Co-Creating Ireland’s National

Renovation Strategy – V.2

Farmleigh House, 16th June 2016

Pat BarryExecutive Director - IGBC

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Agenda

08.30 Session 1 – Setting the Scene

09.35 Session 2 – Behaviour Changes and Awareness

10.45 Coffee Break

11.05 Session 3 – Business Models & Legislation

01.00 Lunch Break

02.00 Session 4 – Introduction to Green Leases

04.00 Event Ends

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Marion JammetBusiness Development ManagerIrish Green Building Council

I. Co-creating an ambitious national renovation strategy for Ireland (2017 – 2020)

II. Renovating Ireland’s residential buildings stock: Barriers & Opportunities

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• Energy Efficiency Directive (art. 4)

• National Renovation Strategies

• Long-term vision

• Updated every 3 years

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20 Experts

5 Sectors

2 Questions

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Q.1 In your opinion, what are the main barriers to large scale deep

renovation in the public buildings sector?

Q.2 What kind of changes are necessary for large-scale deep

renovation to happen in the public building sector?

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Q.1 In your opinion, what are the main

barriers to large scale deep renovation

in the public buildings sector?

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Government Funding Arrangement

AwarenessTop level management’s buy in

Lack of Accountability

Capital Funding

Energy Performance Contracting

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Q.2 What kind of changes are

necessary for large-scale deep

renovation to happen in the public

building sector?

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Long-term commitment at Government Level

End-to-end multi-disciplinary project

development support

Long-term funding commitment

Off balance sheet accounting

Accountability

“Ring Fencing” savings achieved for service improvement

Training

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Thank you

Marion Jammet

www.buildupon.eu/ireland

marion@igbc.ie

01 681 5862

This project has received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020

research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 649727.

Majella Kelleher

Head of Energy ManagementSEAI

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Initial Public Buildings Sector

WorkshopMajella Kelleher

Head of Energy Demand Management

Farmleigh, Dublin

16th June 2016

Agenda

• Energy drivers in public sector

• Public sector programme

• Building energy usage and deep retrofit

Energy Drivers in the Public Sector

National Targets

Public Sector Targets

Exemplar Role

Reporting

Audits + Standards

Purchasing

Building Regs / Ratings

Public sector

programme

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Monitoring and Reporting (M&R)

• Annual cycle

• 3 year vision

Energy Use in Irish Public Sector

• 324 Public bodies

• 3,800 Schools

• €600m Energy spend

• 33% Target

• Reported publically

Monitoring and Reporting - Highlights

9,106 GWh 2568 GWh e 2203 GWh th

Deep Retrofit in public sector buildings

• Challenges

– Definition

– Fit with NZEB?

– Perceptions ?

– Economics

– Financing < 5-7 year

payback

– Lighting, controls,

heating systems

• Opportunities

– Hybrid financing

– Invest now to leave

buildings ‘right’ for 10+

years

– Asset Renewal

Strategy vs Deep

Renovation Strategy ?

• 2016 Project assistance grants €1m capital

• 2017 New project support model

Energy Standards Development

LIEN EstablishedLarge Industry

Energy Network

201520142011200920051995

IS393Irish Energy

Management Standard and

Energy Agreements Programme

EN16001European

Energy Management

Standard

ISO50001International

Energy Management

Standard

IS399Irish Energy Efficient Design Management

Standard

Certified Energy

Efficient Design

Designed

Verified

Managed

Certification Programme

Thank You

majella.kelleher@seai.ie

Rebecca Minch

DCENR

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Public Sector Energy EfficiencyPresentation to the IGBC Build Upon Seminar

16 June 2016

Overview

• The case for public sector energy efficiency

• What’s new in the forthcoming Strategy

• The challenges – your feedback

The case

Slide 40

Energy efficiency internationally recognised as cost effective way to tackle climate change; Central to Energy White Paper and reducing reliance on fossil fuels by 80-95% by 2050; public sector 33% target in place since 2010

• The public sector takes a national leadership role in deploying energy efficiency projects and initiatives.

• The delivery of this Strategy is a shared, whole of Government, effort where all Government Departments, and the bodies under their aegis, play their part in embedding best practice in energy management as part of their business delivery.

• In the context of public sector reform, the public sector takes an action focused and results driven approach to sustainable and cost effective energy management, thereby delivering better value for money and better services for citizens.

• The public sector contributes to the development of a more sustainable energy system, a reduction in our harmful emissions and a cleaner healthier environment now and for future generations.

