Stateofthe city2012

2012: State of the City

The Original Modern Low Carbon City.

What does this cover?This presentation is an attempt to capture projects, progress and partnerships working on climate change across Manchester (and Greater Manchester) in early 2012.It’s far from comprehensive so if something’s missing please email Steve Connor: [email protected]

City Strategies

Manchester: A Certain FutureOur stakeholder climate change plan has two key objectives: • 41% carbon reduction by 2020,

relative to 2005 levels, and;

• Low carbon thinking embedded in our operations and lifestyles.

Launched November 2009. Overseen by an independent Steering Group from public, private and third-sector.

Greater Manchester Climate Change Strategy Sets out how the shift to a low carbon economy for GM will help to establish long-term sustainable economic growth. At the same time as achieving a 48% reduction in CO2 emissions by 2020, from 1990 levels (40% from 2005). The Strategy was approved at AGMA Executive in July 2011.

Carbon MetricsA requirement of the GM Climate Change Strategy is convergence across GM of the measurement and reporting of CO2 emissions by local authorities and other organisations, to enable tracking of our CO2 ‘account’. A range of tools has been developed as part of the national Local Carbon Frameworks pilot.

Low Carbon Economic AreaGreater Manchester was designated a Low Carbon Economic Area (LCEA) for the Built Environment in 2009 - a status we’re currently renegotiating.Its delivery plan will form part of the Climate Change Strategy Implementation Plan for 2012-15, covering the ‘Buildings’ and some of the ‘Energy’ actions over this period. The Implementation Plan will also cover the Strategy’s three other themes: Transport; Green and Blue Infrastructure, and; Sustainable Consumption & Production.

Manchester City Council:A Certain Future Delivery Plan10-year delivery plan sets out what the Council will do over the period 2010-20 to contribute to the delivery of Manchester: A Certain Future (MACF). The Delivery Plan commits the Council to reducing its operational emissions by 41% by 2020 from 2009/10 levels, and aims to provide leadership and example in the process of Manchester’s transformation into an internationally recognised low carbon city.Embedding low carbon thinking and behaviour into its culture, processes and the operation of all its services. Approved by the Council’s Executive in October 2010.

Manchester City Council MACF Delivery Plan 2010-20First Street – Manchester’s most energy efficient building Last year the Council achieved a 6% carbon reduction from operational buildings from behaviour change, asset rationalisation and turning down heating controls.

Manchester City Council MACF Delivery Plan 2010-20- Other achievements to date:

- With a Sustainable Procurement policy established April 2010, all MCC tenders now include a min. 10% weighting for sustainability.

- By April 2011, 1,000 x heads of 50w halogen bulbs had been replaced with 9w LED arrays as part of junction upgrades.

- For more information contact Louise Yates: [email protected]

EcoCitiesAnd coming soon in 2012, the Bruntwood-supported climate change adaptation ‘blueprint’ forged by the University of Manchester’s EcoCities team.EcoCities will include future projections, vulnerability analysis, building-scale analysis and supporting work from Arup, New Economy and Envirolink.

Green & Digital strategy“Digital tools can dramatically improve the exchange of information and improve the quality of services..where citizens collaborating with government work together for better outcomes.”Steven Goldsmith, Deputy mayor, New York CityGreen Digital city“By unlocking information, ideas and energies, smart city applications and services create more sustainable modes of living and working.”Information Marketplaces: The New Economics of Cities

Green Digital CharterThe Green Digital Charter supports cities to:• Use ICT to be more

environmentally efficient.

• ‘Green’ their use of ICT.

Manchester was first to sign the Charter, now 23 cities across Europe have signed

NiCE: EU project funded by EEC to develop implementation process for the Green Digital Charter.  Manchester is one of five Reference Cities funded by project (led by MDDA).  Other cities are Bologna, Eindhoven, Linkoping and Warsaw. See www.greendigitalcharter.eu

Green Digital Charter

Buildings

Low-Carbon Housing Retrofit ProgrammeGreater Manchester housing retrofit programme aims to improve the energy efficiency of the housing stock and educate residents on how they can reduce their energy consumption to save carbon and reduce their fuel bills.

