Presentation on the environmental report for the Vienna International Centre

Presentation on the environmental report for the Vienna International Centre

United Nations Office at Vienna

24 April 2006

ÖKOPROFIT 2005

2006-04-24 Waltraud Jochum/UNOV Folie 2

Introduction of the Enterprise

Magnitudes / indicative figures

222,226 m2 VIC area

(excl. garage and outdoor areas)

4,000 staff members

1,200 conference participants /

visitors per day

€ 22 million (or $ 27 million)

maintenance / utility

costs per annum financed

by the Organizations, e.g.

€ 99 (or $ 121) per m2/per annum

central

(common)

services / areas

CTBTO UNOV /UNODC

UNIDOIAEA

UNOV – United Nations Office at ViennaUNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and CrimeUNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development OrganizationIAEA – International Atomic Energy AgencyCTBTO – Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization


Environmental Policy

• Our attitude– Environmentally conscious behaviour

• Our objectives– Healthy and safe working environment

– Consideration of the impact on the environment

• Our basis– General environmental laws and relevant regulations of Austria on waste disposal

– Montreal Protocol (e.g. refrigerant of cooling systems)

– Kyoto Protocol (re emissions)

• Our programme– Focus on buildings maintenance

– Focus on administration UNOV/UNODC


Enterprise areas

• VIC compound areas– Offices > > >

– Conference Rooms

– Labour

– Print Shop

– EDP Services > > >

– Buildings Management > > >

– Medical Service

– Cafeteria, Restaurant

– Commissary

– Banks, Post Office, Newspaper Stand, Travel Offices

– Child Care Centre

– Garage

• Project areas– Offices

– EDP Services

– Buildings Management


Environmental Profile

INPUT – Working materials kg / year EUR / year

Total VIC UNOV/UNODC Total VIC UNOV/UNODC

Photocopying and printing paper 477,900 114,000 465,300 96,600

Envelopes 6,200 2,500 47,400 22,000

Toners 3,600 600 506,100 95,500

Reproduction services 2,400,000 550,000

Outgoing mail (94,500 /61,900 kgdispatched material incl. envelopes)

684,500 377,200

Total Working materials 487,700 117,100 4,103,300 1,141,300

OUTPUT – Products kg / year

Total VIC UNOV/UNODC

Documents (ca. 99 million sheets24 million sheets for UNOV/UNODC)

478,000 114,000


Environmental Profile

INPUT – Water L / year EUR / year

City water (51 %), Well water (49 %) 189,493,000 190,704

Sewage quantity L / year

Waste water 151,697,000

INPUT – Energy kWh / year EUR / year

Electricity (incl. air-conditioning) 27,494,400 1,331,000

Natural gas 135,000 6,700

Remote heating 32,591,000 1,601,500

Total Energy consumption without fuel 60,220,400 2,939,200

Emissions kg / year

CO2 12,614,100


Waste Management

Waste Quantitieskg / year

Disposal costs EUR / year

Non-hazardous waste (sorted by residual & junk waste) 313,600 72,100

Non-hazardous wasteSorted and disposed by categories:

Waste paper

Waste cartons

Biological waste

Glass

Plastic waste

Grease separator

Wooden waste

Scrap metal

Electronics waste

Picture tubes

Cartridges

Styropor

Cables

1,138,600

431,890

145,150

200,000

115,000

90,000

55,000

49,700

38,000

5,680

3,540

3,000

960

660

10,500

Hazardous waste (sorted by 5 categories incl. used oil) 5,700 4,000

Total Waste 1,457,900 86,600


Environmental Laws and Directions

• Environmental laws– Waste disposal according to ÖNORM 2100

– Waste disposal by companies with official registration number

– Certified waste managers in Buildings Management

• Officially mandated conditions– None, as the V.I.C. is exterritorial area

– Voluntary compliance with the general environmental protection laws of Austria

– Proper separation, storage, disposal and transport of waste


Environmental Achievements and Environmental Programme

• Buildings Management Service (Details see Umweltbericht page 15 – 20)

– Ecological measures• Savings in energy, water, chemicals; avoidance/minimization of waste and emissions; environmental benefits

– Environmental achievements • Change-over of toilet flushing to well water

• Renewal of the central buildings automation control system (e.g. air-conditioning)

• Lowering of the inlet temperature of warm water

• Replacement of the heat exchangers and air-condition to the latest technical status

• Renovation / replacement of the elevator installations

• Installation of meters for electricity, water and heating consumption

• Exchange of paper towel dispensers with cloth towel rolls

• Light intensity coupled with daylight and evening hours

• Optimal regulation of the air-conditioning and automatic shutdown in the evening

• Painting of the garage with reflective colours

• Insulation of auxiliary buildings

• Sorting and disposal of waste by 20 categories

– Environmental programme• Improvement in correct separation of waste in the offices, e.g. separation of plastic bottles from office waste

• Exchange of ceiling lights

• Adaptation of the air-conditioning system (condensation water pipes)

• Replacement of the carpet floor with cork floor

• Exchange of the window panes with insulating glass with high insulation characteristics



• Administration– Ecological measures

• Savings in paper consumption and energy• Avoidance of paper waste and toner

cartridges• Environmental benefits and disposal of old

devices

– UNOV/UNODC• Change-over to electronic (paperless)

offices in UNOV/UNODC• Yearly paper consumption at V.I.C.

almost 100 million sheets (478,000 kg) • UNOV/UNODC approx. 24 million sheets

(114,000 kg or 9,300 boxes a 2,500 sheets)• Target is reduction of 4 million sheets

(19,000 kg or 1,550 boxes a 2,500 sheets)(= 17 %) in the yearly paper consumption in UNOV/UNODC in 2006

Material flow analysis at VIC



• Administration in UNOV/UNODC (Details see Umweltbericht page 18, 21 - 23)

– Environmental achievements• Doubled-sided printing and copying• Change-over to flat screens with half the power consumption

– Environmental programmeActions already set or still to be set towards an electronic (paperless) office

• Integrated electronic workflow processes, e.g. for management information (IMIS), for enterprise resource planning for UNODC projects (ProFi), for recruitment (GALAXY), for reporting on budget programme performance (IMDIS) and alike constitute the on-line working platform in UNOV/UNODC

• Administration / workflow processes on Lotus Notes platform• Electronic information circulars, administrative instructions etc. via Email and Intranet• Central electronic official documents archives (ODS)• Electronic scanning of incoming official correspondence for UNOV/UNODC• Electronic scanning and distribution of incoming invoices• Electronic receipt and sending of fax messages via PCs• Storage of conference documents and publications on CDs• Introduction of electronic signature• Introduction of an electronic documents filing / archiving system for offices• Proposal for purchase of recycled paper• Savings in toners by simple printing without background shadings• Motivation of staff to cooperate with a view to a paperless workflow and avoidance of waste


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