Healthcheck your workspace skanska go green low carbon workshop 25 july 2017

1. Green Your Workspace
using Skanska UK’s Color PaletteTM
Ludi Hall-Drinkwater – Senior Environmental Advisor, Facilities Services
Rachel Quinn – Senior Environmental Advisor, Buildings Central & Regions
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Deep Green
Aspirational projects,
made possible
through knowledge
and pipeline
Green Flagship Projects
Stretching projects with green
clients, design and supply chain –
market positioning and pipeline
Green Solutions
Improving green
performance across all
projects – builds knowledge
Skanska
Revenue
Green Business
“Solutions, practices and services which improve position of
Skanska revenue, aid winning of Green Flagship projects
and ultimately delivery Deep Green Opportunities”

5. UK Business Plan Target – Planet
Projects green / deep green
2020

6. Walking Through The Color Palette
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7. Net Zero Energy
• Uses as much or more renewable
energy than fossil fuel energy
• Mandatory for a building to be
considered deep green
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8. • 25% of UK electricity
• Biomass
• Onshore wind
• Offshore wind
• Solar – big mover
• Tidal - trials
• Inconsistent outputs
Quiz question
Which country invested the most in renewables in 2016?
On average, what percentage of UK electricity comes from
renewables?

9. Near Zero Carbon
• Carbon associated with construction
and materials
• The impact of building a project
• 75% better than the market norm
• Mandatory for Infrastructure projects
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10. Carbon - Currency of Green
• Tonnes of carbon is the currency of green
• Used to measure and scale environmental impacts
• CO2 links well to money
• 1 tonne CO2 = £200 electricity
• = £500 diesel
• Running our global budget in deficit

11. Carbon footprint
• Carbon the currency of green
• Calculation of the carbon emissions associated with a
product, building or infrastructure
• A carbon footprint is made of embodied and
operational carbon

12. Materials
• 3 Sub groups
• Use Sustainable Materials
• Traceable
• Maximise recycled content / reuse
• No Hazardous Materials
• No waste to landfill
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13. Materials
Construction is one of the most
inefficient industries in terms of
consumption of finite resources

14. Circular Economy Video
Rethinking the process
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zCRKvDyyHmI

15. Net Zero Water
• Drinking water only used for human
consumption
• No mains water used for
construction activities
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16. Water – UK picture
As a whole, the UK is not short of water, however some regions are ‘water-stressed’

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Skanska Projects
The Deep Green Journey

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Skanska’s Bentley Works (Doncaster,
£13m)
Energy positive
Dual-fuel heating
system; biomass &
waste oil from facility
Solar panels
Natural lighting and
cooling
LED lights
Zero waste to landfill
Rainwater harvesting
Solar shading

19. Maple Cross
Net Zero
Primary Energy
Net Zero Water
Near Zero
Carbon Construction
Zero Unsustainable
Materials4)
Zero Hazardous
Materials 5)
Zero Waste
localcodes,standardsand
regulationsinplace
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✓= Current position
✓ = Post Retrofit position

20. Top Tips for Reducing Your Impact
• Understand your scope;
• What do you have control over and what can you just
influence
• Understand your current performance;
• Create a benchmark which you can improve on
• Don’t make it more complicated than it needs to be
• Data data data…
• It’s not all about big investment;
• No cost/low cost
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21. The Breakout Session…
Objective:
“To identify and share some viable green solutions for
your workspaces and offices utilising Skanska’s Color
PaletteTM”.
How:
• Use the Color Palette print outs and post it notes on
your table to plot initiatives that you discuss.
• We’ll start with your ideas and current initiatives!
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22. To Finish… Bentley Works, Doncaster
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