What’s new

Slide 41

• Communicating the policy message – explaining how public sector energy efficiency fits into the wider low carbon transition and public sector reform

• Call for increased action – half way to target, but step-change required. Strategic actions identified

• Establish a large project pipeline and enhance project support – support development of large scale projects and aggregation of small scale; manage balance sheet impact; monitor energy management plans of large users

• Establish a robust governance structure – senior manager accountability; embed the priority across Government – annual Memo to Government establishing common understanding of challenges and successes; embed energy management and training in public sector business planning

The challenges – your feedback

Slide 42

• Leadership – must come from the top and must be communicated to the

top; part of business planning; way for Ireland to demonstrate its

commitment to climate action and EU goals; focus on four big user groups:

Local Authorities; Commercial State Bodies; Healthcare and Third Level

Education;

• Funding – identify projects first; create a project pipeline; advice on when

EPC appropriate

• Technical expertise and procurement – technical advice on NZEB;

energy management training; certification

• Incentives – retaining savings has been identified as key

• Coordinating and maximising action – making energy efficiency part of

wider business planning; aggregation of projects

Session 2

Behaviour Changes and Awareness

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THE WICKED AND WILD CHALLENGES OF

FOSTERING ENERGY EFFICIENCY ENGAGEMENT IN

ORGANISATIONS

The challenge of energy & behaviour in non-domestic

buildings

• Organisations (including commercial, public and industrial) account for between

50% and 60% of energy use worldwide

• Buildings constituting 18% of emissions from buildings in the UK and 20%

globally

• More complex – in terms of building type/agency/control/ethics/organizational

culture

• Increasing research and interest in digital economy and ICT based solutions,

e.g. visualisation of data (feedback/dashboards) and SMART/Intelligent

Buildings relating behaviour change

The opportunity of behaviour change

The digital economy is more than just controls, feedback

& dashboards . . .

“Our electronic networks are enabling novel forms of collective

action, enabling the creation of collaborative groups that are larger

and more distributed than any other time”

Clay Shirky

. . . & behaviour change is more

than information provision . . .

S, Arnstein, "A ladder of citizen participation." Journal of

the American Institute of Planners 35: pp. 216-244 (1969).

Three benefits of engagement

1. Democracy is increased as all citizens have a right to participate and

be represented in environmental decision making

2. Non-experts are often more attune to the ethical issues of a situation

3. Greater acceptance can often be achieved by involving all those

affected by the particular situation

B, Sovacool, “What are we doing here? Analyzing fifteen years of energy scholarship and

proposing a social science research agenda.” Energy Research & Social Science 1: pp. 1-

29 (2014).

Gooddee2ds: Research context and methodology

• 18 months funding from the UK Engineering and Physical Science Research Council - Digital

Economy ‘Research in the Wild’ (The ‘wild’ was Leicester City Council)

• Aim of Gooddee2ds: to explore a participatory approach to the development of a web-application to

help building-users reduce energy consumption in non-domestic buildings.

• Approach:

– 5 meetings with a user-group of ‘lay & expert’ building users

– Issued with iPhones

– Development of an ICT-based ‘reporting tool’ based on user-input to encourage participation.

– Ongoing monthly meetings with users.

• Findings from this paper are based on a focus-group with the user-group and semi-structured

interviews with the user-group and some other actors

Positive about engagement . . .

• Putting faces to names

– We don’t have a lot of contact with other city council departments about this kind of thing. What I

actually find quite useful here is the fact that if we can report something we get a named person who

will become responsible for it, and also as part of this user group . . . I’ve met them now. (M4)

• Knowledge sharing

– The library assistant (F1) for example said she hoped to “find out more about how this energy, power

and everything is worked out . . . and to look at how we can reduce wastage”.

– This was echoed by the energy services team leader (M5): Having a group that shares knowledge is

always important . . . there isn’t one good way of doing a particular thing, and therefore sharing what’s

around the table is the whole idea.

– “But with the user group as a whole I think there wasn’t a problem having the different age groups

because I think that helped us get the understanding of different people’s views, so that was a good

thing I suppose” (R003)

Barriers to participation (1) : general workplace issues

1. “They’re more thinking about their day job and what we’re doing and it’s

just tunnel, the vision’s tunnelled into and the energy impacts are outside of

that tunnel for me.”