Domestic RetrofitA Greater Manchester Low Carbon Housing Retrofit Strategy is being finalised that sets out GM’s ambition to deliver 48% reduction in carbon emissions from the housing sector by 2020: 7 years ahead of the national target. The final version will be launched in April 2012. Solar PV programme still being explored in the wake of a major review of Feed in Tariffs - originally 7,000 roofs were a target for end of March 2012.

www.getmetoasty.com

Get Me Toasty CampaignGreater Manchester-wide Toasty campaign has been running since January 2011 installing loft and cavity insulation measures for free to Manchester households to reduce their energy bills and carbon emissions. To date 13,000 requests for surveys have been received from across Greater Manchester. In Manchester 1,267 installations have been carried out this financial year either under the former Warm Homes scheme or the new Toasty scheme.

Carbon Co-op

Carbon Co-opA member-owned and run organisation that enables its members to work together to reduce household energy emissions. Members collectively reduce their carbon emissions, save money on fuel bills and address the causes of climate change. Currently offering household energy surveys free of charge, enabling residents to get detailed technical information about their home’s energy performance with the aim of reducing bills and emissions by up to 80%.A detailed architectural survey carried out by our award winning retrofit consultants URBED to clearly outline specific packages of improvements.

Green DealThe Green Deal is a government initiative to be launched next year to assist householders and businesses to install energy efficiency measures in their homes through reassurances that the cost of the measures will be covered by savings on their energy bills. An options appraisal is being carried out looking at the potential roles of the public sector/AGMA in delivering a GM Green Deal.

St. Brigid’s SchoolSt Brigid’s School - made of a reclaimed shipping container and defective road planks.The carbon impact of this building is close to zero

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Britain’s first vertical farm in a disused office block.

The Manchester International Festival’s plan for ‘Alpha Farm’ in Wythenshawe.

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Civil Justice Centre - natural ventilation, solar gain and groundwater cooling.

Culture

Behaviour ChangeA study into integrating behavioural change into low carbon housing retrofit ‘The Missing Quarter’ has led to energy awareness training being delivered to Housing Providers so they can provide assistance to their tenants; In Manchester initial carbon literacy training has been provided to staff from Willow Park, Eastlands, Great Places and Northwards amongst others. Funding generated from this training will be utilised to widen the audience to community and other interest groups and will make strong links with the Manchester Carbon Literacy Project.

Carbon LiteracyThe Manchester Carbon Literacy Project follows a commitment made in Manchester – A Certain Future to provide access to a days-worth of ‘carbon literacy’ training to everyone who lives, works or studies in the city. The project is being progressed by Cooler Projects and is being funded through the Council’s ‘Low Carbon Reserve’.Northwards Housing are offering NVQ Level 3 training in Energy Efficiency. Can be rolled out to other housing providers and Local Authorities.

Eco Streets - Run by Groundwork MSSTT and funded by Manchester City Council

- A small grants programme which supports local people to develop awareness and knowledge of the climate change agenda and help them reduce their carbon footprint.

- The outputs of the project will be:

- 210 adults and young people accessing informal training/capacity building

- 18 residents groups supported through the grant funding process

- 10 climate change mitigation projects implemented

- For more information, please contact [email protected]

Eco Streets- Residents in

Levenshulme attend the 'Making a Successful Funding Application‘ training session.

Green WaveThe year is 2080 and the World is a different place. We've gone back to the old ways, thanks to John Tyler, a local meter reader on a mission to save us all. 'GreenWave' is the product of a four month CO2 awareness program, devised and implemented by REELmcr, with members of the Higher Blackley and Charlestown Communities of North Manchester.The film shows real people coming together to make a massive difference to their Communities and eventually the World.

