Case Study: Electric Fleet Charging for NHS Trusts

Electric fleet charging for NHS Trusts

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Stepping Hill Hospital services people from Stockport and the High Peak. The project transformed an area of the hospital near the laundry into a large EV parking/charging facility for use by the Stockport NHS Trust Estate’s internal vehicles.

Project Outline:

Stockport NHS Trust is committed to achieving a carbon-neutral status by 2040. Our brief was to create EV charge points in dedicated parking bays for use by the Stockport NHS Trust Estate’s internal vehicles.

Project Process:

During meetings with the client, we considered all options to use the available power supply and designed a solution to supply up to twenty-four charge points.

We also considered the traffic flow in the proposed charging bay area and that part of the hospital grounds, the design needed to accommodate the movement and charging of both cars, small, large, and long-backed vans.

We demonstrated how we could design the power load through a ‘back-office’ system, enabling effective vehicle charging within the allotted time schedules required.

The available power is distributed automatically and dynamically between the charge units using dynamic load balancing, enabling the EV charge units to utilise all available electrical capacity from the building.

All connected Fleet vehicles can be charged simultaneously or via a schedule.

EV Chargers for Fleet Solutions:

We chose to use charging units manufactured by EO because of their durability and track record in delivering a charging solution tailored for fleet operations. 

We created a secure charging network only available for approved vehicles within the fleet; the back-office suite monitors all usage consumption with detailed reporting.