O3 a1 learning unit 1 final presentation

Learning Unit 1 Description Title Sustainability and Environmental Issues and their Impact on FM Description This learning unit introduces the learner to sustainability and environment

DIGITAL AND ENVIRONMENTAL SKILLS FOR FACILITIES

MANAGEMENT

O3 - A1 Learning Unit 1

Sustainability and Environmental Issues and their Impact on FM

Project Start Date - October 1st,

Learning Unit 1

Description

Title Sustainability and Environmental Issues and their

Impact on FM

Description This learning unit introduces the learner to sustainability

and environmental management and provides basic facts and principles that improve resource efficiency in or for buildings, covering different types of FM operations It introduces to the key EU and national legislation on environmental issues.

Overall Learning

Outcome Learners should understand key concepts of the environmental and sustainability principles in order to

develop a coherent and efficient saving energies policy Also, learners should comprehend what EU and national environmental laws address and know which the main legislation covering the various topics related to energy saving practices for the building industries.

EQF level 4 - 5

Duration 20 hrs NLT

ECVET credits 1

Prerequisites General

Assessment 1 assignment: case-study (5 open-ended questions

and/or multiple choice test).

Learning Outcome 1 Describe the fundamental principles of environmental

management and sustainability in relation to FM.

Learning Outcome 2 State at least 3 energy saving measures for buildings Learning Outcome 3 Explain how to manage and implement energy efficiency

within the buildings in the short- and long-term.

Learning Outcome 4 State the main national and EU environmental policy

principles (laws) on energy saving practices for the building industry.

Learning Outcome 5 Advise customers on how to improve resource efficiency

in or for buildings.

Sustainability has increasingly become a rising concern for all areas of life

Increasing population size and living standards are resulting in degradation of earth’s resources

Developing need to “meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of

future generations to meet their own needs” Former Prime Minister of Norway, Gro Harlem Brundtland.

Societal requirement to take Earth’s carrying capacity into account across all sections of life

Sustainable practices;

recognise the needs of everyone

protect the environment

carefully use natural resources

maintain high and stable levels of economic growth and employment

The Business Case for Sustainability in the UK Property Sector

The human-being as a part of the

Environmental, Social and Economic responsibility

Sustainability is an overarching ethos covering three areas which must interlink

Sustainable development

Wide range of sub topics

Impacts on all aspects of life

Much wider than environmental and energy issues

UN Sustainable Development Agenda lists 17 Goals

Economics, food, health, education, energy, infrastructure, equality, construction,

climate, land & water

Environmental

Economic

Social

Optimal “Triple Bottom Line”

Environmental

costs

Socialcosts

Economical costs

The target of the Facility Management

Sustainability in Facilities Management

Total cost of ownership

Organisation behavioural change

Compliance with regulation

Ergonomics & occupational quality conditions (air quality and velocity, temperature, humidity, illumination, health & safety, etc.)

Sustainability in Facilities Management

A wider view of sustainability incorporates;

Social value

Agile working

Wellbeing

Social value

Sustainability has grown in overall importance within the FM sector;

35% say it is extremely important and 37% say it is very important.

The main reasons for sustainability’s importance are;

Resource and cost management

Environmental Management

The active management of society’s impact on the environment.

Balance the use of natural resources and unsustainable materials

Compliance with environmental regulation

Development and Implementation of Environmental management policies

Environmental Management Policies

Statement of key points the organisation wishes to achieve with actions to be taken on;

Waste

Resources

Recycling

Compliance with legislation

Policy should achieve buy-in across all levels within the organisation

Policy should be communicated;

Internally within the organisation

Externally to customers and suppliers

Environmental Management Policies

Regular monitoring and reporting of outcomes to ensure progress

Promotion of achievements

Consider implementing ISO 14001 (Environmental Management)

Improving resource efficiency

Resource efficiency increasingly important as input costs rise

Valuable method of reducing running costs and overheads

Opportunity to release funds for facility improvements

Environmental and social benefits to be gained by becoming more resource efficient

Enhances the FM Company’s profile and can be used as a powerful tool to attract new business

Resource Efficient Scotland; Resource Efficiency in Schools

What is the current baseline?

