In little more than a month, the installation of 1522 photovoltaic panels at Pedro Hispano Hospital has already allowed a reduction in the cost of energy and a saving of around 33,288 euros, compared to the usual costs of billing electricity (around 120,000 euros per month)
It is estimated that the reduction in the energy bill can reach values of around 280 thousand euros per year.
Through an advanced monitoring system, the Facilities and Equipment Service (SIE) is monitoring the performance of the photovoltaic plant by the minute, being able to analyze and compare the daily results (production and consumption). Thus, in 32 days it has already been possible to save 30.8 tons of coal and, at the same time, avoid the release of 36.58 tons of CO2 into the atmosphere. That is, the equivalent of planting 49 trees in a single month.
"The Pedro Hispano Hospital thus assumes itself as an example of Good Practice in Public Administration, and in addition to reducing energy costs, it is expected to achieve a production of over 1,000,000 kWh/year, while reducing CO2 emissions by 702 tons/year. Overall, we estimate an annual energy saving of 20% in the current energy bill of the HPH", says Pedro Machado, Energy and Resources manager of the institution.
Assuming that ULSM intends to be a "leader and reference" "among health care providers, also with regard to good environmental sustainability practices, it is already planned to install another 600 photovoltaic panels in the hospital's parking lot, and through the Recovery and Resilience Plan (RRP) this project will also advance in six Family Health Units (FHU) of Aces Matosinhos, where 410 panels will be installed.
The project to install the photovoltaic plant began in 2021, in partnership with a private company of energy services, and the cost of investment for ULSM is assured by the return on production (photovoltaic).
The installation of photovoltaic panels is one of the structural measures of ULSM's Energy Efficiency Plan and of the institutional Carbon Management Plan, presented last year, which foresees an annual reduction of approximately 4.2% in its CO2 emissions by 2030. This document, a pioneer among European health institutions, assumes the ambition and commitment to achieve zero net emissions by 2050, in line with the goal of carbon neutrality.
At the same time, in line with the ULSM's Environmental Sustainability Group, a strategy is outlined that will allow HFH to reduce its carbon footprint, optimize energy use and the consumption of resources and materials, with emphasis on the ongoing project to capture anesthetic gases in the Operating Room, along with the replacement of light bulbs with LED technology and improved management of elevators, among other initiatives.
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