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FOI – 2024-000243 Energy Usage In Scottish Hospitals (HTML)

Published on 15 July 2024

Date received – 21 June 2024 | Date responded – 15 July 2024

Request

We were hoping to better understand energy use per hospital / facility – EUI (kWh/m2) across Scotland.

We have pulled together a summary of all the English hospitals (see image below) – which is really useful and hoped to do the same for Scotland and Wales but lack equivalent Estates Return Information Collection (ERIC) data for Scotland we have recently sourced Wales.

See Estates Returns Information Collection - NHS England Digital

Can you please advise?

Response

We have now completed the search of our records and can provide you with the following information:

Under section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act, 2002 (FOISA) an organisation does not have to provide that information if it does not hold it. NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) does not hold the information in relation to the Energy Usage Intensity (EUI) for all Scottish Hospitals and Facilities. What we can provide you with is the EUI data for the NSS Estate only. Please find attached Appendix 1 - NHS NSS EUI data, for this information. You may wish to contact the individual Health Boards using the addresses below for further information:

I trust you will find the information of assistance and if you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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Contact

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NHS National Services Scotland
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Edinburgh
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