SUSTAINABILITY ON THE DEFRA ESTATE

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SUSTAINABILITY ON THE DEFRA ESTATE

• John Hives FRICS
• Head of Capital Development Sustainability
• Estates Division
• Presented at - Procurement Solutions for the
  Public Sector
• 12th June 2007

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Recent Developments

• Offices - 3-8 Whitehall Developer Build
  Office space for in Central London
• BREEAM Excellent
• Award - 2005 RICS sustainability building of the
  year
• Bespoke - Mills Building, Weybridge New Build
  Offices and procedures rooms
• BREEAM Excellent
• Award 2006 RICS South East Region Sustainability
  building of the year
• 2006 BRE Bespoke BREEAM building of the year
  award
• Laboratory - Stewart Stockman Lab, Weybridge
  New Build High Containment Laboratory
• BREEAM Very Good
• Finalist for 2006 Building Construction
  Industries (BCI) Major Project Award
• 2006 Prime Ministers Better Public Buildings
  Award

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Nobel House Refurbishment Project
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Nobel House - Sustainability Targets PERFORMANCE
AGAINST OTHER GOVERNMENT SUSTAINABILITY OBJECTIVES

• OGC Achieving Excellence in Construction
  Procurement Guide 11 Sustainability
• Socio economic - environmental
• Building a Better Quality of Life A Strategy
  for More Sustainable Construction (Defra, April
  2000)
• OGC Common Minimum Standards

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Nobel House - Sustainability TargetsPerformance
against set targets

• Achieve BREEAM Excellent (score over 70)
• Achieved scored 79.7
• Minimise waste to landfill
• Achieved total recycled for project was close
  to 68 - far in excess of target
• 100 timber from verifiable sources
• Achieved 100 provided from FSC,PEFC or other
  verifiably sustainable sources

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Nobel House - Sustainability Targets Performance
against set targets (cont)

• Use Refrigerants with zero Ozone Depletion
  Potential (ODP) and zero Global Warming Potential
  (GWP)
• Achieved (main chillers ammonia (zero ODP/GWP)
• Consider Alternative energy sources
• Achieved introduced small Tri-generation (CHP)
  Plant waste heat from CHP used to supplement
  boilers in winter and provide energy for
  absorption chiller in summer
• Encourage contractor to comply with ISO 14001
• Achieved Overbury obtained as result of project
  and Atkins achieved during the period they worked
  on Nobel

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Nobel House - Sustainability Targets Performance
against set targets (cont)

• Use Sustainable Materials - selected on the basis
  of
• Economic value
• Manufacturers location
• Products environmental benefit
• Recycled material present at manufacture
• Recyclable at end of life
• Degrees of success with notable materials such as
• Sheeps wool insulation (internal walls and
  partitions)
• Carpets with high degree of recycled materials
  etc
• Eco-friendly paint
• Recycled old carpet for charity
• Zero formaldehyde MDF

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Nobel House Lessons Learned

• Appoint a Sustainability Champion
• Establish a Sustainability Charter
• Target BREEAM Excellent (new build
  Refurbishment)
• Set High (but Achievable) Recycling Targets
• Manage Timber Procurement using a Timber Register
• Encourage Alternative Sustainable Materials
• Undertake Regular Sustainability Audits of
  Contractor
• Focus on Renewable Energy Sources (Including
  Microgeneration)
• Encourage Whole Life Cycle Costs

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Defra Estates Approach to Sustainability

• Defra Estates continues to embrace Sustainability
  in the management of its estate through
• OGC Achieving Excellence and OGC Common Minimum
  Standards
• Cross Government Sustainability Target
• Targets where possible in excess of BREEAM
  Excellent (Major New Build and Refurbishment
  Projects
• Consider low carbon and microgeneration
  technologies in line with acceptable pay back
  periods
• If at all possible consider an invest to save
  approach whole life cycle costing.
• Undertakes pre and post occupancy evaluations
  (did what it said it would do on the tin!)
• Seeking alternative Environmental Measurement
  Methods for smaller Projects
• The above covers the majority of recommendations
  1, 2, 3, 4 in the NAO report

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DEFRA - Building for The Future The Alnwick
Solution
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DEFRA - Building for The Future The Alnwick
Solution
LEAN - Reduce all energy demands/uses CLEAN -
Meet energy needs from low carbon fuels GREEN -
Generate electricity onsite USER FRIENDLY
Give user CONTROL COMFORTABLE sensible
internal environment SUSTAINABLE