2. “I think it’s widely known anyway, across the board, because it’s a very

stressful environment and it’s very pressurised, I think some people just

sort of see it as, well, screw the system, really. Again it’s not really like, hey,

you shoot them by leaving your computer on overnight, but I think it’s that sort

of childish mentality that affects some people.”

3. “The bottom line of it comes to the fact that they’re not paying it. If you

were paying it you would be a lot more cautious with regards to how you use

various things” (L1)

Barriers to participation (2) : Local authority

challenges

Conclusions & Reflections

1. There is no ‘one-size fits all’ magic bullet . . .

2. The technical opportunities are there to provide innovative social media

platforms to enable collaboration around energy management & people did

value the user-group experience. – People were able to share energy consumption data and to benefit from instant sharing of photos and data across multi-

site facilities.

3. Attempting to ‘climb’ Arnstein’s ladder of participation is a challenge to

organisations’ notions of control, power and responsibility

4. Who’s behaviour are we trying to change?

Further reading . . . .

• Bull, R., Lemon, M., Everitt, D., & Stuart, G. (2015). Moving beyond feedback: Energy behaviour and local

engagement in the United Kingdom. Energy Research & Social Science 8 32-40

• Bull et al (2014) Digitally Engaging and Empowering Employees for Energy Demand Reduction: A New

Approach for the Next Generation? ACEEE Summer Study Conference Proceedings. August.

• Bull et al (2013). Are people the problem or the solution? A critical look at the rise of the smart/intelligent

building and the role of ICT enabled engagement. ECEEE Summer Study Conference Proceedings 2013,

pp. 1135-1145; 5A-079-13

• Bull, R., J. Petts, et al. (2008). "Social Learning from Public Engagement: Dreaming the impossible?"

Journal of Environmental Management and Planning 51(5): 703-718.

• P. C. Stern, K. B. Janda, M. A. Brown, L. Steg, E. L. Vine, and L. Lutzenhiser. "Opportunities and insights for

reducing fossil fuel consumption by households and organizations." Nature Energy 1:16043. (2016).

• Contact: rbull@dmu.ac.uk

• Twitter: @richbull

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Session 2

Business Models and Legislation

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Glyn Mountford

Business Development Lead Re:Fit

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Re:fit – Driving Energy Conservation Retrofits within Public Sector Buildings

Glyn Mountford – Re:fit PIU Team WalesDirector – GEP Environmental Limited

What are we going to cover ?

• Introducing Re:fit & GEP Environmental

• Tendering of the Re:fit framework

• Eligibility to use the framework

• Basic Re:fit contract structure between parties

• Measures permitted under the framework

• The framework contractors

• Refit projects and how the programme works

• Re:fit achievements

• Summary of Re:fit key benefits

Company Profile

GEP Environmental Limited (GEP) is a highly experienced engineering and environmental consultancy with

significant experience in public sector, commercial and property sectors.

Independent advisers and auditors to several public and private sector frameworks:

LHC framework, the Carbon & Energy Fund (CEF) pool of independent technical advisors

Re:fit London Independent M&V advisors

Resource Efficiency Scotland (RES) Low Carbon Programme, Zero Waste Scotland (ZWS) Technical

Frameworks

Health Facilities Scotland (HFS) Technical Framework

Resource Efficient Wales (REW) Programme and the Re:fit Wales Programme Implementation Unit

Core services - Energy, Environment, Training:

Impartial engineering design, project and programme management, resource efficiency, environmental

management, building auditing and surveying, verification and training services

Specific support for metering services, on site monitoring including power, voltage, flow, temperature

(heat and cooling circuits) monitoring, specification and project management support

Energy and environmental compliance services including CRC support and auditing, RHI and FiT support

and certified ISO 14001 and ISO 50001 management systems

GEP project engineers are accredited under the following schemes:

CIBSE Low Carbon Consultant, CIBSE EPC Accredited Assessors

Register of Professional Engineering Consultants (RPEC)

ISO 50001, ISO 14001, ISO 9001 Lead Auditors

Certified Measurement and Verification Professionals

Stroma, BRE and CIBSE accreditations for the Energy Performance of Buildings assessments

Introducing Re:fit

• Established by the Greater London Authority in 2008/9

• Works with the EU’s Energy Performance Contracting (EPC) model

Provision of Financing

Contracts

Financial Guarantees

Procurement and Energy Performance Contract

Determining Energy Savings

EPC Best Practice – Case Studies

• Framework of Service Providers or Framework Contractors

• OJEU compliant (Official Journal of the European Community)

