Birley Environmental Management System and Energy Projects Helena Tinker Environment and Energy Systems Manager Manchester Metropolitan University KeyBirley Points • Our Environmental Management System (EMS) • Policy, Strategy and Reporting • Energy Projects focus area History of Environmental Management Standards Control of Pollution Act 1974 Environmental Protection Act 1990 EMS STANDARDS…….. ECO MANAGEMENT AND AUDIT SCHEME 1995 ISO 14001 1996/ 2004/2015 EcoCampus Business Benefits…. Ethical Economic Legal Commercial Source: Deborah Harrison ISO 14001 and EcoCampus 2012 March 2014 Dec 2015 March 2015 Environmental Policy Areas DIRECT INDIRECT Risks and Opportunities Environmental Policy Area MMU Fit Direct Energy management • Emissions and discharges • Indirect Director of Estates & Environment & Energy Manager • CORPORATE Waste management -2012-17• STRATEGY Water management Transport management Lead Stakeholder Waste and Recycling Manager • Travel Plan Manager • Student Experience• • Research Buildings maintenance • • Innovation Biodiversity management • • International • Sustainability Sustainable procurement • Head of Procurement Teaching sustainability • Deputy vice chancellor Sustainability research • TBC Engagement • Engagement Manager Capital programmes Director of Estates Academic lead (biodiversity and green infrastructure) New Environmental Procedures Examples include: • WASTE MANAGEMENT • ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN PRINCIPLESNEW BUILDINGS • CONTRACTOR CONTROL • ENERGY MANAGEMENT • POLLUTION INCIDENT RESPONSE PLAN Energy Birley Targets: • 35% less by 2015/16 ( gas and electricity) • 50% less by 2020/21 (From 05/06 baseline) Progress to date (13/14) • 9% less electricity • 44% Less Gas (consolidation & warmer weather) • 23% Carbon reduction (Scope 1 & 2) Energy Investment Strategy Birley 2015-2020 • Impact of backlog maintenance & capital programme (Master plan) and current energy projects ( Salix funded) on Energy and Carbon. • Options for investment- Strategic, process improvements • Report reported to Finance director next week and ESB TRIANGULUM • Triangulum: The Three Point Project Demonstrate. Disseminate. Replicate • Funding Stream - Horizon 2020: Lighthouse -Smart Cities and Communities • 25m Euros from EC shared across partners ( Project Total 29m euros) Aim To significantly accelerate the industrial-scale roll-out of smart city solutions integrating technologies from Energy, Transport and Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) 5 year project Which European Cities? Cities: • Manchester • Eindhoven • Stavanger Follower cities: • Prague • Leipzig • Sabadell Partners • Lead Partner- Fraunhofer IAO, Germany • 21 other partners across the six cities • Manchester Partners: Corridor Focus • • • • • Lead partner: MCC University of Manchester MMU Clicks and Links Ltd Siemens- Energy Package Launch Event took place in Feb 2015 Overall Project Activities • • • • • • • • • • Refurbishment of Buildings to near zero energy use Integration of electric vehicles and EV-charging infrastructure Generation of renewable energy Smart integration of energy demand, supply and storage solutions Development and implementation of a smart city ICT Reference Architecture Installation and operation of open data platforms and service engines Smart participation and citizen engagement in planning and implementation Involvement of SME’s and start-ups for the design of value-added smart city services Catalysing Smart City Ownership Creating collaborative Business Models for public and private stakeholders MMU Focus- ENERGY • Energy Strand – Technologies for MMU Birley estate – Other Technologies provided by Siemens • ICT strand - Linked to smart city open data ICT system • Demand reduction, on-site generation and storage, advanced controls and semiautomatic grid independence. Energy Summit- Led By Siemens • Manchester Partners- UOM, MMU, Council • To discuss possible technologies • Hosted by MMU • Date: Monday 23rd March (9-1pm) RGF4 and Heat Network • Final stages of securing Loan ~£490K • LED Upgrades and Controls: – Sandra Burslem- £207K – 562 Lights – Geoffrey Manton- £284K – 1223 Lights • DECC Heat Network on Oxford RoadFeasbility MMU Environmental Design Principles New Buildings and Refurbs • Issued to external design teams, with a copy of the Environmental Policy at the point of Invitation to tender and then project inception • Projects will then require a bespoke Project Environmental Brief (PEB), which will include project specific targets and specifications taken from a standard list Contact Helena Tinker Environment and Energy Systems Manager h.tinker@mmu.ac.uk environment@mmu.ac.uk T: @mmuenvironment W: mmu.ac.uk/environment