St. Helier Hospital

Sutton, London, United Kingdom

An air quality assessment for a new hospital plant

St. Helier Hospital provides the London borough of Sutton with a full range of hospital services including a 24-hour emergency department.

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St Helier Hospital Wikimedia Credit Simon From London United Kingdom
St. Hellier Hospital. Source: Wikimedia. Credit Simon from London, United Kingdom.

Services provided

  • The Challenge

    Our client required the preparation of an air quality assessment of the impacts associated with a new plant for the heating system at St. Helier Hospital.

  • Our Approach

    As part of this project, our team of experts:

    • Undertook a detailed assessment of the operational impacts associated with heating system equipment, including boilers and steam generators.
    • Employed ADMS-Roads dispersion modelling software to predict the contribution of NO2 at local receptors on air quality, the main pollutant of concern for point-source gas-fired combustion sources.
    • Analyzed the effects of low-NOX boilers and the new CHP on on-site NOX emissions to reveal air quality impacts at on- and off-site receptors.

  • The Outcome

    Our assessment incorporated embedded mitigation within the energy plant scheme by ensuring a minimum flue stack height to minimise impacts on local air quality at ground level.