Tony Baldwinson Waste Pecha Kucha

NW Construction Knowledge Hub

REDUCING WASTE IN CONSTRUCTION

Morecambe, 12 November 2009

Tony BaldwinsonProject Manager

Centre for Construction Innovation

Centre for Construction Innovation

Established in 1999 in response to the Rethinking Construction Agenda.

30 staff with varied skills and professions

A not-for-profit enterprise centre within the University of Salford for NW

10 years of delivering excellence in the built environment

Showcasing Best Practice:• 5 regional Construction Best Practice Clubs• 2 specialist Best Practice Clubs – Sustainable Communities &

Heritage Skills

Worked with 80% of NW Local Authorities• £2,500 million of construction and design work procured

5 waves of EU-funded support – helping over 850 SMEs

Over 500 organisations and 5,000 people used training programmes

CUBE Venue, Portland Street, Manchester – 18,000+ visitors per year

Centre for Construction Innovation

Sustainable Development and Construction

Sustainable Development

Sustainable Construction Sustainable Communities

Environmental SocialEconomic

Triple Bottom Line

Sustainable Construction

• Buildings use 46% of all energy – up to 70% in major cities

• Construction uses 53% of primary materials• Construction has second biggest environmental

footprint after food• 13 million tonnes of materials delivered and not

used• 90 million tonnes of waste – 3 times domestic• 21% of all hazardous waste

The NWDA Sustainability Standard

less carbon, less waste, more jobs

This project is to give small construction firms in the North West the knowledge to better manage their carbon and waste impacts.

  Small firms need this knowledge to win more work, make buildings greener, create new jobs, and play their part in our journey to a new, low-carbon prosperous economy. This project will assist 200 small and medium-sized firms, safeguard 300 jobs and help create a further 300 jobs in the North West. 

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• 3 year NW Operations Programme funded (ERDF and

NWDA)

• Builds on support available to the construction sector

• New and additional activity to support resource

efficiency and sustainability focusing on construction

SMEs in the NW

• A range of partner organisations with a wealth of

knowledge:

– Expertise embedded within Higher Education Institutions

– Brokering and provision of bespoke business support

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Partners include:

• CCI / University of Salford

• UCLAN

• University of Liverpool

• BRE

• Urban Vision

In-depth assistance to:

• Improve environmental performance

• Reduce the use and waste (including CO2) of energy

and resources.

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The Project:• promotes knowledge transfer between HEIs and Industry to

develop innovative products, services and construction practices to reduce waste and carbon emissions;

• builds capacity within SMEs so that they become more profitable, more productive and economically stable;

• assists local construction enterprises to adopt sustainable approaches in design and delivery; helping to embed principles of recycling, waste management and carbon reduction in all aspects of design, procurement, construction and demolition;

• helps to minimise waste, maximise recycling and reduce carbon emissions at all stages of the construction process.

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Primary Policy Objective – Carbon

Policy – reduce carbon emissions from buildings – zero net carbon post 2020

Goal to minimise the use of fossil fuels used by buildings in heating, lighting and ventilation by either:

• reducing the requirement for energy overall, or

• using non-fossil fuels such as wind, solar or other renewable sources

Carbon – Potential Actions

Energy Efficiency• Insulation/Air-tightness

• Passive Solar Design

• Natural Ventilation

• Natural Lighting

Energy Efficient Systems• Combined Heat & Power

• Other Energy Efficient Plant & Equipment

• Energy Efficient Management Systems

• Renewable Energy

• Photo Voltaic Cells (PVCs)

• Passive Solar Heating

• Wind Turbines

• Ground Source Heating

• Biomass Boilers & CHP

• Energy Generated from Waste

Primary Policy Objective – Waste

Policy – divert waste from landfill sites – zero net waste post 2020

This can be done by either

• Reducing the amount of waste sent to landfill by minimising the use of materials, the reuse, on-site or off site of materials, recycling waste or using waste for energy recovery, or

• Using materials that have been made from other peoples recycled waste

Waste – Potential Actions

Waste Minimisation• Design Solutions

• Material Procurement

• Construction Logistics

• Offsite Construction

• Packaging

• Demolition & Regeneration

• Utilities

Waste Management• Site Waste Management

Plans

Recycled Materials• On-Site & Off-Site Recycling

• Aggregates

• Plasterboard

• Wood

• Glass

• Plastics

Secondary Policy Objective – Whole Life Value

Policy – achieving value for money from projects

The Whole Life Value of a development takes into account many things including the costs of acquiring it (including consultancy, design and construction costs, and equipment), the costs of operating it and the costs of maintaining it over its whole life through to its eventual disposal

Secondary Policy Objective – User Satisfaction & Comfort

Policy – ensuring that developments deliver buildings that support the activity that goes on inside them through good design and well managed buildings.

User Satisfaction and Comfort are driven by a wide variety of issues from aesthetics, management and control of lighting and heating, movement in and around the building and other issues that confront users.

This is similar in some ways to Place Shaping and Adaptation, but it regards the specific building and the people inside it as the core issue, rather than how the building fits in its surrounding area.

Thank you

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