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Introduction to Sustainability at Barnsley Hospital Barnsley Hospital is a small acute Trust with a big ambition to become truly sustainable. We are fully committed to sustainability and reducing our carbon footprint through our Estates Strategy, Board-approved Sustainable Development Management and Action Plans’ (SDMP & SDAP). Since 2011 when we published our first SDMP, sustainability has been at the heart of everything we do. We have been making good progress against the objectives we set…

In 2008 when our two hospital sites merged onto the new RDH site, hospital parking became a challenge. With car parking problems overshadowing the otherwise positive new hospital experience, a tremendous effort was put into developing innovative ways to encourage alternative transport use through the Trust’s Travel Plan. The Trust’s planning obligations for the RDH and Manor Car Park required us to achieve a single occupancy vehicle (SOV) target of 48% by 2012. Despite endless…

Introduction: Kent Police and Essex Police are committed to providing a rationalised and efficient estate that supports the current and future needs of operational policing, as well as providing value for money, improving energy efficiency and reducing carbon emissions. In Essex, a sizeable project has been undertaken to completely refurbish the dilapidated Southend-on-Sea Police Station. The original 1960s building has been totally refurbished and refitted, and work is on schedule for the old 22-cell custody…