Improve your resource efficiency

Choose Suffolk Tourism Partnership Roadshow

Simon Best

Envirowise

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What is Envirowise?

Envirowise is a Government-funded programme dedicated to putting the sustainable use of resources at the heart of UK business practice.

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Objectives

To reduce UK industry’s impact on the environment whilst saving money through the efficient use of resources including minimising wastage and cleaner design.

To date, Envirowise has helped UK industry save more than £1.3 billion with average savings of £1000 per employee.

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Website

Publications and tools

Events

Projects

Research

Core offering(available nationally)

Overview

• what is resource efficiency?

• key business drivers for resource efficiency

• steps to achieve resource efficiency and cost savings

• questions

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resource efficiency = doing more with less

The British economy as a whole is just 10% resource efficient

The benefits

resource efficiency saves money

bottom line benefits

short payback periods

low cost/no cost opportunities

typical savings £1,000/employee

business survival

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No cost - low cost savings

Energy efficiency measures10-20% annually

Water efficiency measures25%+ annually

Waste segregation and recycling£variable

Vehicle and equipment maintenance20%

Example

TurnoverProfitWaste cost Waste saving

Profit

Potential waste saving, 1% of turnover

Revised profit

% profit increase

The turnover increase required to produce same profit is £100,000

£1,000,000

£100,000

£50,000

£10,000£100,000

£10,000

£110,000

10%

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Example: eight yard skip of an engineering company in this region

obviouscosts

skip hire

collection charge£85

disposal cost

Example: eight yard skip of an engineering company in this region

obviouscosts

skip hire

disposal cost

collection charge£85

hiddencosts

cost of raw materials in skip

cost of labour

cost of energy invested in waste

loss in sales value

cost of administration

storage overhead

£1258

Example: eight yard skip of an engineering company in this region

allowance

by-product

cullet

dross

edge trim

factory shop

garbage

inspection loss

make-up

out of spec

overfill

packaging

regrind

samples

trials

roll overlap

Euphemisms for waste

Businesses use a third of all water in the UK,

costing more than £1 billion annually

how can your business become more resource efficient?

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Resource efficiency in action

• Step 1: measure to manage• Step 2: benchmark• Step 3: identify opportunities• Step 4: prioritise• Step 5: action

A five step process is common to most resource efficiency programmes

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Find out why and where you: use materials, water and energy

Quantify the use so you can: attribute wastage, focus on key cost savings, reduce risk, get the most gain for least pain,

How do you compare? use benchmarks or performance indicators

Manage it: assign responsibilities, set targets and monitor, feedback and communicate

If you don’t measure it, you can’t manage it…

Step 1: Measure to manage

Step 2: BenchmarkStep 2: Benchmark

Item Average water use

Toilets 8 litres/flushSinks 5 litres/eventShowers 50 litres/eventBaths 120 litres/event Dishwasher 30 litres/event Laundry (washing machine) 80 litres/event Vehicle washing (bucket) 75 litres/vehicle Vehicle washing (hose) 700 litres/vehicleHose 10 litres/minuteEmployee (full-time, no canteen) 30 litres/person/dayEmployee (full-time, with canteen) 60 litres/person/day

Benchmarking: water

Step 2: Benchmark

Gas consumption

Electricity consumption

CO2

emissions

Good practice kWh/m2

Typical practice kWh/m2

Good practice kWh/m2

Typical practice kWh/m2

Good practice kgCO2/m2

Typical practice kgCO2/m2

Smaller office 79 151 33 54 30 54

Naturally ventilated open plan 79 151 54 85 40 69

Air conditioned open plan 97 178 128 226 78 139

Headquarters 114 210 234 358 131 207

Online tool to see how your premises compare with industry norms in terms of

energy consumption, costs and management:

www.hospitableclimates.org.uk/tools/heatonline.aspx

Benchmarking: energy

Step 2: Benchmark

Waste: a walkabout

• Where is waste generated?• What is the waste?• What happens to the waste?• Are bins being used properly?

Arm yourself with a clipboard and tour your site, inspecting facilities and your bins

Step 3: Identify opportunities

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One drop/second5 m3/year£10 year

Breaking into stream30 m3/year£60 year

3 mm stream330 m3/year£660 year

Step 3: Identify opportunities

Water: typical losses

One drop/minute79 litres/year5 - 12 pence year

0.1 litre/minute50 m3/year£30 - £80 year

7 - 14 litres/minute3 700 - 7400 m3/year£2K - £11K year

Energy example

Drinks machines on 24/7

Open 73 hours/weekClosed 95 hours/week

10 machines x 450W x annual closing hours = 22,230 kWh consumed

x 10p per kWh (approx) = £2,223 savings/year

How much would a basic timer cost?

Step 3: Identify opportunities

The waste hierarchy

Step 4: Prioritise

HighestPriority

Biggestsavings

LowestPriority

Smallersavings

DisposalReduce the

amount of

water used

Eliminate

water at

source

Reuse water

and waste

water

The water hierarchy

Recover or

recycle water

and waste

water

Step 4: Prioritise

Make any

remaining

fossil fuel use

clean and

efficient

Use energy

more

efficiently

Reduce the

need for

energy

Use renewable

energy

HighestPriority

Biggestsavings

LowestPriority

Smallersavings

The energy hierarchy

Step 4: Prioritise

draft and implement your plan using SMART targets to assign responsibilities and timeframes

Step 6: Action

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Help and recognition

A national sustainable tourism certification scheme, covering energy and water efficiency, waste management, biodiversity and more for accommodation providers, visitor attractions and corporate offices.www.green-business.co.uk

Self-assessment scheme for hotels, guest houses and B&Bs. Higher achievers are externally audited. Covers things they actively do and intend to do over the next 12 months, from recycling, sourcing products and services locally to building eco-accommodation.www.greenachiever.co.uk

Rural businesses can can access practical support including training courses, green business advisory visits and marketing opportunities through EET’s Sustainable Tourism East. An annual Sustainable Tourism Award is also presented.www.eet.org.uk

Waste reduced by 98%

Total savings over of £16,000 per year with simple waste reduction initiatives

CS616R: Strattons HotelTen rooms, annual turnover £600,000

Green Officiency: 10 top waste tips

1. Design out process waste from the outset

2. Optimise packaging and challenger your suppliers too

3. Segregate waste types at source

4. Communicate the waste/recycling arrangements to staff

5. Understand your waste bills – by lift, by rental by weight?

6. Re-use materials where appropriate

7. Review your waste collection/disposal contract(s)

8. Monitor waste streams: skip and bin spot checks

9. Use signage and posters to help train staff

10. Understand your waste – make a waste list

Green Officiency: 10 top water tips

1. Measure and manage – use an Excel spreadsheet

2. Find your Baseline – check overnight or when closed

3. Compare to your benchmarks

4. Walkabout – identify the obvious problems

5. Fix Leaks and control usage

6. Movement sensors – urinals and taps

7. Restrictors to reduce water flow on taps and showers

8. Rainwater – store and use (check ECA list)

9. Turn down the temperature of hot water (60 deg min.)

10. Reduce long pipe runs

Green Officiency: 10 top energy tips

1. Walkabout: identify issues in every part of your business

2. Switch off: label switches and colour code

3. Optimise heating

4. Optimise cooling and chilling

5. Optimise lighting: transition to efficient systems

6. Light reactive or movement sensitive switching

7. Insulation: pipes, windows, walls, roof, fridge

8. Maintain equipment and fix problems quickly

9. Only heat the water you need

10. Other automated controls: inteliplugs, timers etc

The top 10 free Envirowise publications for businesses

Thank you.

Any questions?

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