Topic Carbon, Health
Date 17 Mar 2023
Galliford Try Building North West has successfully handed over the new low carbon Blackpool Ambulance Hub to the North West Ambulance Service (NWAS) NHS Trust.
An official ceremony with representatives from Galliford Try, NWAS and the Lord Lieutenant of Lancashire, Lord Shuttleworth, was held to mark the opening of the new state-of-the-art facility situated at South Shore.
The three-storey station hub building has been designed to help improve response times through rapid refuelling and restocking in a double-height make-ready bay for emergencies, and includes parking, offices, refreshment facilities, training and meeting rooms, and locker and changing facilities.
The hub has a low carbon design, which has been achieved through a review of measures such as the envelope construction to maximise air tightness, the orientation of the building to allow best use of solar gains and the eradication of points in the building where heat is lost, together with air and water source heat generation.
To maximise the low carbon engineering service, low carbon technologies include Air Source Heat Pumps for hot water, LED lighting with smart lighting controls, heat recovery units and a heating and cooling system to redistribute heat.
On-site generation of energy offsets most residual carbon required to run the building by utilising renewable energy technologies and reduces actual running costs of the station for NWAS.
Darren Parker, Managing Director for Galliford Try Building North West, commented: “The Blackpool Ambulance Hub has been a fantastic project for our team to work on, creating a high-quality low-carbon facility that will be of great benefit to ambulance service workers and the wider community for many years to come.”
Daren Mochrie, CEO of NWAS added: “It was an honour to welcome Lord Shuttleworth to officially open the new station which is now back operating in the heart of Blackpool. It was also an opportunity for me personally to thank all those involved in delivering this a ground-breaking project. So much thought has been given to how we can improve the way we deliver emergency and non-emergency care to the Fylde sector, as well as ensuring our staff have the right environment to help them do their jobs."