Energy

Energy InfrastructureThe energy infrastructure strand of the LCEA is currently being developed, with programmes being structured into heat networks, hydro and large-scale wind turbines. The heat network programme is currently made up of eleven projects and is being led by Manchester City Council. The heat network programme will first deliver Oldham’s St Mary’s project as phase 1, followed by Manchester’s proposed Town Hall heat network scheme in Phase 2. Work is currently underway to secure resources for the development of both projects.

More heatOther heat network schemes in Manchester that are currently in development include the Co-operative’s new head quarters, at the University of Manchester, and at Manchester Metropolitan University, as part of their Birley Fields development.

Manchester City Council Item 11 Executive 16 February 2011

APPENDIX A – Maps of Town Hall and Corridor Clusters Please note these plans show the areas used as the basis of initial feasibility assessments. The plans are subject to change as they are optimised in consultation with stakeholders. Network routes are only indicative at this stage. Town Hall Cluster:

Corridor Cluster:

Manchester City Council Item 11 Executive 16 February 2011

APPENDIX A – Maps of Town Hall and Corridor Clusters Please note these plans show the areas used as the basis of initial feasibility assessments. The plans are subject to change as they are optimised in consultation with stakeholders. Network routes are only indicative at this stage. Town Hall Cluster:

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Fuelling ManchesterFor all those involved in community renewable projects (water turbines; bio-mass and woodland management; waste-to-energy, solar).Projects who have been invited include: Greater Manchester Tree Station; Torrs Hydro; Energy Savings Trust; Fairfield Materials Management; Carbon Coop;  URBED; Co-ops UK.

Carbon Co-op have successfully design and installed a 12kw solar panel array for Unicorn Grocery, a wholefood co-operative in Chorlton, South Manchester.

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CIS Tower - Europe’s largest vertical solar array.

The ‘Living Laboratory’Corridor Manchester is helping to co-ordinate the work of the Low Carbon Economy Area’s Low Carbon Laboratory. One example is the Manchester Digital Development Agency’s work to deliver the Loadanet project within the Corridor area as a ‘Living Laboratory’. The purpose of the project is threefold; to install a wireless sensor network using cheap equipment, to collect environmental data using low cost fixed and mobile sensors  and to provide open access to the data. Sensors include: humidity, temperature, noise, dust, CO, CO2 and NO2.

Transport

Sustainable TransportA major ongoing extension of the Metrolink is also underway and has recently delivered new trams, new lines to Chorlton and Media City, and a new depot to serve the future network. Work is currently underway to further expand the system within Manchester to Didsbury, Wythenshawe and East Manchester, and will also include the ambitious second city crossing. These extensions and works planned for Oldham, Rochdale and Tameside will help to improve transport links within the city and beyond to neighbouring districts.

Commuter cycling project from TfGM featuring seven cycle centres, 1000+ new cycle parking spaces plus a major promotional campaign.

On your bikeCycling is being increased through adult and child cycle training, and three city-centre cycle centres are being implemented following a successful bid to government led by Transport for Greater Manchester (TfGM). A further bid has been developed (led by TfGM) to the Local Sustainable Transport Fund which if successful this will bring better personalised journey planning, transport services for jobseekers, demand-responsive transport (e.g. ring and ride), and cycle promotion.

City Car ClubA new Toyota Yaris City Car launched November 2011

City Car Club in Manchester- City Car Club"- 1,450+ members share access to 29 low emission cars and two vans located in City Centre Manchester, Chorlton, Didsbury and Salford Quays

- Members avoid costs, emissions and hassle of car ownership whilst retaining pay as you go access to cars close to their home/work 24/7. Members walk, cycle and use public transport much more than the average person and save £100s of year.

- For more information contact Keith Kelly [email protected]

300 charging posts and a series of ‘Pod Centres’ to be installed as part of a new electric vehicle infrastructure as part of Greater Manchester’s Plugged in Places programme.