Collect & Analyse Data (benchmarking)

Electricity/oil/gas consumption

Waste production & practices

Water & waste water

Review of any current resource efficiency practice

Discussion with building users

Scale of opportunity for savings is influenced by the initial building fabric and operations being carried out within it

Methods to improve resource efficiency

Improving resource efficiency - strategy

Setting SMART Targets for resource efficiency

• Achieve buy-in from across the organisation

• Ensure targets allow achievement of numerous goals

• Consider achievement of legal requirements

• Set short and Long term targets for achievement

• Include anticipated costs/budget for each action

• Consider the quick wins to give early success

• Promotion of the activities being undertaken

Resource Efficient Scotland; Resource Efficiency in Schools

Reducing Resource Use in Buildings

Consumption of resources and environmental impacts of a building can be reduced by:

Promoting better initial building design

Weighting resource use against the needs and functionality of the building

Considering future need for re-configuration or deconstruction

Ensuring a greater use of energy efficient products

Using recycled materials & reusing existing materials

Promoting more resource efficient construction and renovation

Reducing waste sent to landfill by using the waste hierarchy

Placing a financial value on being resource efficiency

Involving the competences of the facility manager during the design

to reduce the resource use during the building operation

Sustainability, Environmental & Resource Efficiency Opportunity

Buildings are responsible for;

40% of energy consumption in EU

36% of CO2 emissions in the EU

Older buildings typically require 5-7 times more energy than new buildings with 35% of the EU's buildings being

over 50 years old

By improving the energy efficiency of existing buildings, the total EU energy consumption and CO2 emissions

could be reduced by 5-6%

https://ec.europa.eu/energy/en/topics/energy-efficiency/buildings

About 75% of buildings are energy inefficient

Depending on the Member State, only 0.4-1.2% of the stock is renovated each year

Energy Saving in Facilities Management

Data

Accurate and detailed energy data is an essential requirement and allows for;

Tracking of impact of changes in building management practices

Comparison between similar buildings

Comparison of annual energy consumption

Identification of areas within properties needing special attention

Energy management will assist in reducing the performance gap between building design/targets and the actual performance achieved on site

Energy saving policy will heavily influence;

Reactive and planned maintenance decisions

Replacement equipment purchase specifications

Steps to improve energy efficiency

1 Energy audit and measure: Collect the data and analyze

2 Fix the basics: Deploy low cost, high yield fixes to blatant energy waste

3 Optimize through automation and regulation: Integrate energy management into everyday processes through use of modern, high efficiency technologies

4 Monitor, maintain, and improve: ensure savings are embedded and sustained

5 Does the operator have a full understanding of the Building Management System (BMS)?

6 Consider implementing ISO 50001 (Energy Management)

www.schneider-electric.com

Energy efficiency at all costs?

What gives the best value for money

Initial capital expenditure Vs payback period

Complexity of new build or retrofit into existing space

Requirements and cost of maintenance

Accessibility of all installed energy equipment

Is the equipment easy to operate

How will others who are not familiar with the system engage with it?

Eliminate as much as possible the influence of the space users to the energy efficiency and involve as much a possible state-of-the-art technical solutions in this regard (in general the occupants take care much more about their daily tasks and obligation than the energy efficiency and savings)

Is a consistent temperature required

Can heating systems be turned down at night

What are the hours of occupation (if possible look for tenants with similar working time)Type of activities occurring in the building

Is heat generating equipment being used – can excess heat be re-used?

Requirement for cooling?

Position of sensors within the room?

Use window sensors to turn off the heating/cooling when the windows are open

Appropriate type of heat source - underfloor / radiant / air

Thermal comfort for occupants (dependant on type of work undertaken)

Ceiling heights

Overall building fabric

Servicing of heat generating plant and equipment

Requirement for hot water

Use local technical solutions for special cases (for example cooling for server rooms)

Heating considerations

Efficient Lighting Practices

General move to LED lighting (take care about the cos f, resp the so called reactive energy)

Required Lux levels? In which particular areas?

Anticipated occupancy and working hours

Opportunity for improving natural lighting

Glare on screens and IT systems from windows?

Accounting for thermal gain from incoming solar?

Occupancy sensors – are these suitable and correctly positioned?

Sensors linked to building ventilation & heating?

What is the opportunity for renewables?

Significant investment aiming to result in a saving in energy costs over time

Standard renewables now common and technology well understood

Care and due diligence required to ensure technology and supplier are suitable

Installation influenced by local subsidies for renewable power (need to investigate the format of these to build any business case)

Liability may fall to the FM organisation for installation and operation

Performance contracts / Energy Supply Contracts to be negotiated

Financial savings – who will be the beneficiary?