• Guaranteed savings programme

• Robust M&V – IPMVP compliant

Introducing Re:fit

Energy Performance Contracting model (EPC) :

• Savings and investment performance criteria set at tender stage

• Savings contractually guaranteed (kWh)

• Verification of savings – IPMVP

• Multiple tranches may be called up using only one procurement engagement

Framework of 16 Service Providers (3rd framework since 2010) :

• Framework created by CCS, GLA , LP and DECC, extensive pre-qualification

• Fast and resource efficient tendering with standard processes

• Support for participants to deliver ‘invest to save type schemes‘ through holistic

and wide ranging retrofits with support from Salix and Welsh Government

• Over £134m procured projects to date in UK

Re:fit Cymru, Programme Implementation Unit (PIU) support

• Appointed to support the Welsh Public Sector Local in April 2016

• 90% funded by ELENA (EIB), contribution by PS capped at £20k, which is halved

when schemes progress

Re:fit allows public bodies to include multiple buildings and ECM’s within a

single OJEU procured Energy Performance Contracting framework providing

energy reduction and alternative energy schemes which have scale and can

be expedited within months.

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• TENDERING OF THE FRAMEWORK

National Framework for UK Energy Performance Contracting (RE:FIT):

• Procured in accordance with relevant legislation and advertised

accordingly in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).

• OJEU contract notice 2015/S 214-3912 was published in November

2015, following a prior information notice to the market in September

2015.

• Supported by the Crown Commercial Service (CCS) as the procuring

agent and the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).

• Highly competitive procurement means leading industry players secured

on robust contract terms and pricing approaches.

• Framework runs for 4 years, but contracts under the framework can run

for significantly longer e.g. solar PV 20-25 years

• The upper threshold for total purchases is £1.5 billion for the 3rd UK Re:fit

framework

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• ORGANISATIONS ELIGIBLE TO USE FRAMEWORK

• Details on the organisations that are eligible to use the Framework

were stated in the OJEU contract notice.

• Extensive list means that the framework should be useable by

• public sector organisations across the UK

• a range of third sector organisations

• organisations required to follow public contract regulations as

part of their funding arrangement.

• The applicability and ability to use the framework is a decision for

the relevant organisation

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• ELIGIBLE ORGANISATIONS INCLUDE

• Central government departments, local

government and public corporations that

can be accessed at the Public Sector

Classification Guide:

• http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/na-

classification/national-accounts-sector-

classification/index.html

• Local authorities (England and Wales)

• http://www.idea.gov.uk/idk/org/la-data.do

• http://www.ubico.co.uk/

• Non-departmental public bodies

• https://www.gov.uk/government/organisation

s

• National parks authorities

• http://www.nationalparks.gov.uk/

• Educational establishments in England and

Wales, maintained by the Department for

Children, Schools and Families including

schools, universities and colleges but not

independent schools

• http://www.education.gov.uk/edubase/home.

xhtml

Police forces in the United Kingdom

https://www.police.uk/contact/force-websites/

Registered social landlords (housing

associations).

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/curr

ent-registered-providers-of-social-housing

Third sector and charities in the United

Kingdom.

http://www.charitycommission.gov.uk/find-

charities/

http://www.oscr.org.uk/search-charity-register/

https://www.charitycommissionni.org.uk/ShowC

harity/RegisterOfCharities/RegisterHomePage.a

spx

http://socialenterprise.org.uk/membership/our-

members/members-directory

http://www.sporta.org/member-directory

Citizens Advice in the United Kingdom.

http://www.citizensadvice.org.uk/index/getadvice

.htm

http://www.cas.org.uk/

http://www.citizensadvice.co.uk/

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• ELIGIBLE ORGANISATIONS INCLUDE

• National Assembly for Wales, Welsh Assembly Government and Welsh local authorities, and all bodies covered by:

• http://www.assembly.wales/en/Pages/Home.aspx

• http://gov.wales/• NHS Wales.• http://www.wales.nhs.uk/ourservices/directo

ry• Housing associations — registered social

landlords Wales• http://gov.wales/topics/housing-and-

regeneration/publications/registered-social-landlords-in-wales/?lang=en

• Universities in Wales.• http://www.uniswales.ac.uk/universities/• Colleges in Wales.• http://www.collegeswales.ac.uk/en-

GB/wales_colleges-42.aspx• Schools in Wales (nursery, primary, middle,

secondary, special, independent schools and pupil referral units).

