ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE OFFICE FITOUT GUIDELINE

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ECOLOGICALLY SUSTAINABLE OFFICE FITOUT GUIDELINE
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Global Drivers

• Habitat deterioration destruction
• Depletion of natural reserves resources
• Induced climate change

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Global Drivers

• Natural Ecosystems
• Examples
• Leaves on trees catch and
• slowly release rain into the ground

Result Experienced flash flooding at record
levels across Europe, Asia and elsewhere
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Global Drivers

• Depletion of Natural Reserves
• Sources of
• Fossil fuels
• Timber
• Seed Stock
• Flora Fauna

Frontier Forests 8000 years ago
Frontier Forests Today Current Non Frontier
Forests
Global Forest Watch D. Bryant, et al., The Last
Frontier Forests Ecosystems Economies on the
Edge. (World Resources Institute Washington, DC,
1997).
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Global Drivers

• Natures Services
• Plants absorb
• Flash-floods dust
• Greenhouse gases
• Plants provide
• Atmospheric oxygen
• Soil organisms process
• Human Waste
• Groundwater
• Gasses in Air-sheds
• Aquatic organisms clarify
• Freshwater Water

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Global Drivers

• Induced Climate Change
• Ozone Depletion
• Increased solar radiation
• Human Health Impacts
• Skin Cancer Genetic Mutation
• Greenhouse Effect
• Change in Weather Patterns
• Frequency Extreme Weather
• Increased Tidal Range
• Storm Frequency Flash Floods
• Human Health Impacts
• Asthma Vector Control

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Global Drivers

• Biodiversity Loss
• Plants
• Corals
• Birds
• Mammals
• Marsupials
• Frogs
• Reptiles

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Australian Drivers

• Depletion of natural reserves of
• Freshwater
• Clean air
• Productive land
• Seed-stocks

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Australian Drivers

• Pollution of urban/regional
• air
• water
• land

• Impacts on
• human health
• the ecosystem

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Responses

• United Nations
• Kyoto Protocol on Climate Change 1997
• Montreal Protocol on Ozone Depletion 1987
• Rio Convention on Biological Diversity 1992

• Australia
• National ESD Strategy 1992
• Greenhouse Response Strategy 1996
• Built Environment Protocol 1997

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Approach

• It is essential for the health and economy of the
  community to provide direction for future
  integration of effort and to improve ecologically
  sustainable trade and employment prospects

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Contents and Tools

• A Framework for
• Evaluating Performance
• Goals strategy options
• Rating system
• max points for addressing key issues
• minor points for effectively considering issues
• Guidelines for Issues
• Community
• Energy
• Material
• Water
• Supporting Information
• Checklists
• Case Studies
• Appendices

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Intent

• To provide practical advice for designers,
  contractors end-users within the scope of
  fitout refurbishment
• Objective
• To enhance performance of occupants reduce
  local global environmental impacts particularly
  in operations phase of asset life cycle

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Definitions Fitout

• Fit-out is defined as
• the process of designing and building a
  physical workplace environment within, or in
  association with, a buildings structure,
  envelope and services and
• the fitout process is dynamic and continuous,
  and includes consideration of the impact of the
  fitout in use as well as in disposal

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Definitions ESD

• ESD is
• using, conserving enhancing community
  resources so ecological processes on which life
  depends are maintained, total quality of life
  now in future can be sustained

Outcomes -Conserved resources heritage
-Reduced emissions to protect health
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Conserving Resources
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Rating Performance

• Organisations can use rating system to
• Influence Decision-making
• Position Agency as
• Innovators or Leaders
• Followers Learners
• Demonstrate Performance
• Analyse Report on Progress
• Determine Level of Performance needed
• Considering longer term ROI
• To Facilitate innovation
• Differentiate approaches of
• Agencies, Clients Suppliers

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Rating Performance
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Reporting Improved Outcomes

• Ecological Footprints
• data compiled to show
• best practice
• normal fitout practice
• improvement toward ESD
• Environmentally Responsible
• planning, design management
• improvement compared to
• business as usual approach
• outcomes in guideline categories

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Methodology

• Best practice varies with
• climate, region,
• type, occupancy service delivery
• Improved outcomes based on relevant
• prior, current
• future performance benchmarks
• Effective planning, design reporting is reliant
  on project specific data to show improved
  outcomes for
• Energy use/ m2 floor space (service delivery or
  occupancy rate)
• Water use / m2 floor space (service delivery or
  occupancy rate)
• Waste avoidance reduction in fit-out
  demolition
• Recycling rate/T material used, reused disposal.

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For Community Issues
GUIDELINE FOR COMMUNITY Part A. Conservation of
Community Resources and Heritage Objective To
protect natural heritage, habitat and
biodiversity Strategy Enhance reliance on
sustainable practice Recommendation Implementatio
n Rating Protect endangered
species Specify plantation timbers with origins
recorded. 5 Specify plantation source in
timber frame partitions/furniture. 4 Specify
preference for certified plantation
timbers. 3 Appendix B Record reference to
appropriate species selection listing. 5 Avoid
use of tropical hardwood unless it is
recycled. 5 Promote cleaner Specify
alternative materials to vinyl/lowest PVC content
in production principles         Floor
coverings 5                Cabling 5
               Furniture components 2     
    Appendix C        Conduit, ducting
and 3                Venetian
blinds. 3 Minimise use of polyvinylchloride
(PVC) wherever practical. 5 Give preference to
bio plastics over synthetic plastics. 5   Select
natural fabrics Specify organic fabrics
with                High flame resistance
and 1                 Low toxicity
qualities e.g. wool, silk. 1 Minimise use of
Fire Retardants containing VOCS. 1  
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For Community Issues
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For Energy Issues
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For Material/Land Issues
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Water Issues
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• Impediments
• Organisational
• Physical
• Educational
• Training
• Operation
• Maintenance
• Solutions
• Design,
• Technical,
• Financial
• Planning

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Self-Assessment
Documentation And Procurement Phase

• Checklists for
• Communicating across specialist areas
• Tracking project teams efforts over life cycle
  phases
• Sections on
• Planning
• Design
• Documentation and procurement
• Construction and demolition
• Post-occupancy evaluation section

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Benchmarking

• Australian and International
• Best Practice Case Studies
• SEDA Office, Sydney.
• Adelaide Mail Parcel Centre
• Dandenong Police Court Complex, Victoria
• Skandia Assurance, Sweden.
• Niagara Mohawk Power Corp, USA

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Summary

• A Framework for Evaluating Reporting Rating ESD
  
• Guidelines For Community Energy Material
  Water Issues
• Supporting Information for tracking and
  benchmarking

For further information Karen.Lyonreid_at_publ
icworks.gld.gov.au
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Recommendation Protect Endangered Species