30 march 2006 sustainable development commission sustainable development and sustainable buildings...
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Sustainable Development Commission 30 March 2006
Sustainable Development and Sustainable Buildings
Presentation to Healthcare Estates: Welsh Conference
Lizzie Pomeroy
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Sustainable Development Commission
• Independent adviser to Government • UK-wide remit• ‘Critical friend’• Advice and watchdog• Identify good practice• De-mystify sustainable development
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Sustainable Development Principles
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UK Key themes
• Sustainable consumption and production
• Climate change and energy• Natural resource protection and
environmental enhancement• Sustainable communities
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Local economic, social and environmental conditions
NHS resources
Health of local population
Demand for health services
Capacity to provide quality services
Health of local population
Demand for health services
Virtuous circle
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Capital investment opportunity
• £300m + investment• Rebuilds• Refurbishments• New technologies and
opportunities• Virtuous circles
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Resource efficiency
Health of local population and recovery speed
Capacity to provide quality services
Staff environment
Patient environment
Building
Reduced costs
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Resource efficiency
A resource efficient design will consider:
• Carbon• Water• Construction materials and waste• Operational waste
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Carbon
Challenge: • UK 60% cut by 2050• NHS 15% cut by 2010
• Health buildings 4% of UK emissions• Dominated by heating and lighting• Efficiency and microgeneration
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Energy use in health buildings
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Water
• The challenge • Consumption: 2.5 billion litres
water per year
• Water efficiency in design and operation
• Drainage
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Construction materials and waste
• The challenge: 33% of UK waste• Moving from linear to closed loop
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Occupation waste
The challenge:• 7,000 t hazardous waste, • 12,000 t ‘domestic’ waste… landfill
capacity?
• Space - segregation and storage• Awareness - colour coding
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Local environment
Capacity to provide quality services
Local employment
Community engagement
Community
Reduced demand on services
Exercise and access
Improved health & reduced health inequalities
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Community Regeneration
Planning and procurement can contribute to community regeneration:
• Local sourcing • Employment • Community resources • Accessibility• Green spaces
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Achieving sustainable health buildings
• Contracts• Integrated design• Whole life costing• Maintenance and management• Evaluation: NEAT, BREEAM, toolkit
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NHS Good Corporate Citizenship Model (DH)
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PARTNERSHIP/ COLLAB ORATION
PROCUREMENT
TRANSPORT & TRAVEL
STRATEGIC PLANNING
AND BUILDING DESIGN
FACILITIES MANAGEM
ENT
PATIENT INFORMATI
ON & ENGAGEME
NT
ASSESSMENT OF HEALTH
PROMOTION
NEEDS
EMPLOYMENT & SKILLS
COMMUNITY ENGAGEMEN
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WORKPLACE HEALTH
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Healthy Sustainable Toolkit for NHS Wales
• Welsh health circular• By 2008 NHS expected to have a
plan for SD in each organisation• Framework and supporting toolkit
from WAG by end of summer 2006
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Summary
• Great challenge• Opportunities
• Share good practice
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www.sd-commission.org.uk/wales
www.sd-commission.org.uk/health