• http://gov.wales/statistics-and-research/address-list-of-schools/?lang=en

All other contracting authorities cited by name in Schedule 1 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.All other contracting authorities cited by class in Schedule 1 to the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.Any corporation established, or a group of individuals appointed to act together, for the specific purpose of meeting needs in the general interest, not having an industrial or commercial character, and(i) financed wholly or mainly by another contracting authority listed above in this section VI.3) of this notice;(ii) subject to management supervision by another public sector body listed above in this section VI.3) of this notice; or(iii) more than half of the board of directors or members of which, or, in the case of a group of individuals, more than half of those individuals, are appointed by another public sector body listed above in this section VI.3) of this notice;(iv) an association of or formed by one or more of the public sector bodies listed above in this section VI.3) of this notice.Entities which are not public sector bodies may also use the Framework Agreements if the Contracting Authority is satisfied (see OJEU Contract Notice)

And a lot more not listed here

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• CONTRACT STRUCTURE

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• MEASURES PERMITTED UNDER THE FRAMEWORK 1/3

• energy reduction / energy efficiency measures such as:

• provision and installation of new equipment

• optimisation of equipment (including existing equipment)

• provision of related services

• maintenance in relation to any of the above

• energy generation measures such as:

• provision and installation of new equipment

• optimisation of equipment (including existing equipment)

• provision of related services

• maintenance in relation to any of the above

• associated works and services (including design) in relation to

any of the above

•

• The Framework covers energy efficiency retrofit and local

energy generation measures in their broadest sense to enable

a wide range of improvements.

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• MEASURES PERMITTED UNDER THE FRAMEWORK 2/3

• associated works and services (including design) in relation to

any of the above

• wider property improvement in support of Re:fit projects (provided

a significant element (at least 50% of the project value) is covered

by energy reduction / energy efficiency and/or energy generation

measures)

• financing of any element of the project

• a guarantee of savings

• measurement and verification services

• potential for specific requirements to be incorporated into projects

to cover wider strategic goals and benefits e.g. economic

(including job creation), environmental, and/or social.

• The Framework covers energy efficiency retrofit and local

energy generation measures in their broadest sense to enable

a wide range of improvements.

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• MEASURES PERMITTED UNDER THE FRAMEWORK 3/3

• Boiler installations

• Boilers

• Building and facilities management

• Building construction work

• Building services

• Co-generation plant construction

• Construction work for power plants and

heating plants

• Construction-related services

• Cooling and ventilation equipment

• District heating

• Electricity supplies

• Electricity supply installations

• Energy and related services

• Energy-efficiency consultancy services

• Energy-management services

• Engineering design services

• Exterior lights

• Financial and insurance services

• Heat recovery systems

• A very wide range of service and works categories were included within scope. The following is just a selection:

• Heating engineering services for buildings

• Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning

installation work

• Installation of doors and windows

• Installation services of electrical and

mechanical equipment

• Lighting systems

• Operation of a power plant

• Other sources of energy supplies and

distribution

• Repair and maintenance services of building

installations

• Roof repair and maintenance work

• Solar installation

• Solar panels

• Street lighting equipment

• Street lighting columns

• Thermal insulation work

• Water installations

• Works for complete or part construction and

civil engineering work

Re:fit Framework Providers

16 specialist Service Providers appointed in March 2016

Offer vast range of innovative technical and EPC expertise

• Ameresco Ltd

• Bouygues Energy

• Breathe Energy

• British Gas Trading Ltd

• Cynergin Projects Limited

• EDF Energy Customers plc

• Engie (formerly Cofely)

• Herbert T Forrest Ltd

• ISS Facility Services Ltd

• Kier Services

• Larkfleet Limited

• Matrix Control Solutions Ltd

• Prima Vera S.p.A.

• Robertson Construction Group Limited

• SSE Contracting Limited

• Vital Energi Utilities Ltd

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Types of Re:fit projects

Maintenance back log

Large Iinfrastructure & Renewables

Quick fix / fast track projects

Optimising existing sites

Schools

Project values £25-50K + per

school

Small Works

All Sectors e.g. LA’s, Trusts,

Colleges

Project values up to

£1m

Major Works

All Sectors e.g. LA’s, NHS, FE

Project values £1m +

Re:fit system

•Senior support required

•MoU signed

Gain

Management

Buy-in

Secure

Funding &

Resources

Prepare

Project Brief

Mini

Competition

Investment

Grade

Proposal

Install

Energy

Conservation

Measures

Monitor

Performance

•Internal resource selected

•Funding approach chosen

•Benchmarking

•Final buildings selection

•Tendering approach chosen

•ESCo site visits

•Bids submitted

•Evaluation and preferred bidder selection

ECMs and savings detailed and guaranteed

Installation and commissioning/handover

•Measurement & Verification

•Guaranteed savings

Service

Delivery/

•Measurement & Verification Guidance –instruction

Re:fit achievements so far

Organisations

directly engaged:

