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Sustainability Interventions – for managers of projects

and programmes– with some serious opportunities,

challenges and dilemmas

by

Tom Taylorprincipal of dashdot joint founder of Buro Fourvice President of APMvisiting professor at Salford University

v 3.1 08/11

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2. Sustainability Interventions

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3. A Different View

Whatis this?

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4.1 Caption Contest 1a

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4.2 Caption Contest 1b

A. “Polar Bears’ natural habitats are diminishing as ice cap melts”.

B. “Cuddly Polar Bears starving to death, on melting iceberg, miles from salvation, owing to human selfishness in pumping out greenhouse gases to maintain their growth in living standards.”

C. “Young bears romp on passing iceberg close to shoreline – as numbers of bears are fluctuating.”

D.

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5.1 Caption Contest 2a

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5.2 Caption Contest 2b

A. “Rising temperatures dry out inland seas and lakes, kill off fish stocks and ruin fishing industries.”

B. “Man decides to divert river waters to agriculture diminishing supply to inland sea.”

C. “Seasonal rainfall variations have dramatic effects on shallow lakes.”

D.

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6.1 Start at Home – Agenda? – in UK.

a. Loft Insulation

b. Hot water cylinder Insulation

c. Turn off Appliances

d. Recycle Waste

e. Upgrade Electrical Goods

f. Reuse Food

g. Install Thermostatic Valves

h. Upgrade Boilers

i. Use Energy-saving Light Bulbs

j. 1/2/3 Glazing

k. Insulate Walls

l. Add Water Butts

m. Draughtproof/Airtight Windows and Doors

n. Add Water Displacement Devices

o. Take a short Shower/ Reduce water

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6.2 Start at Home – and next

a. Form an environmetal working party – multigenerational

b. Consider the Home (as above)

c. Consider Transport

d. Consider Lifestyle

e. Assess Carbon Footprint

f. Devise a Plan and Targets

g. Monitor and Manage

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7. Start at Work – Agenda for an Organisation

a. Meetings - locations

b. - numbers attending

c. - frequency

d. Buildings - energy consumption

e. - use of space

f. Materials - sourcing

g. - storage

h. - waste

i. Recycling

j. Vehicles - carbon fuels

k. Green transport plan

l. Cycle to work

m. Child labour, avoidance

n. Biodiversity retention

o.

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8.1 Big Options

Mitigation – Global?

Adaptation – National?

Crisis – Chaotic?

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8.2 Big Options

Mitigation

– to reduce or minimise the cumulative impacts of human activity on the Earth so that the perceived deterioration of the environment from a human perspective is stabilised or even reduced.

Examples….? Renewable Energy sources

Carbon Capture and Storage

Reduced Waste

Maintaining Biodiversity

Global?

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8.3 Big Options

Adaptation

– in these cases there is a realisation that despite all the mitigation effects above this may not be enough and consequently we need to adapt for hotter climates, extreme weather, rising sea levels, dwindling (low-cost) energy supplies.

Examples…..? Building to deal with extreme weather

Lifestyles to deal with extreme weather

Agriculture to deal with rising populations

National?

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8.4 Big Options

Crisis

– this is serious with catastrophic change from sustainability issues with step change and environmental pressures including extreme weather, crop failures, pandemics, population growth, warfare plus environmental Migration.

Examples…..? Stocks for pandemics

Frontier and border controls

Dual-purpose buildings

Disaster provisions

Chaotic?

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9. Cliché Time

Programme Management – doing the right projects

Project Management – doing projects right

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What does this mean in environmental, planet-saving terms?

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Deliver the Sustainability goods

Deliver the goods Sustainably

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10. Start on the Project – How we manage.

a) Number of tenders = waste?

b) Stages at which projects stop = waste?

c) Duplication of efforts/involvements = waste?

d) Disbanding of successful teams = waste?

e) Whole-life costings

f)

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11.1 Whole Life Costings – to include:

initial capital and investment project costs,

operational costs,

decommissioning and disposal costs,

for an appropriate product life cycle period,

discounted cash flow approach with terms at a recommended treasury rate,

with appropriate breakdown by element, component, subsystem – for options and combinations.

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11.2 Whole Life Costings – the targets:

to achieve the lowest discounted Whole Life Costing over the stated period,

without reduction or compromise of critical performance criteria of the project,

to achieve the minimum carbon footprint or energy consumption from non-renewable (and from renewable) resources,

whilst optimising maintenance, repair and replacement regimes,

AND to convey the details of the adopted WLC model so that they be adopted, applied and enhanced in practice.

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12. The Environmental Project Steering Group

the people who care (about the project / sustainability),

the people who have influence (on their projects / sustainability),

the people who can analyse, consider, recommend, decide,

the people who can bring out the best in a team.

Managers of projects:

Clients, champions, sponsors,lead designers, lead contractors, key stakeholders, influential regulators, project managers

The before and after test – the people who steered.

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13.1 Plan of Work 1

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13.2 Plan of Work 2

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13.3 Plan of Work 3

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13.4 Plan of Work 4

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13.5 Plan of Work 5

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14. Start on the Project – How we manage.

a) Number of tenders = waste?

b) Stages at which projects stop = waste?

c) Duplication of efforts/involvements = waste?

d) Disbanding of successful teams = waste?

e) Whole-life costings

f) Sustainability Interventions

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15.1 Sustainability Interventions – as and when required

1. Sustainability Policies, Ethics, Responsibilities, and Context

2. Project-specific Briefs and Statements of Requirements

3. Team Selections

4. Benefits – and Triple Bottom Line (and Five Principles)

5. Benchmarking

6. Standards and Legislation

7. Sustainability in Designs

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15.2 Sustainability Interventions – some more

8. Sustainability in Specifications

9. Sequencing for Sustainability

10. Change Control and Sustainability

11. Delivery Stage

12. Handovers

13. Projects in Use

14. Decommissioning

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16.1 Opportunities 1

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16.2 Opportunities 2

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17.1 Conclusions 1: Observations

There will be Challenges and Opportunities related to Sustainability, the Environment and Green Issues.

Much of it will be determined at macro level by politicians, corporations, regulations, public interest, events.

It will need to be pragmatically interpreted and incorporated by and within projects.

This will fall to the managers of projects – including project managers.

Let us hope they are ready willing and able.

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17.2 Conclusions 2: Something Simple

On your project is it possible to do something simple such as:

thinking about life-cycle costings?

thinking about decommissioning?

greening the supply chain?

eating fairtrade food?

thinking about this generation?

taking a different view?

Good LuckTom Taylor

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