Healthcare accounts for approximately 4-5% of total UK carbon emissions, poses a significant challenge in the context of climate change. Within this sector, the NHS in England alone shoulders a substantial burden, contributing to a staggering 40% of the public sector's emissions.
Nevertheless, technology emerges as a promising ally in addressing this environmental emergency. It offers innovative solutions that can push the NHS towards greater sustainability.
Join us for this 1-hour FREE event that will bring together businesses with innovative technologies as they discuss how they can assist the NHS towards their Net Zero targets.
We will also hear from healthcare professionals, who will share their stories on how technology is helping them to reduce their environmental impact.
SPEAKER ANNOUNCEMENT
Tim Evans, Founder and CEO, 3ti
Talk Title - Smart Grids in Healthcare
3ti is the UK’s leading designer, funder, installer and operator of Solar Car Parks (SCPs). 3ti has a unique three technology (“3t”) approach to generating renewable energy from car parks, rooftops and under-utilised land.
By integrating local mains electricity with solar power, Battery Energy Storage Systems (BESS) and EV charge points, 3ti provides secure, consistent, clean solar energy for businesses whilst simultaneously providing low carbon, fast EV charging infrastructure for employees, suppliers, customers and the general public
Alex Drew, Sustainability Director, Servita
Servita has been supporting the NHS on its digital journey for several years, bringing with them a new perspective on how problems can be addressed with innovative solutions, and making sure that the latest technology available on the market is being applied so they can operate as efficiently as possible.
Servita were recently awarded “Sustainable Software of the Year, 2023” for designing and building the Patient Care Aggregator, a solution that has been celebrated by Greener NHS for using stateless, sustainable architecture to dynamically query trust data and enable new functionality in the NHS App.
Since the launch of the Patient Care Aggregator, Servita have worked closely with the Greener NHS to calculate and understand the wider environmental benefits and impacts of digital services. The study has now engaged 13 Trusts and 4 Patient Engagement Platform portals with the aim of driving further awareness of the environmental benefits that digital transformations enable.
This collaboration has been recognised across government offices via the Sustainable Transformation and Reporting (STAR) committee and has led to Servita being awarded “Supplier of the Year” at this years’ Sustainability Awards.
Pete Waddingham (AIEMA), NetZero Lead – Health Innovation Network
Pete Waddingham, NetZero Lead, Health Innovation Network Pete Waddingham is the National Net Zero Lead for The Health Innovation Network; an organisation established by NHS England to spread innovation at scale - improving health and generating economic growth. He has worked for the Network for the last 5 years on topics such as Cardiovascular Disease, Cancer and workforce training and helping innovators access the NHS. Prior to this Pete worked as an Operation Manager at the Yorkshire Wildlife Trust. He has ten years’ experience of working within the NHS as a Commissioning Manager and numerous years working within Local Government, and during his career has always tried to blend innovation, creative thinking with an understanding of the need to tackle climate change.