30 March 2006 Sustainable Development Commission Sustainable Development and Sustainable Buildings Presentation to Healthcare Estates: Welsh Conference.

Sustainable Development Commission 30 March 2006

Sustainable Development and Sustainable Buildings

Presentation to Healthcare Estates: Welsh Conference

Lizzie Pomeroy


Sustainable Development Commission

• Independent adviser to Government • UK-wide remit• ‘Critical friend’• Advice and watchdog• Identify good practice• De-mystify sustainable development


Sustainable Development Principles


UK Key themes

• Sustainable consumption and production

• Climate change and energy• Natural resource protection and

environmental enhancement• Sustainable communities



Local economic, social and environmental conditions

NHS resources

Health of local population

Demand for health services

Capacity to provide quality services

Health of local population

Demand for health services

Virtuous circle


Capital investment opportunity

• £300m + investment• Rebuilds• Refurbishments• New technologies and

opportunities• Virtuous circles


Resource efficiency

Health of local population and recovery speed


Staff environment

Patient environment

Building

Reduced costs


Resource efficiency

A resource efficient design will consider:

• Carbon• Water• Construction materials and waste• Operational waste


Carbon

Challenge: • UK 60% cut by 2050• NHS 15% cut by 2010

• Health buildings 4% of UK emissions• Dominated by heating and lighting• Efficiency and microgeneration


Energy use in health buildings


Water

• The challenge • Consumption: 2.5 billion litres

water per year

• Water efficiency in design and operation

• Drainage



Construction materials and waste

• The challenge: 33% of UK waste• Moving from linear to closed loop



Occupation waste

The challenge:• 7,000 t hazardous waste, • 12,000 t ‘domestic’ waste… landfill

capacity?

• Space - segregation and storage• Awareness - colour coding


Local environment


Local employment

Community engagement

Community

Reduced demand on services

Exercise and access

Improved health & reduced health inequalities


Community Regeneration

Planning and procurement can contribute to community regeneration:

• Local sourcing • Employment • Community resources • Accessibility• Green spaces


Achieving sustainable health buildings

• Contracts• Integrated design• Whole life costing• Maintenance and management• Evaluation: NEAT, BREEAM, toolkit


NHS Good Corporate Citizenship Model (DH)


PARTNERSHIP/ COLLAB ORATION

PROCUREMENT

TRANSPORT & TRAVEL

STRATEGIC PLANNING

AND BUILDING DESIGN

FACILITIES MANAGEM

ENT

PATIENT INFORMATI

ON & ENGAGEME

NT

ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH

PROMOTION

NEEDS

EMPLOYMENT & SKILLS

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMEN

T

WORKPLACE HEALTH


Healthy Sustainable Toolkit for NHS Wales

• Welsh health circular• By 2008 NHS expected to have a

plan for SD in each organisation• Framework and supporting toolkit

from WAG by end of summer 2006


Summary

• Great challenge• Opportunities

• Share good practice


www.sd-commission.org.uk/wales

www.sd-commission.org.uk/health

[email protected]

30 March 2006 Sustainable Development Commission Sustainable Development and Sustainable Buildings Presentation to Healthcare Estates: Welsh Conference.

Documents

sustainable development

health buildings slide

toolkit slide

microgeneration slide

loop slide

waste operational waste

good practice slide

operation drainage slide