Thursday 8th December 2022
SUSTAINABILITY
Steps that we have taken so far this year include:
Replacing inefficient equipment: The business continues to review and replace aging / inefficient high energy systems such as air conditioning systems and chiller units. Not only does this reduces power consumption, it also has reduced chargeable call outs to repair older systems and eliminated refrigerant gases with higher global warming potential (GWP), such as R404A and R134a.
LED Lighting: LED lighting has now been installed, throughout, in most facilities. The programme of exchanging all remaining T8 Fluorescent lights for LED’s continued across the remaining facilities in FY22.
Cold Storage: An assessment of cold storage was undertaken on the Rotherham site and as a result a large walk-in freezer was retired and replaced with two chest freezers. The use of these smaller units is far more efficient than operating the large walk-in unit which was designed to handle a much larger capacity of samples than currently stored on site.
Automatic Lighting
Passive Infrared Sensors (PIRs): PIRs have been installed across all facilities to rationalise the use of lighting in low traffic routes and seldom visited locations. Areas where PIRs have been installed include, walk-in cold stores, walk-in incubators, changing rooms, toilets, stairwells, and corridors.
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