In order to construct a new hospital at Whipps Cross a significant number of existing buildings have to be cleared. Two of the structures to be demolished house the IT department and the boiler house which supplies heat to the whole hospital, both of which are essential to the hospital’s operation and entail complex interconnections with existing infrastructure. The Energy Centre provides new permanent accommodation for these facilities. The aim of the project is not only to solve a short term functional requirement, but also to form a benchmark for the quality of design, construction and engineering expected of the redevelopment.

The system has been designed to become a Combined Heat and Power (CHP) plant through the addition of gas powered turbines, with waste heat from the turbines being recovered to increase boiler efficiency.

client
Whipps Cross University Hospital NHS Trust

value £12M

completed 2005