What we are doing to improve

The Victorian Health Building Authority (VHBA) supports hospitals to save energy and water. Saving energy and water benefits the environment and reduces costs.

For new buildings, VHBA's sustainability guidelines set a NABERS 5-star design target and minimum standards. They also allocate a proportion of the budget for sustainability. Sustainability initiatives supported include:

• building airtightness
• building controls
• solar power
• water-efficient fixtures
• water capture and reuse.

In existing hospitals, VHBA is investing $40 million in energy efficiency and solar. To date, VHBA investment has delivered some $1.2 million annual savings and avoided around 5,500 tonnes of greenhouse gases. The program has also supported energy audits at 43 health services, with initiatives being implemented.

Leading the way in sustainability

The Victorian Government has committed to net zero by 2045. Public buildings play a large part in this. By publishing ratings, we are transparent about the environmental performance of public hospitals. The ratings are also an incentive to improve performance over time.

In 2022-23, Victorian public hospitals spent $170 million on energy and water. An improvement of 1 per cent could deliver $1.7 million in savings and free up funding for other things.

The rating mirrors the efforts of VHBA's energy efficiency and solar program. Providing health services with solar improves their energy ratings. It also helps them reach their sustainability goals.

Read more about Victoria's NABERS Public Hospitals ratings for 2022-23.

You can learn more about our environmental initiatives on our dedicated environmental sustainability page.

The construction site is a hive of activity, with more than 450 workers on site each day.

Work has now started to pour the ninth floor of the main tower and the installation of internal services has started on the lower levels.

Frankston Hospital staff are already able to enjoy some of the benefits of the redevelopment, with teams moving into new administrative spaces which were upgraded as part of the emergency department refurbishment and expansion. These works will now focus on construction of a new emergency short stay unit and a new emergency department entrance.

Construction progress:

• level eight of the main tower structure completed and level nine underway
• internal structural works and services installation underway in basement, level one, level two, and level three (main tower)
• structural works on the multi-deck carpark completed
• multi-deck carpark façade installation underway.

Take a look on-site

Coming up:

• hospital tower structural works will continue
• internal services, blockwork and partition work will continue in the main tower
• structural steel and roofing will be built for the emergency department's new entry
• main tower facade panels will start arriving on-site for installation
• completion of kerbs, footpaths and asphalt to the southern service road
• sewer boring works in Beauty Park will be completed.

A guide to your new hospital

Your new hospital has been designed with functionality in mind to ensure optimal flow and efficiency for staff, patients and visitors.

The design offers connections between the new hospital building and the existing, on levels one through to four.

View the full Frankston Hospital redevelopment tower illustration here.

Please note: These images are for illustrative purposes only. Actual location of service may differ.