Werneth Primary Care Centre – The Low Carbon Way
Werneth Primary Care Centre is the latest new health facility which is being developed by Community 1st Oldham in partnership with NHS Oldham. The new centre will open doors in winter 2011 and will be providing services to around 20,000 patients. The four-storey centre is located on Featherstall Road South, next to the A62 junction.
Community 1st Oldham is committed to using green energy solutions for their buildings in order to minimise impact on the environment and to reduce building’s carbon footprint.
Green Technologies at Werneth Primary Care Centre
The new Werneth Primary Care Centre has been fitted with an innovative combined heat and power (CHP) generating system, which will run on sustainable bio-fuel.
For the first time a Community 1st building in Oldham will have a second renewable technology installed –air-source heat pumps, which provides heat energy for the underfloor heating system.
In order to ensure further reductions in carbon, energy and cost through the whole life cycle of the building, all materials for Werneth Health Centre have been selected to minimize the environmental impact. All timber used in the Centre is from verified legal sources. All building envelope materials (walls, roof, flooring) achieve thermal insulation values (U-values) that are a minimum of 25% better than those required by Building Regulations.
Reducing Oldham’s Carbon Footprint
The generating system for Werneth Primary Care Centre is supplied by Green2Go (www.green2go.org.uk), a sustainable energy and carbon management consultancy based locally. The system is powered by a 100% sustainable bio-fuel manufactured from waste used cooking oil which could otherwise have ended up blocking drains or as expensive land fill.
Community 1st Oldham follows the leadership and guidance of our sustainability consultant bluesky environmental (http://www.blueskyinspired.co.uk/) and help us and our partners to integrate key sustainability objectives in our new developments.
