1. Ecodesign
meets
the
Built
Environment
An
EDC
and
CEW
Collaboration
Eoin
Bailey
Project
Coordinator

2. Ecodesign
meets
the
Built
Environment
Designing
a
‘Towards
Zero
Waste’
Wales
An
EDC
and
CEW
Collaboration
Tuesday
November
29th
2011
Future
Inn,
Cardiff
Bay
www.ecodesigncentre.org
www.cewales.org.uk

3. Facilitated
workshop
Question
1:
‘What
issues
result
with
waste
in
construction?’

4. Delegate
Responses
• Poor
Design
• Poor
Operations
• Client
Pressure
Q1:
‘What
issues
result
with
waste
in
construction?’

5. Delegate
Responses
Poor
Design
• Bad
design
management
• Site
modiMications
due
to
poor
design
• Bad
design
• InefMicient
designer
• Material
selection
Q1:
‘What
issues
result
with
waste
in
construction?’

6. Delegate
Responses
Poor
Operations
• Fragile
building
products
• Lack
of
recycling
/
reuse
solutions
• Waste
removal
• Changing
Regs
• Problematic
waste
• Recycling
can
create
more
waste
• Bias
in
existing
systems
• Workforce
quality
Q1:
‘What
issues
result
with
waste
in
construction?’

7. Delegate
Responses
Client
Pressure
• Time
Constraints
• Investment
cost
v
pain
• High
expectations
• Money,
lowest
cost
ethos
• Cost
pressure
• Low
cost
of
poor
quality
materials
Q1:
‘What
issues
result
with
waste
in
construction?’

8. Facilitated
workshop
Question
2:
‘What
is
needed
to
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

9. Delegate
Responses
• Design
• Advice
&
Collaboration
• Legislation
&
Direction
Q2:
‘What
is
needed
to
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

10. Delegate
Responses
Design
• Separation
of
materials
• Increased
recycled
content
• Modular
components
• Off-­‐site
construction
• Design
for
recycling
• Design
for
demolition
–
deconstruction
• Standardisation
of
design
and
products
• Logistics
/
management
Q2:
‘What
is
needed
to
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

11. Delegate
Responses
Advice
&
Collaboration
• Education
and
discussion
throughout
supply
chain
• Collaboration
between
life-­‐cycle
brief
client
• Guidance
for
actual
material
environmental
impact
• Waste,
detrimental
to
the
environment
-­‐
deMine
clearly
• Communication
of
true
value
–
Greenwash
• Identify
true
environmental
properties
of
materials
• Finding
a
partner
–
symbiosis
• Integrated
supply
chain
Q2:
‘What
is
needed
to
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

12. Delegate
Responses
Legislation
&
Direction
• End
of
life
/
use
• Polluter
pays
=
client
• E-­‐tagging
–
reuse
• Planning
to
include
reuse
requirements
• LandMill
Tax
• Assumed
usage
–
EOL
• Producer
responsibility
• Enforcement
/
incentive
Q2:
‘What
is
needed
to
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

13. Facilitated
workshop
Statement
Answer
to:
‘How
does
Construction
in
Wales
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

14. Delegate
Responses
Group
1
Statement:
“There
is
a
need
for
a
variety
of
drivers,
enforcement,
education
and
guidance
for
clients
to
design
out
waste”.
Q2:
‘How
does
Construction
in
Wales
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

15. Delegate
Responses
Group
2
Statement:
“There
is
a
need
for
responsibility
to
be
allocated
at
every
stage
of
the
process.
This
should
be
achieved
through
legislation
and
education,
effective
collaboration
and
integration”.
Q2:
‘How
does
Construction
in
Wales
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’

16. Delegate
Opinions
Invitation
to
respond:
‘How
do
you
feel
Construction
in
Wales
could
move
Towards
Zero
Waste?’
Please
contact
Eoin
eoin@edcw.org

17. www.ecodesigncentre.org
Eoin
Bailey:
eoin@edcw.org
Blog:
www.edcshare.org