Renewable Energy % Use in the

EU

Energy efficiency – short & long term

Short term

Localised sub-metering

Half hourly data where possible

Data capture & analysis across estate

Day & night consumption comparison

Review of BMS settings

Identification of significant loads

Review of sensor locations

Review of occupancy levels

Long term

• Comparative data analysis over time

• Specification of low energy replacement plant

• Installation of renewable technology

• Localised energy generation and storage

• Refurbishment of building fabric

• Changing of occupant energy ethos

Key directives relevant to buildings:

• The European Performance of Buildings Directive 2002 (EPBD)

• The Energy Services Directive 2006 (ESD)

• The Renewable Energy Supply Directive 2009 (RES)

• The EPBD recast of 2010

• Energy Efficiency Directive 2012

• Construction Products Regulation 2011

• Waste Framework Directive 2008

It is important for facilities managers to understand the driving forces behind the change in the industry Through Legislation, emphasis has moved towards enhanced energy performance across the building sector

EU Policy for the Building Industry

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)

• Scientific body established in 1988 by the United Nations

• The IPCC advises member governments on the impact of human activities on climate change

• IPCC publishes climate assessment reports, the latest (Fifth) of which was completed in 2014

• IPPC 2014 report indicates an increase in certainty that humans are responsible for global warming From 90% - “very likely” in the 2007 report to 95% - “extremely likely” now

Climate Change and Energy Conservation Legislation

• The Framework Convention on Climate Change was agreed at the 1992 United

Nations - UNCED in Rio de Janeiro and has been ratified by 190 countries

• It sets an overall framework for intergovernmental efforts to address climate change

• In 2015, all (then) 196 then parties to the convention came together for the UN

Climate Change Conference in Paris The Paris Agreement entered into force on

November 4, 2016

• The Paris Agreement, aimed at limiting global warming to less than two degrees

Celsius, and pursue efforts to limit the rise to 1.5 degrees Celsius

Climate Change and Energy Conservation

www.un.org

uk.businessinsider.com

EU Policy related to Energy Performance of Buildings

• The European Commission (EC) is particularly active in energy policy-making

• 2005 - principle of mandatory energy policy requirements for member states introduced

• In 2007, the EU was the largest importer of gas and oil in the world

• The current Energy Policy for Europe emphases energy security, the promotion of energy

efficiency and the deployment of renewable and sustainable energy sources

Further legislation includes

• EU Emissions Trading System

• Industrial Emissions Directive

• Alternative Fuels Infrastructure Directive

Energy Performance of Buildings Directive Recast 2010

The EPBD Recast 2010 enhanced and expanded on the 2002 Directive The main objective

is to achieve nearly zero energy new buildings mainly based on renewable energy sources

• Cost Optimal Performance: takes into account the cost implications over the life cycle of

the building including investment, maintenance, operating costs and energy savings

• System Requirements: in respect to installation, sizing, adjustment and controls.

• Alternative Energy Systems: feasibility to be given due consideration prior to construction

• Energy Performance Certificates: The introduction of more rigorous inspection, display

and monitoring procedures

• Inspection programmes: for heating and air conditioning plant

• Minimum energy performance requirements: for new buildings, major renovations and

replacement or retrofit of building elements

• Lists of national financial measures: to improve the energy efficiency of buildings.

Energy Efficiency Directive

Sets out energy savings requirements for EU countries' buildings

EU countries must;

• Make energy efficient renovations to at least 3% of central government buildings

• Only purchase government buildings which are highly energy efficient

• Draw-up long-term national building renovation strategies

• Draw up strategies to show how they will invest in the renovation of residential and commercial buildings

National Energy Efficiency Action Plans (NEEAPs)

Revised every three years and reported annually, NEEAPs set out;

• estimated energy consumption

• planned energy efficiency measures

• the improvements individual EU countries expect to achieve

Welcome to the Engineering Education: Power Systems Series

US Energy Policy: Results and Trends

HVDC and FACTS Devices: Future of Power Systems

Monday, April 27, 2015

1-2pm (ET)

Energy Management Best Practices and Career Opportunities

Current PresentationThe Line Up

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

(WPI)

Founded as a non-profit in 1865 Conducting advanced researchEducating students to apply theory

to produce resultsUsing projects to teach cross-discipline integration, teamwork and goal achievement

Engineering Education: Power System Series

• B.S., LeMoyne College

• M.B.A., University at Albany, SUNY

• J.D., Suffolk Law School

• Member of the Massachusetts Bar (retired)

• Lecturer: Bentley, Clark, Harvard Extension School, Johns Hopkins, MA Maritime Academy, Peking University, Suffolk, Viet Nam University (Hanoi)

Will O’Brien

Consultant, WPI Center for Sustainability in Business

Responsible for development of educational programs,

research and consulting focused on environmental

sustainability.

45+ Years of Experience Including:

• Executive, Services Division,

Digital Equipment Corporation

(Worldwide Marketing, Business

Unit Management)

• Consultant, Kana Software

• Lecturer, Higher Education since

2002

1 Energy Management Best Practices

2 Resources

3 Career Opportunities in Energy Management

Today’s Agenda

Review Energy Management Best

Practices

Challenges: Facilities & Energy Mgmt.

o Facilities/grounds operational, safe, secure, attractive and comfortable

o Control costs through conservation: energy, water, waste

o Lack of understanding of “energy management”

o Minimize pollution

o Ensure compliance

o Engage the organization: leadership and staff