Energy & Environment Report

for

2008 – 2009

Ian Rowe

Manager (Health, Safety & Environment)

1. Environmental Management System

2. Key documents and registers

3. Environmental achievements 08/09

4. Objectives for 09/10

5. Questions

Environmental Management System

The College operates an Environmental Management System (EMS) certified to the Green Dragon Environmental Standards.

The Green Dragon Standard is split into 5 levels that assist organisations to develop and implement an EMS in a structured approach.

Initially achieved level 2 at the Hill in 2005 2007 achieved level 2 across all 6 campuses 2008 achieved level 3 across all 6 campuses In July 2009, Groundwork (Wales) conducted an environmental audit against the

requirements of level 4 of the Green Dragon Environmental Standard. As a result of the audit the college was successfully awarded level 4 of the standard with no issues or non-conformities being identified.

Level 4 is equivalent to ISO 14001 Work has now commenced on level 5 – a proposed date for achieving this

standard is December 2010

EMS Manual – Keys documents

EMS Manual the manual consists of Environmental Policy Statement 19 procedures 14 Guidance Notes 10 Forms 5 Registers

All documentation within the EMS has been developed in accordance with both the Green Dragon Standard and ISO 14001.

Electronic Manual only.

Available via the College intranet – Health, Safety & Environment pages

EMS – Registers & RecordsAll registers and records must be maintained for a minimum of 2 years

Register of Environmental Legislation Register of Objectives and Targets Register of Environmental Aspects Register of Internal & External Communications Register of Environmental Incidents

Record of all Waste Transfer notes Record of all Waste Licenses for contractors/suppliers of the college Record of all Energy monitoring conducted Record of all Meter Reading (Gas, Water and Electricity) Record of all Internal Environmental Audits and Inspection

Legislation Register

Objectives & Targets Register

Aspects Register

Impacts and Aspects Risk Matrix

Aspects Risk Rating

AchievementsEnvironmental Achievements 08/09 Achieved Green Dragon Environmental Standard level 4 at all 5 campuses 72.87% of all waste produced was recycled and prevented from being sent to land

fill sites 100% of all paper and cardboard disposed of via the blue bin scheme was recycled A 6.47% reduction in the total energy used throughout the college A 11% reduction in direct CO2 emissions A 5.35% reduction in water usage across the college Achieved level 3 of the Welsh Assembly Governments ‘Sustainable Procurement

Assessment Framework’. Environmental training provided to over 300 staff There were no pollution or environmental reports received from any environmental

enforcing agency. Shortlisted for the 2010 Envirowise Public Sector Sustainability Award

Waste ManagementWaste ManagementDuring 2008-2009 the college reduced the overall tonnage of waste by 243 Tones when compared to 07-08. The actual waste produced was 565 Tones of waste with 416 Tones of the total waste being recycled - 72.87% of all waste produced by the college being recycled.

During 2008-2009 the college continued to improve on the recycling of paper and included the recycling of cardboard through the blue bin scheme as a result a 100% of all paper and cardboard disposed via the blue bins was recycled

Energy ManagementEnergy For the third consecutive year the college achieved a substantial reduction in

its total energy consumption. One of the environmental aims and objectives set by the college for 2008-2009 was to achieve a reduction of 2.5% across the college based on 2007-2008 consumption. The total combined energy consumption for 2008-2009 equated to 7673442kWh a reduction of some 1700899 kWh when compared to 2007 – 2008. This equated to a substantial 6.47% reduction on the previous year.

 

 

2006 -2007 2007-2008 2008-2009

Electricity (kWh) 4041392 4241593 3991848

Gas (kWh) 13172,881 11672738 11126978

Heating Oil (kWh) 3440053 3460010 2554616

Total (kWh) 20654326 19374341 17773442

Carbon Emissions For the third consecutive year the college achieved a substantial reduction in

its total CO2 emitted. One of the environmental aims and objectives set by the college for 2008-2009 was to achieve a reduction of 2.5% across the college based on its 2007-2008 emissions.

The total carbon emissions for the college during 2008-2009 was 4973.68 Tonnes CO2e, a reduction of some 591.73 Tonnes CO2e, when compared to 2007-2008, this equates to a comprehensive 11% reduction in CO2e

emissions from energy and transport use. This value was calculated using correction factors provided by the carbon trust and based on the energy consumed and mileage covered by the college minibuses and staff business mileage.

06 -07 07-08 08-09

Total (Kg CO2) 5492.24 5326.58 4973.68

How were the achievements made

Implementation of the EMS system Comprehensive waste management contract Quarterly environmental / waste audits Monthly energy monitoring of all campuses K2N tracking and monitoring system for energy Reducing heating and process loads in buildings by upgrading the insulation and

control systems. Improving lighting efficiency by upgrading old fluorescent tubes to more efficient

high frequency types and installing improved controls. Enhancing utility monitoring arrangements through the implementation of

monitoring & targeting and investigating the improvement of sub-metering arrangements of buildings.

Implemented Power-Save software for all PC’s and Mac’s Implemented environmental awareness training programme for staff

The next step Achieve level 5 of the Green Dragon Environmental Standards Further development of environmental training Documents within the EMS will be controlled to prevent mistakes. Further develop the data collection process on transport, both direct and

indirect, to ensure accurate carbon emissions can be calculated. Development of travel plans for staff Reduce energy and water use by 2.5% across all campuses Continue to take into account energy efficiency at the design stage for all new

building projects and refurbishment work. Achieve level 4 of the Sustainable Procurement Assessment Framework

(SPAF), Further reduce the waste sent to landfill and increase recycling where

practicable

Any Questions?