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Their Pitch Pledge Party-funded project aims to fit energy-saving heat exchangers on 1,000 dialysis machines around the country
The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH) is one of three groups funded by Pitch Pledge Party, a new experiment that connects practical carbon-cutting projects with committed donors. Find out more
Funding received: £4,500
The NHS is the largest organisation in Europe, with 1.3 million employees and yearly carbon emissions topping 22 million tonnes.
This presents some brilliant opportunities to save resources, and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare's project aims to fix up Britain's energy-hungry kidney dialysis machines.
The idea is to help and encourage NHS organisations to fit a tried-and-tested device called a heat exchanger to 1,000 machines across the country, reducing their energy consumption by around 20% and saving nearly 300 tonnes of carbon each year.
Their Pitch Pledge Party funding is paying for a project coordinator to help the Centre's networks deliver and publicise the retrofits.
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Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: six months in
19 Mar 12
Where the magic happens
Back in October, the 10:10 community got together for the Pitch Pledge Party event and helped us kick off our work in kidney units where we retrofit heat exchangers on inefficient dialysis machines.
It's all pretty technical but each upgraded unit uses a hefty 20% less energy.
Spreading the word
Since my last update in December, we've been working with Braun (the company that makes the machines we're upgrading) to track down and get in touch with everyone who owns, one of the inefficient old models. Braun itself also runs a number of units and we are following these up to ensure they're all fitted with the carbon-saving heat exchangers.
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare: one month in
20 Dec 11
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The Centre for Sustainable Healthcare was lucky enough to be awarded funding at 10:10's Pitch Pledge Party event back in October. We got the money for our work in kidney units where we retrofit heat exchangers on inefficient dialysis machines. It's all pretty technical but each upgraded unit uses a hefty 20% less energy.
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2 Dec 11This week, we solve all your Christmas gift headaches in one fell swoop, and share the latest news from Remade in Edinburgh and the Centre for Sustainable Healthcare – two fantastic projects funded by the 10:10 community at Pitch Pledge Party.
Pitch Pledge Party gets a bit out of hand
11 Oct 11
If I'm totally honest, I was always a little sceptical about the 'Party' bit of our Pitch Pledge Party event, which happened at the Guardian offices last night.
The idea was for 10:10ers to pitch their carbon-cutting cutting projects to a roomful of donors, who'd then pledge the funding needed to turn these ideas into reality. This, we hoped, would inspire all present to party hard enough to leave with a smile, but not so hard that we'd have to buy the Guardian a new carpet afterwards.
Pitch Pledge Party profile: Centre for Sustainable Healthcare
16 Sep 11
Centre for Sustainable Healthcare is one of three finalists for Pitch Pledge Party, a new fundraising experiment that connects practical carbon-cutting projects with committed donors. Find out more
Director Rachel Stancliffe will be pitching the project on 10 October
Organisation name: Centre for Sustainable Healthcare (CSH)
Project summary: Help NHS organisations add energy-saving heat exchangers to 1,000 kidney dialysis machines.
Pitching: Rachel Stancliffe (director), Dr Frances Mortimer (clinical director)
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