food choices have a huge impact on the environment especially meat (beef/lamb) perhaps we could increase the vegetarian / vegan options and reduce the red meat choices available in the various food outlets? This still caterers for most food needs/choices but more environmentally friendly overall.

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Better heating systems. Our heating systems across the Trust are so inefficient and don't keep up with seasonal changes

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Better heating systems. Our heating systems across the Trust are so inefficient and don't keep up with seasonal changes

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Put pressure on healthcare at home type delivery companies to accept electronic prescriptions, instead of requiring paper

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Put pressure on healthcare at home type delivery companies to accept electronic prescriptions, instead of requiring paper

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Can we swap the plastic aprons (of which loads get wasted as they rip coming out of dispensers) for a reusable alternative?

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Can we swap the plastic aprons (of which loads get wasted as they rip coming out of dispensers) for a reusable alternative?

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Can we have recycling of plastics eg milk cartons in staff areas?

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Can we have recycling of plastics eg milk cartons in staff areas?

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Can we use sheets in between patients in outpatients instead of single use blue paper roll?

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Can we use sheets in between patients in outpatients instead of single use blue paper roll?

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Can we have reusable trays in outpatients for drawing up drugs etc instead of disposable?

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Can we have reusable trays in outpatients for drawing up drugs etc instead of disposable?

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Could we have solar panels to help produce some of the Trust's energy?

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Could we have solar panels to help produce some of the Trust's energy?

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Can we look at lighting especially in non-clinical areas so that when colleagues are not around lights automatically switch off but with movement will switch back on saving energy and money

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we need to look at medication waste. To many tablets are wasted due to overstock. we need to start think about single doses prepared by pharmacy to control waste.

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we need to look at medication waste. To many tablets are wasted due to overstock. we need to start think about single doses prepared by pharmacy to control waste.

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Could we stop giving out layards without people asking for them? I worked from home during the pandemic and when I got back to work I had 3 new lanyards in my desk that I do not need. Obviously some people may need new lanyards but could this be done on request instead?

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Can we have food waste bins in the staff kitchen areas? Food that ends up in landfill adds large amounts of methane to the atmosphere: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/food-waste

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Can we have food waste bins in the staff kitchen areas? Food that ends up in landfill adds large amounts of methane to the atmosphere: https://friendsoftheearth.uk/food-waste

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Solving the problem of food waste | Friends of the Earth

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Find out the facts about food waste, and what you can do about it.