Healthy Returns by 2020: health and social care carbon and cost benefit curve

Welcome to the online tool for carbon and cost saving for the NHS, public health and social care system. Savings presented here have been calculated for the health and care sector in England using existing case studies and research evidence with an assumption of moderate implementation in five years.

Please note: This resource is intended to provide an overview of carbon and cost reduction opportunities, as well as a framework within which users can develop their own analysis. The figures are derived from specific case studies and as such will not be equally applicable for every organisation. Developing local business cases will require local technical and economic assessments. This tool identifies the potential opportunities, interventions to investigate and scale of savings and is not a substitute for the usual financial analysis required to assemble a case for investment.

National carbon and cost benefit curve

The national carbon and cost benefit curve presents the potential for savings in the NHS, public health and social care sector showing a range of interventions and investments. Savings are shown for the health and care sector in England assuming moderate implementation in five years.

National organisation type carbon and cost benefit curve

The national organisation type carbon and cost benefit curve shows the interventions for a specific type of organisation. Savings are shown assuming a moderate implementation in five years for the organisations of this type in England.

Your carbon and cost benefit curve

This interactive tool is to support organisation planning for carbon and cost savings available. Average organisation size is used by default or you can enter your own data for planning. You can also add data for other interventions specific to your organisation to see the information alongside existing interventions.

SDU

We support the NHS, public health and social care to embed and promote the three elements of sustainable development - environmental, social and financial.

The Unit is jointly funded by, and accountable to, NHS England and Public Health England to ensure that the health and care system fulfils its potential as a leading sustainable and low carbon service.

www.sduhealth.org.uk

EEVS

EEVS is the UK’s leading provider of performance assurance, analysis and information services in relation to energy efficiency. As well as working with clients to develop performance governance and management strategies for larger schemes, since 2011 EEVS has evaluated the performance of over 400 individual energy and carbon saving investments to the global good practice standard, IPMVP.

www.eevs.co.uk

Puffin Digital

Puffin Digital is a UK based provider of supply chain sustainability software to the Health sector.

We have a decade of experience designing and managing systems to anlyse, measure and reduce a range of social and environmental impacts of organisations just like yours.

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