BioRegional

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BioRegional Solutions for Sustainable Consumption
and Production Sue Riddlestone
Director co-founder BioRegional
Development Group
Presentation to EEB SCP workshop Brussels, May 27
2009
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Introducing BioRegional Development Group
An entrepreneurial charity which invents and
delivers solutions for sustainability.
Est. 1994, 40 staff, 8 assoc. companies
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BioRegional are demonstrating solutions for
sustainable manufacturing wood products,
textiles paper sustainable communities
housing, transport, energy


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Our approach to SCP - Ecological Footprint
Carbon
Ecological Footprint Atlas 2008, Global Footprint
Network
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Ecological Carbon Footprint by Country
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SCP global resource target one planet living
80 co2 cut
Not just eco-towns weve run out of time now -
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BioRegionals mission

• Creating real life working solutions which allow
  us to live within our fair share of eco and
  carbon footprint.
• Monitoring, learn from and apply the lessons
  learned
• Communicate what we do with the aim of changing
• government policy
• industry practice and
• individuals ideas of whats possible and what
  they can do.
• We aim to show our sustainable future could look
  like

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BioRegional approach 1. bioregionalism
What renewable resources are available locally
that we can use?
What do we need?
Use resources efficiently, close the loop
Appropriate scale technology to make use of local
resources
Reduce carbon Eco-Footprint to global fair
share leaving space for wildlife wilderness
Intelligent local supply models e.g. network
production
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BioRegional approach 2. One Planet Living
The ten one planet living principles were
developed by BioRegional with WWF
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Today Six BioRegional SCP case studies

• 1. Paper
• 2. Charcoal

3. BedZED eco-village 4. BQ national retailer
5. Sutton - Local Authority 6. London SCP
roadmap
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Case Study 1 Paper

• Paper accounts for 6 of UK eco-footprint
• Globally, paper manufacture consumes
• 10 industrial energy or 4 total
• 42 industrial forest or 20 total
• Paper use is rising 330MT now, 600MT 2020

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BioRegional Solution- local paper loop
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BioRegional Solutions - Local Paper loop
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Local paper loop ecological footprint
93 reduction in eco-footprint
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BioRegional solution - pulp from waste

• 8 of worlds paper is made from agri-residues
• UK 4 MT of straw plus wood chip from sawmills
• No technology
• BioRegional developing MiniMill to make pulp at
  5-10 scale of typical mills

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Case study 2 Charcoal

• mangrove and forest destruction for charcoal
  export

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BioRegional Solution local charcoal production
Local production using Network production
85 reduction in CO2 emissions in transport of
product to store
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Case Study 3 BedZED eco-village
Peabody Trust Bill Dunster architects
BioRegional
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BedZED zero carbon building strategy
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Sustainable Materials

• 98 of structural steel locally reclaimed
• 83 of all timber reclaimed or FSC certified
• 52 of materials sourced within 35 mile radius
• 3404 tons of materials were from reclaimed
  recycled sources

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Reducing Car Use at BedZED

• Homes office alternative to commuting
• alternatives to private car car club, public
  transport, cycling
• Monitored 65 reduction in car use at BedZED

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BioRegional Solutions - BedZED Eco-village

• Designing in sustainability at the start
• Zero carbon strategy
• Sustainable building materials sourcing strategy
• Green Transport Plan
• Water strategy
• Composting recycling
• Local sustainable food

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BioRegional Solutions - BedZED eco-village

• Nicoles eco-footprint is 1.7 planets and her
  carbon footprint is 6 tonnes per year

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Carbon Savings _at_ BedZED
5.1 tons CO2 per person p.a.

