Sustainable Construction The Regional Impact

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Sustainable ConstructionThe Regional Impact

• Sam McCloskey, White Young Green
• Invest NI, Construct for Growth
• 10th September 2008

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Agenda

• Introduction to Sustainable Construction Whats
  it all about ?
• Costs Benefits
• Sustainable Procurement (government) the NI
  example
• Some local examples

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• Sustainability Whats it all about?

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White Young Green Sustainability BureauSocial
Economic Environmental
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3 planet economy
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Finding the balance
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What is sustainability?

• Sustainability is the OPTIMISATION of financial,
  human and environmental capital.

• Financial Capital Cost savings,
  life-cycle-cost, productivity
• Human Capital Users, customers, shareholders,
  staff, community
• Environmental Capital Natural resource use, air
  quality, waste, water, recycling, energy.

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Project Lifecycle
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Getting the best result
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Why ? - The Drivers

• Legislation renewables targets, carbon taxes,
  efficiency requirements
• Competition Keeping up with enhanced building
  specifications and client demands
• Volatility in utility prices
• Economic slow-down Producing an attractive
  product in a shrinking economy to maintain sales
  and rental returns.
• Planning Requirements The planning authorities
  are more often looking for a sustainable strategy
  to enhance the longer term value and viability of
  the development.

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Sustainability Initiatives

• 35 green electricity by 2010
• Reduce CO2 emissions by 35 per m sales by 2007

• World's first carbon neutral bank
• 1st 'zero carbon' branch in New York (Foster
  Tower)

• Target of halving energy use in all buildings by
  2010
• Reduce emissions gt 50 by 2020
• 3 No. model 'environmental' stores in the UK
• Water use reduction in the UK by 15 by 2008/09

• Target of gt 25 energy savings from todays
  levels
• Powering building stock with green energy
• Scheme for stores to keep 10 of any energy
  savings

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• Costs and Benefits

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Where do sustainability costs lie.

• Site specific
• Upgrading of building fabric to reduce heating
  and cooling costs..
• 0 to 5.....
• But it is possible to do this without significant
  cost increases..
• District heating/cooling 2-3 of capital
  costs.
• But does not have to hit your budget! AND can
  become a revenue stream
• Construction cost increases. The great unknown
  practices will need to evolve to meet new demands
• Other initiatives generally are not significant
  costs and are usually considered good design
  practice..

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Life Cycle Costing and Sustainability
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• Sustainable Procurement
• - NI Government example

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Sustainable Construction Grouphttp//www.cpdni.g
ov.uk/index/guidance-for-purchasers/sustainable-co
nstruction.htm

• December 2004
• Chaired by CPD includes centres of procurement
  expertise and government construction clients in
  NI
• Set guidance for the implementation of the
  Sustainability Action Plan and Achieving
  Excellence in Construction Procurement Guide 11
  Sustainability
• 6 no. Guidance Notes
• General
• Targets for recycling
• Waste (including SWMPs)
• Bulk materials / aggregate re-use
• Considerate Constructors
• Demolition, Dismantling, Recovery, Re-Use

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By March 2006..

• All new projects to carry out environmental
  assessment using BREEAM or equivalent, all new
  build projects to achieve an excellent rating.
  (Refurbishment projects to achieve at least very
  good rating.)

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• Sustainability - Examples

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Sustainability Mechanisms

• BREEAM Industrial, Offices, Schools, Retail,
  Prisons, Courts, Multi-residential, bespoke
• CEEQUAL
• NEAT / BREEAM Healthcare
• Code for Sustainable Homes (Eco-Homes)
• Sustainability Strategy
• Environmental Performance Statements (eg.
  Westminster Council)

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What they cover?

• Management
• Energy
• Land Use Ecology
• Pollution
• Transport
• Health Wellbeing
• Water
• Materials Waste

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Sustainability (BREEAM) Assessments

• Stranmillis University College
• Bespoke BREEAM Assessment 2006

• Office of Public Works (OPW) Decentralisation to
  Carlow
• Initial Guidance Assessment BREEAM for Offices
  2006

• Invest NI Headquarters
• BREEAM for Offices 2005

• Clare House, Belfast
• BREEAM for Offices 2005

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Sustainability (CEEQUAL) Assessments

• North Down Borough Council
• Waste Transfer Station, Bangor

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Sustainability Strategy

• Support Master planning and Planning Application
  processes
• Kilbride Quarter, Arklow
• Cova Developments (PD Lane)
• 2500 residential units, 2 schools, retail centre,
  footbridge, link road
• Active Retirement Complex
• 5 Star complex, leisure centre, restaurants, self
  contained apartments etc
• WYG Sustainability Coordinator role

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Exemplar Sustainable Design Brief

• Health Estates, Department of Health, Social
  Services Public Safety
• Sustainability Exemplar Design Brief
• Incorporated into design of all new build and
  refurbishment projects
• Impacting on 2.9bn HE capital development
  programme for period 2005-15

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Cork South Docklands

• Site Docklands Cork
• 500M project
• Residential, Offices, Hotel and Retail
• Architects
• Norman Fosters
• Scott Tallon Walker
• Patel Taylor
• HKR

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South Docklands - Key target descriptions

• Energy
• 60 CO2
• 40 Energy use
• 30 Renewable
• Future-proofing
• Transport
• Interim system
• Separation of modes
• Cycle storage
• Water
• Flood attenuation
• 105l/resident/day
• 3m3 per person/day (excluding residential)
• 20 not hard standing

• Health and Wellbeing
• Mechanical ventilation rates
• Natural daylight levels
• Acoustic performance
• Waste
• Provision of segregated recycling
• Internal waste management space
• Materials
• Specification of recycled aggregate
• Wood FSC
• 10 of total value derived from recycled content
• 80 of four major elements to be A-Rated
• Ecology
• Habitat creation
• Japanese Knotweed

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• Thank you
• sam.mccloskey_at_wyg.com