NHS estate hails renewables, LEDs, and energy efficiency progress

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NHS Property Services, responsible for around 10 per cent of the health service's estate, claims clean tech efforts helped cut CO2 by more than 40,000 tonnes last year

Efforts to decarbonise the UK's National Health Service (NHS) delivered further environmental and financial benefits last year, with a combination of renewable power contracts, LED lighting, and building...

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