Delivering efficiency, quality and sustainability in healthcare
10 messeges from the LCB-Healthcare pilot projects
Buildings account for some 40% of EU CO2 emissions and the healthcare sector (due to its scale and 24/7 operation) is a major source. The LCB-HEALTHCARE project (November 2009 – October 2012) set out to test innovation procurement and carbon reduction methodologies in demonstration pilots in four countries and to create a European Network to enable the spread of best practice in innovation procurement and the adoption of low carbon solutions.
The project consortium comprised national partners from England, Netherlands, Norway and Poland and a pan-European network (the European Health Property Network). It was coordinated by the UK Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) that was leading a pioneering national programme to help the public sector better meet its policy goals through new approaches to procurement of innovative products & services.
This publication is based on the practical experience of the LCB-HEALTHCARE pilot innovation procurement and low carbon projects and on the contributions by members of the LCB-HEALTHCARE network.