• 50 building design and renewable energy
• biomass CHP
• PV
• in building efficiency/passive solar
• 44 of total carbon savings in lifestyles
• transport
• Waste
• Food

Lifestyles are as important as green buildings
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BedZED importance of lifestyle choices

• Steves Eco-Footprint is 2.3 planets and his
  carbon footprint is 7.6 tonnes per year

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Breakdown of average UK residents impact
Ecological Footprint of average UK resident
5.45 Gha
CO2 emissions (including embodied CO2 ) of
average UK resident 11.87 tonnes
Figures derived from REAP by BioRegional
Ref What makes an
eco-town BioRegional CABE Sept 2008
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BedZED changing policy and practice
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Image Design Hive
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Global One Planet Programme
Olympics
London
Canada
Sutton
Brighton
UAE

• San Francisco

• Washington DC

• Portugal

China
South Africa
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Case study 4 BQ a national retailer

• BQ partnership with BioRegional since
  Nov 2007
• BQ have committed to
• Become a one planet company - Sustainability
  Action Plan to reduce the impact of BQ
  operations
• Help their customers to achieve one planet living
  through a One Planet Home product range

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BQ Operations Headline targets

• 90 reduction in direct carbon emissions based on
  2006/07 baseline by 2023
• Zero carbon estate
• 50 reduction in transport emissions
• 98 reduction in waste to landfill

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Analysis of BQs Carbon Footprint
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Absolute CO2 reductions
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How much can BQ help customers?

• BioRegional assessed which BQ products can
• reduce an individuals eco footprint
• Energy efficiency and renewables
• Water efficiency
• Grow your own
• Lower impact goods
• Average person can reduce
• their footprint by up to 10

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Case Study 5 One Planet Sutton

• London Borough of Sutton commits to one planet
  living in 2008
• Councils own operations
• making it easier for residents

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The Challenge One Planet Sutton

• 80,000 homes with 185,900 residents, Commuter
  suburb
• Borough CO2 674,908 t Council CO2 27,374
  t
• 0.1 renewable electricity UK grid 4 renewable

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Suttons action plan what we need to do
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Sutton headline targets - environmental

• Council buildings zero carbon by 2017
• Whole borough enabled zero carbon by 2025
• 70 recycling rate and 35 waste arisings
  reduction
• 50 reduction in road transport
• 40 reduction in per capita water consumption

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The methodology delivering together

• Council-led action plan
• Integrated into existing mechanisms
• Working with statutory bodies
• Annual consultation and updating
• Hackbridge pilot area
• Empowering business, resident and voluntary
  communities
• Establishing new companies ESCO, training, local
  food supply

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Hackbridge Masterplan
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Hackbridge Sustainability Visits

• Auditing team
• Each property visited at least once
• 10 population participated
• Tailored report and resources

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Whats happened since?

• Installing low energy bulbs 34
• Starting home composting 29
• Installing roof insulation 23
• Turning off lights and turning appliances off
  standby 19
• Installing water saving devices 19
• Additional doorstep recycling 17
• Buying new low energy bulbs 16
• Installing wall insulation 14
• Food growing 13
• Increased walking and cycling 10
• Installing insulating foil behind radiators 9
• Reducing car use 6

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Since Hackbridge audits

• 68 of households have made a physical change to
  their home
• 66 have made a behavioural change

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Case Study 6 London SCP roadmap
London 83.5 million tonnes per annum Per capita
11.9 tonnes per annum
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London roadmap to 90 CO2 cut by 2050
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London SCP roadmap - by sector - GOODS
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London SCP roadmap - by sector - FOOD
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In conclusion.. ways we are achieving SCP

• Truly sustainable targets fair share carbon and
  eco-footprint
• Awareness of where our impacts arise, consumption
  approach
• Creativity new technologies, techniques,
  services, supply chains
• Economic opportunities new companies, resource
  efficiency
• Partnerships deliver with existing
  organisations mechanisms
• Information lifestyle choice editing
• Monitoring, sharing lessons learned, building on
  experience

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Policy ideas for SCP in the EU

• Could EU develop an SCP plan using the London SCP
  wedges approach?
• As part of an EU wide plan, could the EU review
  sustainable industries and services needed to
  deliver SCP, and ensure that policies support
  (and not discourage) them.

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