30 March 2006 Sustainable Development Commission Sustainable Development and Sustainable Buildings...

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

T

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

elizabeth.pomeroy@sd-commission.org.uk