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Legislative Assembly for the ACT: 1997 Week 9 Hansard (4 September) . . Page.. 3073 ..
In relation to the replacement of the existing 3 steam boilers at The Canberra Hospital with 8 boilers as part of the decentralised hot water project -
(1) Could you provide the cost benefit analysis, including any environmental impact assessment, that was undertaken to justify this project.
(2) What is the timetable for the installation of the new boilers.
(3) What was the gas fuel consumption per month of the existing 3 boilers over the year before the commencement of replacement works.
(4) What is the current monthly gas consumption of the new boiler system since the installation of the new boilers commenced.
(5) What is the expected monthly gas consumption of the new 8 boilers once fully installed.
(6) What was (a) the monthly gas consumption of The Canberra Hospital as a whole over the 96/97 year, and (b) what is the breakdown of the main components of this gas consumption.
(7) As part of the redevelopment project in The Canberra Hospital:
(a) what other heating systems have been or will be replaced;
(b) what new heating systems have been or will be installed; and
(c) what is the justification for these works.
Mrs Carnell - the answer to the Members question is:
(1) The decentralised hot water project was included in the 1996/97 Capital Works Program at an approved project cost of $1,710,000. Investment in this project is estimated to deliver a positive net present value of $2.3M after ten years, or the equivalent of a 26% return on the investment. The project was not subject to a formal environmental impact assessment. The project will however deliver significant operating cost savings to the hospital, at the same time reducing the hospital's gas consumption and thereby reducing the level of greenhouse gases generated by the hospital.
(2) The decentralised hot water project commenced in early 1997 and is due for completion by January 1998. Under the current program the new boilers will be installed and operational by December 1997.
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