Love Your Bike- Lead organisation: Manchester Friends of the Earth-Organised Bike Fabulous style event in the Arndale Centre-Co-ordinated monthly Bike Friday cycle to work rides into the city centre to encourage people to cycle to work or college-Successfully lobbied for adult cycle training schemes in Manchester and Trafford-Effectively campaigned to maintain cycle and disabled access to the Trans-Pennine Trail in Didsbury- For more information, email [email protected]

Love Your Bike- Left: Bike tag

promoting Bike Fabulous

- Right: Bike Friday riders dress in red to mark the 50th anniversary of the British Heart Foundation

Green Spaces

Green infrastructureUsed to describe parks, river valleys, green roofs, woodlands, gardens and wider natural environment. GI is critical to our future given its ability to deliver a number of benefits, including adaptation to future climate change, improvements to air quality, space for leisure and has been proven to increase patients’ rates of recovery from illness.

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Red Rose Forest - increasing our urban tree cover and helping us adapt to climate change.

Green infrastructureA Manchester Green Infrastructure Plan being put in place in 2012 will draw together a number of existing initiatives such as:A £500,000 project in at Nutsford Vale with Red Rose Forest to transform a previously underused former landfill site.In the City Centre a project between the City Council, CityCo and British Waterways has delivered habitat improvements along the Rochdale Canal.At St John’s Gardens in the city centre a gold award-winning garden from this year’s Tatton Flower Show has been transplanted to provide an urban orchard and new areas for the city centre’s wildlife.

i-treesA unique project led by Red Rose Forest that aims to demonstrate the importance of trees and green space through tree planting, green roofs and green walls and scientific monitoring equipment. i-trees will help transform the Oxford Road Corridor of Manchester City Centre into a ‘Living Laboratory'. The project will help understanding around how greenery can impact on climatic conditions such as temperature, flash flooding and air quality.i-trees is a working partnership between The University of Manchester, Red Rose Forest, Manchester City Council, the Manchester Metropolitan University and members of the Corridor Manchester.

Sow SewThe Sow Sew project has used a brownfield site in Manchester to grow flax and create an organic local sustainable material.

In 2012 Sow Sew is looking for more more 'Meanwhile' plots of land around Manchester to make more use of redundant space, while making Manchester greener.

Sow Sew

Textbook StudioA practical guide to foraging in your local area, including images, descriptions, warnings and recipes for edible wild food. Produced by Textbook Studio in Manchester.Funded by Ideas Tap.

Organisations

Manchester City CouncilAnnual Carbon Reduction Plans with short-term targets ensure the authority is making continual progress against this long-term target.A 6% reduction in carbon emissions was achieved in 2010/11, against the 10% target which was set in the Annual Carbon Reduction Plan for this period. As part of the major retrofit programme energy audits are currently being undertaken to investigate how best to retrofit the Council’s buildings. Manchester City Council placed in the top 5% of organisations the country who have taken early action to monitor and reduce their carbon emissions.

SchoolsThe Carbon Trust’s Collaborative Low Carbon Schools service is being piloted in nine schools by Manchester City Council, investigating ways schools can reduce energy consumption. The results from this pilot and previous school programmes will guide future delivery plans which will look to reduce the whole school’s estate energy consumption.

SchoolsEco-Schools programme continues to engage schools in environmental projects, with continual progress up to the prestigious Green Flag award.80 delegates from 28 schools attended this year’s annual Eco-Schools Conference, which was focused on climate change and carbon reduction.

Third sector community workWorking with third sector organisations has enabled the City Council to deliver broader social and economic objectives as well as levering in match-funding which would otherwise have been inaccessible to the City Council directly. There are 6 third sector partners and projects include:Low Carbon Community Grants – including training groups on managing projects and developing funding bidsClimate Change Champions Programme in SchoolsDevelopment of an Eco Hub and delivery of Future Manchester, a series of climate change events from 25th November to 2nd December

Green businessEnvironmental Business Pledge has been operating within the City of Manchester’s boundaries for 5 years, engaging with businesses and organisations of all sizes. The scheme provides the ability to benchmark and demonstrate environmental achievements, while providing both environmental and economic outputs.

