In Lviv, the supply of heating has begun to budget-funded institutions that submitted official written requests. As of 20 October, 21 municipal institution in the city is already receiving heating.
The list includes 11 medical institutions, among them: Lviv Regional Clinical Hospital (adult and children’s units), the hospitals of Saint Luke, Saint Panteleimon, Saint Nicholas and Saint Anna of the First Medical Association of Lviv, the Protection of the Holy Virgin Centre, the Pulmonary Health Centre, the Lviv Regional Oncology Treatment and Diagnostic Centre, the Yevhen Ozarkevych Hospital (maternity ward), the Prince Lev Hospital and the Lviv Regional Clinical Perinatal Centre.
Heating is also being supplied to educational institutions. Two lyceums already have heating — “Sykhivskyi” and “Prosvita” — as well as eight nursery schools: No.183, No.143, No.45, No.32, “7YA”, No.89 “Prolisok”, “Veselka” and No.105 “Berizka”.
Lvivteploenergo Municipal Heating Utility (LMKP “Lvivteploenergo”) notes that it continues to receive written requests from budget-funded institutions and is connecting to the heating system all institutions that have submitted an official request.
As a reminder, hospitals, schools and nursery schools in Lviv can receive heating on the basis of a written request from the institution’s management to LMKP “Lvivteploenergo”. Once such a request is received, the utility connects the institution to the heating system.
At the same time, the city is continuing to test solid-fuel boiler houses installed in schools and hospitals. At present, such boiler houses or boilers are operating in all medical institutions and in more than 40 educational institutions. They are capable of providing heating even in the absence of electricity or gas, and their operation is being tested, in particular for use during the transitional period before the start of the heating season.
In March this year, the Lviv City Council approved the Lviv Community Resilience Plan. Within its framework, the city is preparing for various scenarios for getting through the winter: developing backup generation, strengthening the protection of critical infrastructure, installing alternative sources of electricity and heating, implementing support programmes for residents, as well as modernising heat and water supply networks, repairing collectors and reinforcing key facilities.
More than UAH 3 billion is needed to implement the projects of the Resilience Plan. Lviv is raising part of the funds through loans from state-owned banks and international assistance. Certain initiatives are being implemented jointly with the European Investment Bank, the governments of Germany and Norway and other partners, while part of the measures envisaged by the national Resilience Plan is being co-financed by the state.