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Semple & McKillop claimed a prize for their work for St Lukes Hospital, Armagh at the all-island Sustainable Energy (SEAI) Awards held in Dublin. The Awards highlight excellence in business energy management and this year included entries from over 100 organisations across the island.

The ‘Leading Energy Efficiency Project Award’ was secured for the decentralisation of the heating system at St Luke’s Hospital. This project is on target for a 40% reduction in annual running costs and a 45% reduction in carbon dioxide omissions. The judges commented on the project as being ‘… a good innovation in a modular approach and very replicable’.

Accepting the award, Mark Kelso, Engineering Manager, Semple & McKillop commented: ‘We are delighted with this latest achievement. This award demonstrates our technical ability and excellence in delivering sustainable energy efficient solutions. We would like to acknowledge the support and leadership demonstrated by the client in taking forward this successful project’.

In total, projects entered to the Awards this year demonstrated energy savings of €14 million, with an additional €18 million in projected cost savings identified. Semple & McKillop have accumulated considerable experience in large scale energy reduction projects in the health, education and the private sector, with St Luke’s Hospital, Armagh being our most recent commission.