Green businessThe achievements of the scheme so far are as follows:• 6,905 tonnes CO2 savings for business (N.B the measurement of

carbon savings started in January 2009)

• 8,834 tonnes of materials saved/ diverted from landfill

• 51,221m3 water saved

• £1,665,636 cost savings for businesses

• 100 new jobs created

• 390 jobs safeguarded Achievements delivered in partnership with ENWORKS business support

Green businessThe future for the scheme includes the development of sustainable consumption and production targets and national formal accreditation. The Council is also operating in partnership with other local authorities in GM in order to provide greater combined environmental support to businesses.

ENWORKSEstablished in 2001, ENWORKS provides environmental support to businesses of all sizes and sectors across the North West.The service has advised more than 11,670 businesses, including 3,450 in Greater Manchester and hundreds in central Manchester.

ENWORKS helps companies to boost profitability, productivity and competitiveness by reducing exposure to environmental risk and using energy, water and materials more efficiently.

ENWORKSAcross the North West, ENWORKS has achieved:

• £115 million ! ! business cost savings through resource efficiency• 543,400 tonnes ! CO2e savings• 6.1 million m3 ! ! water savings• 19.2 million tonnes ! material savings• 320,200 tonnes ! waste diverted from landfill• £231 million ! ! sales contracts secured• 7,490 " " " jobs safeguarded and created

Last year, ENWORKS was named ‘NGO of the Year’ at the national BusinessGreen Leaders Awards. Support is funded by ERDF and BIS.

ENWORKS

The low carbon and environmental sectorIncludes energy efficiency, renewable energy, waste and recycling and associated services to the environmental and low carbon energy sectorAmong the fasting growing sector and still achieving growth rates year on yearWell represented in Greater Manchester

The sector in Greater Manchester1918 companies operating the sectorEmploying 37,000 staffWith a turnover of £5.1bn

GM NW UK

Sales (£) £5.18bn £11.8bn £122.2bn

Companies 1918 5117 51,600

Staff 37,253 93,910 939,600

Source: K-Matrix 2010/11

National and English regional relative share of number of low carbon environmental goods & services companies

Characteristics of low carbon sector in Greater ManchesterStrong market drivers particularly from the public sector, energy performance in building and recycling and waste.Excellent University and further education sector• Manchester University particular strong in electrical engineering

• Salford University 6 star rating in research into the Built Environment

• Trafford and Oldham College, centre of excellence for training renewable energy installers

Diverse companies base with wide range of company type and size from market leaders to start up companies.

Sector highlightsSiemens offshore wind centre of competence based in ManchesterPeel Energy, Nordex, EnerG, PB Power, Viridor, Hyde Group, JDWS, BIFFA, SaicaActive professional sector; Arup, SKM Enviros, DWF, Co-operative Group, DeloitteManufacturing and service companies

Case study: MLS FabricationsIntelligent kitchen Ventilation system (IKV)New system developed to higher energy efficiency standards and to meet building regulationsTechnology currently being demonstrated on Trafford ParkSuitable for commercial kitchens such as schools and colleges.

Case study: Air Energy ManagementNew start-upCompressed air consultancyCan save companies energy and money through monitoring and improving compressed air systemsIndependent

Case study: Granada Material HandlingRecently identified the offshore wind industry as an opportunityUndertook market research and product developmentNow UK’s leading transition piece crane supplierOver 200 Cranes supplied to date

Case study: Hyde GroupExperience in aerospace sectorTransferring skills and approach to the offshore wind sectorSingle vendor code solutionWill give a voice to local companiesSecuring UK design and manufacture programs

Case study: MHA LightingAtherton based company – established a subsidiary MHS Lighting to develop LED lighting productsNew company created 21 jobsManufacturers and installs a range of energy efficient lighting using solid state lighting technologyThe technology is being manufactured under licence from Luminanz and Bolton based company.