• Higher & Further

Education

• Schools

• Local Authorities

• NHS

• Police

• Central

Government

• Cultural and

Heritage

Buildings procured:

• Universities

• Colleges/ Schools

• Civic centres

• Hospitals

• Cultural centres/

Libraries

• Fire stations

• Police buildings

• Office buildings

• Community buildings

• Leisure centres

• Theatres/ Museums

Audited energy savings pa*

35,000+

£165m+ Capital investment procured

£50m+ Near-term pipeline

250+

Tonnes CO2saved pa*

* Audited 2015

1000+

£50m+

£10m

52k

Recent National Re:fit projects *does not include London

* Over 48 public sector organisations have run Re:fit projects so far

Re:fit summary of programme benefits !

Guaranteed savings

Easy to use, compliant OJEU framework

Tested, proven, f lexible approach

Dedicated ELENA funded support to public sector

bodies in parts of UK including Wales

No shared savings

Re:fit Contact

Contact

Re:fit Programme Implementation Unit (PIU)

Glyn Mountford

+44 (0) 7843 421712

glynm@gepenv.co.uk

Lisa Ryan

Senior ResearcherUCD

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Session 3

Introduction to Green Leases

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Aims

1. What are Green Leases?

2. What do they cover?

3. What do they mean in practise?

4. What is our experience?

5. What can we expect in the future?

The BBP is

A collaboration of the UK’s leading property owners who work together to

improve the sustainability of the UK’s existing commercial buildings.

Our aim is to

Enable market transformation through sustainability leadership and

knowledge sharing across the property industry.

Members

Our Objectives Our Priorities

Real Estate Environmental Benchmark

BBP Green Lease Toolkit

What are the drivers?

What is a Green Lease?

Technically: drafting included in a lease which provides for the environmental management and performance of a building.

In practice: a tool for engagement between owner and occupier on the environmental management and performance of a building.

How can they help?

BBP Approach

Green Lease

• Legally binding• Agreed during lease

negotiations• Time dependent on

lease• Inflexible• High level

Green MoU

• Not legally binding• Entered into at anytime

of the lease• Can remain in place for

any length of time• Flexible• Greater specificity

What do they cover?

BBP Experiences & Challenges

Green Leases

Wide ranging views from occupiers From full agreement to complete rejection. Generally office

sector is much more comfortable with the concept.

Have been occasions where occupiers have requested green clauses within the lease

Generally ‘light’ green Are environmental ratings systems moving us towards

‘darker’ clauses?

Key hurdle can be lawyers and agents Clauses often rejected through fear of unknown or simply not

asking their clients

Used as a bargaining chip

BBP Experiences & Challenges

Green MoU

Can be more challenging than leases

Requires time & effort from both

No time limit on signing, so no

Difficult to find right people to speak

Allows greater details of aspirations / actions / targets for a building than a lease

What’s on the horizon?

What impact will Minimum Energy Efficiency Standards have?

Will they make a difference?

All well and good signing a green MoU or green lease but this needs to translate into

action!

Lessons learned

1. Common misunderstanding of terminology

Do we need to call them green leases anymore?

2. In practise an engagement tool on environmental issues

3. Templates already available for use

Lease clauses

MoU

4. Need to consider how words translate into action

5. No one size fits all – key is to find a solution that works for you

Green Lease funding proposal - 16th

June - Farmleigh

National scheme operator

Green Lease work packages

1 Desktop research on international best practice

Building capacity of working groups to understand potential for Green leases.

2 Defining Technical & Legal characteristics

Technical task group define technical aspects, such as data sharing, clauses, MOUs, Legal input,

3 Developing Irish Case studies

Trial and feed back on any existing green leases, or early adopters of developed templates.

4 Developing Irish Green lease toolkit

Bringing together the work above into a guide on Leases and MOUs suitable for the Irish context

5 Education and dissemination

Developing accredited CPD for public and private sector, channels for dessemination etc

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Renovation Strategy – V.2

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