Sustainable Property

For Estates Managers

February 2010

Steve ClowAssistant Director – Property Services

Context of Hampshire County Council• 5,000 buildings on 1,000 sites• Schools, Social Care, Recreation and Offices• In-house Professional Team of 350 Staff• All aspects of Property covered

- Asset Management- Estates Management- Survey, Repair and Maintenance- Major and Minor Projects

• Recent expansion into Regional Procurement and Shared Services

What is Hampshire’s Approach?• Strategy for the built estate• Managing and monitoring continuing change• Proactive in asset disposal (£300 million in 15

years up to current recession)• Joining up opportunities across Services within

Hampshire• Facilitating aggregated efficiency savings across

the region• The role of Improvement and Efficiency South

East

Delivering an appropriate Asset Management Response• Respond to changes from service departments:

Schools, Older Persons Homes• Early feasibility work to define the options and

integrate with business case• Making best use of available financial resources:

Aggregating funding from many sources• Property Services act as a lead on change

management: Office accommodation• Planning 3 to 5 years ahead

Delivering an appropriate Asset Management Response

• Working closely with Hampshire Schools Community – 100% buy-back into SLA

• Political support and positive involvement• Excellent working relationships with ‘client’

departments and integrated leadership• Design quality is central to what we do

Ashburton Court Refurbishment Project• 30% reduction in office space (4,500m²)• Increase from 600 to 1100 staff occupancy• Introduction of major change to flexible working• Significant revenue savings• 50% reduction in Carbon Footprint• Transformed corporate facilities• “Modern Business Delivering Public Services” in action• £40 million project cost – delivered on time and on

budget• Collaborative procurement

§Renewed (East Block)

Transformation - Internal

§ Existing (West Block)

Transformation - Internal

7 Key Themes for Sustainability

• Significantly reduced energy and water consumption

• Engineered natural ventilation• Recycling demolition materials• Reduced ‘embodied energy’• Off-site prefabrication• Bio-diversity• Office environment transformed

Energy Reductions (Carbon Footprint)

• Reducing the office estate in Winchester by 4,500m² - 10% reduction in carbon

• Reducing energy consumption by:- ‘Engineered’ natural ventilation- Exposing the concrete slab- Intelligent lighting systems- Air tight building- Recycling waste heat from Data Centre- Controlling solar gain from the sun

How Does The Natural Ventilation Work?Passive form: making the greatest energy savingsWind driven ventilation strategy

§ Transformation - well under way

§ Sustainability- groundbreaking- leadership- reduced running costs

§ Value for Money- elegant but economical- not lavish- benchmarks well

§ Next Steps- future phases- SECE- Reading Borough Council

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Carbon Dioxide Emissions (kgCO2/m2/a)

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Recycling Demolition Materials

• Precast concrete crushed for re-use as aggregate

• Metal elements stripped out for recycling• Specialist recycling centres used• Requirements built into the client’s specification

Reduced Embodied Energy

• 50% of energy in a building’s construction is in the sub-structure and frame

Off-site prefabrication- External cladding, raised floors and other

components

Bio-diversity- Landscaped courtyards and ‘green’ roof on

Ashburton Hall

Office environment transformed- Good daylight, spacious, well ventilated office

accommodation- Provision of high quality catering and meeting

facilities

Workstyle: A Major Change Programme• Ashburton Court was the catalyst• County wide approach to office

accommodation• Reduction of at least 30% in floor area• Consolidation of office accommodation• Reinvest asset savings and receipts into

transformation to modern environment

Workstyle: A Major Change Programme• Change Management at the heart of the

programme• Working with the District Councils: Sharing

accommodation, integrating back office and public service delivery

• Approached on an Area by Area basis• Asset mapping process and business case:

Must be cost neutral in capital terms• Building on in-house expertise developed to

deliver Ashburton Court