Case study: Hughes BrothersConstruction company, identified opportunity to expand business into renewable energyTrained to become MCS accredited installersThe business can now offer installation of solar hot water heating and PV panels

Case study: Jacob Eco EnergyManchester based SMEOriginally a construction company, Jacob Construction diversified into solar PV installationGained MCS accreditation Created a new company Jacob Eco Energy

Manchester Art Gallery - energy consumption of gallery lighting down by 60-70%.

Midland Hotel - Engaging staff, guests and suppliers on sustainability. 10%+ year on year energy saving through new equipment.

Green roof full of herbs!

Waste Management is to get to 100% separation.

www.qhotels.co.uk

University Hospital of South Manchester - Achievements to

date:- 17 carbon

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- 5300 tonnes carbon saved

- At least £420,000 p.a. saved

- Average payback 5.9 years

UHSM Carbon Management Implementation Plan- Led by the University Hospital of South Manchester (UHSM) NHS Trust

- Since 2008 UHSM has been working to implement their Carbon Management Implementation Plan.

- The plan has identified 25 projects which would save an estimated 5500 tonnes of carbon each year and save the trust £435,000 per annum.

- Challenges for the coming years include increasing awareness of the potential impact of climate change and to improve UHSM ability to adapt to an increasingly carbon-constrained economy.

- For further information please contact Paul Featherstone [email protected]

Phlorum Embodied CO2 Tool- Screen grab of Phlorum’s

web-based embodied CO2 tool

- The red bars and numbers on the graphs show the initial embodied CO2 from typical construction materials and methods

- the green bars and numbers show what can be achieved by adopting more sustainable options

- i.e. almost a 50% reduction in embodied CO2

Phlorum Embodied CO2 Tool- Tool developed by Phlorum Limited and part funded by Knowledge Transfer Partnership

- An embodied CO2 calculator tool to measure the life-cycle carbon footprint of new buildings and to encourage the use of less carbon-intensive building materials and construction methods

- Headline outcomes:

- reduction in CO2 emissions of almost 50% by changing some materials and elements of construction

- removing CO2-intensive materials from building elements- encouraging the sourcing of local building materials- providing developers with a competitive advantage by allowing them to scope

embodied CO2 considerations into their tenders

- For more information please contact Dr Paul Beckett ([email protected])

Sustainable Consumption

Sustainable Consumption & ProductionA Sustainable Consumption Action Plan has been developed that will coordinate and report upon the key areas of Sustainable Consumption & Production for the Council and feed into the annual Carbon Reduction Plan. Progress highlights include finalisation of the city’s Sustainable Food Delivery Plan, dissemination and discussion of a carbon audit and school menus development by Manchester Fayre. The North West dCarbon project also started in November 2011, looking to improve the sustainability of the Council’s supply chain in conjunction with the Manchester Environmental Business Pledge.

Sustainable FoodFood Futures partnership has secured £60k funding from the Low Carbon Reserve to develop the Growing Manchester Programme, a Food Baseline Study and a food exemplar project at New Smithfield Markets, for which FareShare won the delivery tender.In December alone of 34.7% of the food dropped off, which would previously have gone straight to composting, was edible. C02e saved - 9.59 tonnes A Low Carbon menu and audit has been undertaken by Manchester Fayre to see where the biggest carbon impacts are. In addition to Meat Free Mondays, there is an aim for a further 20% reduction in Meat and Dairy in Manchester Primary Schools.

Sustainable FoodFeedingManchester - a series of events looking at practical and strategic ways to increase access to sustainable food in Greater Manchester and a website for all those that love food and want to eat sustainably. Forgotten Fields - a collection of projects across Greater Manchester looking at the region's food heritage.Greater Manchester Land Army - a pilot project to explore ways to establish an army of volunteers to support local organic growers and farmers.Manchester Veg People - a new collective of local organic farmers & growers supplying Greater Manchester.