Healthcare facilities save money when staff takes the stairs

Study says England's NHS hospitals could save more than 100 million pounds a year


England's NHS hospitals could save more than £100 million a year by encouraging staff to use the stairs, according to an article on the FM World website.

The savings would be achieved if just 15% of the 350,000 NHS hospital nurses stopped using the elevator, according to a study.

Last September, NHS England's chief executive Simon Stevens repeated calls for hospital CEOs to invest in staff wellness, pointing out that NHS absence costs £2.4 billion a year. 

The research, using the Carbon Trust’s Empower energy savings calculator, shows increased stair use would avoid nearly 25 tonnes of CO2 being produced over five years. 

Read the article.

 

 



February 10, 2016


Topic Area: Energy and Power


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