SUSTAINABILITY ON THE DEFRA ESTATE

John Hives FRICSHead of Capital Development & Sustainability

Estates Division

Presented at - Procurement Solutions for the Public Sector12th June 2007

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

Nobel House Refurbishment Project

Natural Ventilation within Nobel House

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

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

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

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

• Sheep’s 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

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

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

DEFRA - Building for The Future The Alnwick Solution

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