{"id":9549,"date":"2022-07-25T12:05:19","date_gmt":"2022-07-25T02:05:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/?p=8098"},"modified":"2022-10-27T15:26:47","modified_gmt":"2022-10-27T05:26:47","slug":"community-become-renewable-energy-powerhouse","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/extranet\/newsletters\/coh-express\/community-become-renewable-energy-powerhouse","title":{"rendered":"Community to become a renewable energy powerhouse"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"fusion-fullwidth fullwidth-box fusion-builder-row-1 fusion-flex-container nonhundred-percent-fullwidth non-hundred-percent-height-scrolling\" style=\"--awb-border-radius-top-left:0px;--awb-border-radius-top-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-right:0px;--awb-border-radius-bottom-left:0px;--awb-flex-wrap:wrap;\" ><div class=\"fusion-builder-row fusion-row fusion-flex-align-items-flex-start fusion-flex-content-wrap\" style=\"max-width:1352px;margin-left: calc(-4% \/ 2 );margin-right: calc(-4% \/ 2 );\"><div class=\"fusion-layout-column fusion_builder_column fusion-builder-column-0 fusion_builder_column_1_1 1_1 fusion-flex-column\" style=\"--awb-bg-size:cover;--awb-width-large:100%;--awb-margin-top-large:0px;--awb-spacing-right-large:1.92%;--awb-margin-bottom-large:20px;--awb-spacing-left-large:1.92%;--awb-width-medium:100%;--awb-order-medium:0;--awb-spacing-right-medium:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-medium:1.92%;--awb-width-small:100%;--awb-order-small:0;--awb-spacing-right-small:1.92%;--awb-spacing-left-small:1.92%;\"><div class=\"fusion-column-wrapper fusion-column-has-shadow fusion-flex-justify-content-flex-start fusion-content-layout-column\"><div class=\"fusion-text fusion-text-1\"><h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-8097 lazyload\" data-src=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/staff-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/25\/2022\/07\/coh-express-0722-solar.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 600px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 600\/400;\" \/>Community and Oral Health (COH) is anticipated to become the lead directorate in Metro North Health (MN) for renewable solar energy.<\/h4>\n<p>Green Metro North and Infrastructure Planning and Capital Projects Project Officer Drew Button said COH would be the initial beneficiary of Metro North Health\u2019s commitment to improve sustainability and reduce emissions with renewable solar energy installed at many of its facilities.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cRenewable energy such as solar photovoltaics (PV) is crucial to reducing our carbon footprint and increasing the climate change resilience of our facilities,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQueensland Health (QH) contributes around 50 per cent of the state government\u2019s total generated CO2 emissions \u2013 with MN being the largest Hospital and Health Service (HHS) and biggest contributor.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs a result, MN has made a commitment to become a leader in sustainability in healthcare and renewables, such as solar PV, which are key to delivering energy and emission reductions.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In the coming year, following an open tender process, MN is aiming to install solar PV systems at seven COH sites (and Kilcoy Hospital):<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Nundah Community Health Centre<\/li>\n<li>Pine Rivers Community Health Centre<\/li>\n<li>Aspley Community Health Centre<\/li>\n<li>North West Community Health Centre<\/li>\n<li>Halwyn Centre<\/li>\n<li>North Lakes Health Precinct<\/li>\n<li>19th Avenue Brighton.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Drew said it was estimated that MN savings would be one million+ kWh and over 823 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually, with significant reduction in COH energy bills.<\/p>\n<p>The solar upgrade will be funded from the QH Emission Reduction Fund that was set up in response to the QH Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction Plan \u2013 10-year plan (2020-2030).<\/p>\n<p>Drew said solar PV integration was a vital focus area in MNH\u2019s Sustainable Design Guidelines and was also identified in the <a href=\"https:\/\/metronorth.health.qld.gov.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/04\/green-mn-sustainability-strategy-21-26.pdf\">Green Metro North &#8211; Sustainability Strategy&nbsp;2021-2026<\/a>, where energy was one of the six key focus areas.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThese pillars also include waste, water, transport, food and procurement,\u201d he said. \u201cThe introduction of solar PV also aligns with MN Sustainable Design Guidelines that states solar PV is to be maximised throughout our buildings and facilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The renewable energy upgrades will contribute to the efforts needed to combat climate change, increase energy security and improve the sustainability of the MN healthcare system.<\/p>\n<\/div><div class=\"fusion-separator fusion-full-width-sep\" style=\"align-self: center;margin-left: auto;margin-right: auto;margin-top:10px;width:100%;\"><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Community and Oral Health (COH) is anticipated to become the lead directorate in Metro North Health (MN) for renewable solar energy. Green Metro North and Infrastructure Planning and Capital Projects Project Officer Drew Button said COH would be the initial beneficiary of Metro North Health\u2019s commitment to improve sustainability and reduce emissions with renewable solar energy installed at many of its facilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":27,"featured_media":10288,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_searchwp_excluded":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[174],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9549","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-coh-express"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.2 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Community to become a renewable energy powerhouse - Staff Extranet<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"noindex, follow\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Community to become a renewable energy powerhouse - Staff Extranet\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Community and Oral Health (COH) is anticipated to become the lead directorate in Metro North Health (MN) for renewable solar energy. 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