Queensland Health adapts and extends sustainable practices in its culture, its strategy and practices. The practices are reinforced throughout by high level involvement and the principles for sustainability and improved performance. The principles extend towards issues of social and political agenda and the expectation that the department will work towards their environmental impact.
The Carbon Management Unit is committed to:
The Strategic Energy Efficiency Policy has set a target to reduce energy consumption by five per cent by 2010 and a 20 per cent reduction by 2015.
The Carbon Management Unit are preparing the Qld Health energy management plan to support the policy. The policy was approved by Cabinet in December 2007 as part of the government's commitment to meet the national greenhouse gas emissions reduction target of 60 per cent by 2050. It is estimated that achieving the 2015 all-of-government target would cost $150 million over the next eight years, but would deliver annual outgoing savings of $18 million.
Specific actions to be looked at under the policy were mandatory set points for air-conditioning levels, mandatory switching off of non-essential computers and other equipment outside normal office hours, and minimum energy rating standards. The policy aims to ensure energy is used efficiently in government buildings and greenhouse gas emissions are minimised.
The CMU will develop and implement a management plan for Queensland Health and carry out ongoing recording and monitoring of energy consumption. Energy consumption figures for 2005-2006 will be used as the comparative baseline and will calculated as net reductions across Queensland Health's building portfolio.
Education and training programs will be introduced to change staff behavioural and usage patterns, and a central register will be maintained to record energy consumption and greenhouse emision levels.
The policy forms an important step towards implementing the Carbon Reduction Strategy which mandates that all government-owned buildings will be carbon neutral by 2020.
The Carbon Management Unit is also involved in saving the department money through its energy purchasing practices. It aggregates the purchase of energy for Queensland Health to obtain competitive pricing on the contestable market, and analyses the tariffs on franchise sites to identify the best tariffs.
Bundaberg Hospital
Cairns Hospital
Eventide/Jacana/Ashworth
Gladstone Hospital
Fraser Coast - Hervey Bay Hospital, Maryborough Hospital
Herston Complex - Water Project
Ipswich Hospital
Logan Hospital
Mackay Hospital
Nambour Hospital
Redcliffe and Caboolture Hospitals
Rockhampton Hospital
Royal Brisbane - RBH East Block, RBH West Block, Block 7
Royal Children's Hospital
Scientific Services
Southern Downs - Warwick, Texas, Inglewood, Millmerran, Stanthorpe, Goondiwindi Hospitals
Toowoomba and Baillie Henderson Hospital
The Prince Charles Hospital
Townsville Hospital
| Patrick Maguire | Manager, CMU |
| 323 40075 | patrick_maguire@health.qld.gov.au |
| Linda Gava | Principal Eco-Efficiency Advisor |
| 323 40073 | linda_gava@health.qld.gov.au |
| Clare Mitchell | Senior Project Officer |
| 323 40071 | clare_mitchell@health.qld.gov.au |
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Trina Maguire |
Project Officer |
| 323 90871 | trina_maguire@health.qld.gov.au |
Climate change is the greatest challenge to Australia's future prosperity, but today we have the potential to lead the world, building a clean economy and a better future for our kids.
Only together can we make the difference - what are you doing at home and work to 'kick the habit' towards a low carbon economy??
Qld Health through the Carbon Management Unit have been implementing energy efficiencies into our hospitals since 2004
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