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Climate Change and Energy Management
The property sector is responsible for more than a third of the world’s total energy use and in most countries it’s the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
Contents
- What We've Been Doing
- What's Next
- Case Study: Exceptional Standards of Energy Efficiency at the Athletes’ Village
- Appendices
What We've Been Doing
Carbon Footprint
Our plans to reduce the carbon footprint of our occupied offices and assets under management in the UK by 10 per cent were hampered by the very cold winter. We achieved 6.9 per cent reduction equal to a 17.2 per cent reduction over the last three years. Using more heating during the winter than we expected, means we have to work harder and invest further capital into our portfolio to get the savings we want. We’re drawing up carbon management strategies for the long term for each of our centres.
Total carbon footprint (Scope 1 & 2 according to the GHG Protocol) (tCO2) for our occupied offices and retail assets under management in the UK for FY 2007-08, FY 2008-09 and FY 2009-10 (See Footnote 1)
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EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight
In the UK our construction and project management business made a six per cent reduction in its carbon footprint (See Footnote 2) for Scope 1 and 2 emissions and a 13 per cent carbon footprint reduction when Scope 3 emissions are included. This is about a six per cent reduction per employee in this part of our business.
Total carbon footprint (Scope 1 and 2 according to the GHG Protocol) (tCO2) for our developments and construction sites in the UK for FY 2008-09 and FY 2009-10
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EN16 Total direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions by weight
Total gas intensity (Scope 1 according to the GHG Protocol) (kWh/m2) at our retail assets under management in the UK for FY 2007-08, FY 2008-09 and FY 2009-10 in comparison with Upstream ‘typical practice’ benchmark.
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Total electricity intensity (Scope 2 according to the GHG Protocol) (kWh/m2) at our retail assets under management in the UK for FY 2007-08, FY 2008-09 and FY 2009-10 in comparison with Upstream ‘typical practice’ benchmark.
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EN 3 Direct energy consumption by primary energy source
EN4 Indirect energy consumption by primary source
In CEMEA we are working towards accurate measurement and reporting of energy use on our projects. This will give us a working baseline to judge progress against. Emissions have been measured across the continental European offices specified in the reporting scope over the last two financial years with an increase visible. This increase is representative of a recent change in office spaces in Dubai where the regional office space almost doubled leading to an overall increase in carbon emissions over the last financial year.
Total carbon footprint (Scope 1 & 2 according to the GHG Protocol) (tCO2) for our occupied offices in CEMEA for FY 2008-09 and FY 2009-10
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Climate Change Adaptation
In the UK, we’re working with the University College London and other industry leading experts to roll out a Climate Change Adaptation framework across our operations. We want all our permanent offices, assets under management, developments and construction projects to have a site specific Climate Change Adaptation strategy in place, to help ensure our operations are future-proofed against climatic change.
Carbon Trust Standard
We achieved the Carbon Trust Standard across our operations in the UK where we have operational control. This is a mark of our good carbon management and governance. We have reduced our greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions (covering Scope 1 and 2) by 6.9 per cent over the last three financial years.
Our activities:
Offices
- We’ve measured the carbon footprint of our business travel in the uk in 2009-10 using travel expenses data. We’re introducing a new electronic expenses system which will help us carry out carbon reporting and enable us to set a target to reduce GHG emissions for our business travel.
Assets under management
- Our retail assets have been working hard to reduce resource consumption and share best practice on energy use. During the year all of the electrical monitoring systems were reviewed to make sure the best metering equipment was being used.
Developments and construction sites
- In the UK, we’ve drawn up carbon management plans for all our construction sites. This means we can be confident our project managers are running sites with carbon reduction in mind: ordering energy efficient cabins, operating a ‘lights out’ policy and encouraging people not to leave engines idling.
- In the UK, we’ve completed a study with Building Research Establishment (BRE) to work out the GHG emissions from our total construction waste and in the last two years we’ve seen a 13 per cent reduction.
- We’ve measured the embodied carbon footprint of our commercial office buildings at Greenwich Peninsula and a school refurbishment project in Birmingham. This will help us make more informed decisions about materials on future projects and help us set future carbon reduction targets.
EN 7 Initiatives to reduce indirect energy consumption and reductions achieved
EN18 Initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and reductions achieved
What's Next
In the next 12 months we will be setting out our commitment to climate change and energy management and launching a strategy to put this into practice. This will help us have a consistent approach to how we manage energy consumption and work towards our objectives across the region.
We will also:
Offices
- We will develop a better system for measuring and reporting business travel data. This will allow us to make better use of our information and drive reductions.
Assets under management
- We’ve audited our electrical monitoring systems and will upgrade all of our meters in the UK so we’re better at monitoring our electricity consumption.
- We’ve asked our people at all of our assets to complete an ‘energy initiatives list’. This will identify more opportunities to save energy from both a habitat change and technology viewpoint.
Developments and construction sites
- In the UK, carbon management plans will help sites find more ways to save energy. They will be using more energy efficient accommodation on new sites, more energy efficient construction plant, they will be forecasting their energy needs better, reducing electricity baseload by better energy monitoring and connecting the electricity supply earlier into sites - avoiding use of carbon-intensive diesel generators - reducing the carbon footprint of the site.
Case Study: Exceptional Standards of Energy Efficiency at the Athletes’ Village
Recent calculations show that the Athletes’ Village development will be on average 83 per cent more energy efficient than UK Building Regulations and well beyond the minimum 44 per cent improvement needed to achieve Level 4 of the Code for Sustainable Homes.
This is down to the high quality insulation used for buildings across the site and from the highly energy efficient combined heat and power system (CHP), which incorporates a biomass renewable energy source.
Research indicates predicted energy consumption will save 13,380 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) a year, which includes the reduction of CO2 produced by appliances commonly found within the home. This saving is the equivalent to the volume of CO2 contained by around 3,000 50 metre swimming pools. About 30 per cent of this saving has been achieved by designing buildings that need less heat and power.
We’ve introduced other energy efficiency measures at the Athletes’ Village development including mechanical ventilation heat recovery (MVHR) systems specifically developed for the project. These provide filtered fresh air and recover 90 per cent of the heat, with the units incorporating fan motors to help further reduce energy demand.
LED lighting has also been developed for use at the development, which will reduce energy demand by about 85 per cent compared to a regular light bulb, saving 5,317 tonnes of CO2 a year.
A comparison of energy efficiency between a standard apartment and an apartment at the Athletes’ Village development
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