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ROUTE TOZERO CARB
CONSTRUCTION
IBEFAIRSNAPE
GREEN BUILD INSTITUTE
INTRODUCINGCONSTRUCT CO2
MEASURINGUNDERSTANDING
IMPROVING
www.constructco2.com
PART OF A CARBON
CONTROLLED DIET
LOW OR ZEROCONSTRUCTION
PLAN
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Zero CarbonZero WasteSustainable TransportLocal and Sustainable SupplyLocal and Sustainable FoodSustainable WaterCulture and HeritageNatural Habitat and WildlifeEquity and FairtradeHealth and HappinessTrainingLegislation
Sustainable Action Plan Template
Low Carbon Construction Plan
GREYTO GREEN
UNDERSTANDINGAPPROACHES TOSUSTAINABILITY
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"Sustainable development is development that meets theneeds of the present without compromising the ability offuture generations to meet their own needs."
Brundtland Commission
1987
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What has changed – why the urgency now?
• Peak oil• Exceeding our ecological footprint
• Global warming
• Global In-balance
• From 450ppm to 350ppm
• Struggling to keep within +2C
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USGBC Green Building
Reduce the overall impact of the builtenvironment on health and natural environmentthrough:
Efficiently using resources, energy and water
Protecting occupant health and improvingproductivity
Reducing waste, pollution and environmentaldegradation
ARE YOUREADY
WHERE ARE YOUNOW EXERCISE
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Awareness and understanding
Unsustainable Construction
Policy and Strategy for Sustainable Construction
Understanding Best Practice
Monitoring and observing performance
Clear business case for sustainable construction
Stakeholder engagement
Sharing best practice
Setting and achieving targets
Reporting progress
Learning from failures
Sustainable Construction
Ladder ofSustainable Construction
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Attend, read, search, discuss, online
Unsustainable Construction
Write, communicate, promote, leader role model
Translate, use, apply, trial
Start measuring, waste, carbon, energy,
Write, why? benefits,
Involve those who work on our behalf
Present, publish, blog, newsletters
Simple, key, indicators, waste, carbon, costs
Internally, Externally,
Apply Plan Do Check EVERYWHERE
Sustainable Construction
Ladder ofSustainableConstruction
Step by Steptransition to aresilientsustainableconstructionfuture
WHY FOCUS ON CARBONS
KEY SUSTAINABILITYAND BUSINESSIMPROVEMENT
INDICATOR
"Getting carbon out of our lives, through everyaspect of the economy is now a matter of legal
obligation through the Climate Change Act.
This presents the construction industry with aterrific opportunity - not just in terms of immediate
business opportunities,
but also as to our longer term standing in societyand our attraction as a career of choice for young
people who are increasingly engaged with thisgreat challenge“
P a u l M o r r e l l
CASH ISKING
CARBONIS QUEEN
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95% of clients viewcarbon reduction as
essential, very importantor important over the
next five years
the client is creating the demand for low carbon construction
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only but only13% clients
feel SME's understandthe carbon agenda
Carbon reduction is a huge opportunity for thebuilt environment and not just a challenge
John Alker @UKGBC
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USINGCONSTRUCT CO2
WALK THROUGHHOW TO
MEASURE, UNDERSTANDAND IMPROVE
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IMPROVINGCONSTRUCTION
CARBONS
LOW CARBONCONSTRUCTION
ACTION PLAN
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one: more off site productiontwo: more local sourcing of materials and contractorsthree: address business travel (via social media?)four: eliminate waste (not just reduce!)five: know your project carbon footprint to improve(using constructco2 or similar)
THINKINGBEYOND
THE CARBONS
CARBON POSITIVECONSTRUCTION
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SUMMARYREFERENCES
CONTACTS
CONSTRUCTCO2.COMIBE
FAIRSNAPEGREEN BUILD INSTITUTE
@CONSTRUCTCO2@FAIRSNAPE
@GREENBUILDERS
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