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
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Emissions and discharges
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Indirect
Director of Estates
& Environment & Energy
Manager
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CORPORATE
Waste
management -2012-17•
STRATEGY
Water management
Transport management
Lead Stakeholder
Waste and Recycling Manager
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Travel Plan Manager
• Student Experience•
• Research
Buildings
maintenance
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• Innovation
Biodiversity management
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• International
• Sustainability
Sustainable procurement
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Head of Procurement
Teaching sustainability
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Deputy vice chancellor
Sustainability research
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TBC
Engagement
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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
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Lead partner: MCC
University of Manchester
MMU
Clicks and Links Ltd
Siemens- Energy Package
Launch Event took place in Feb 2015
Overall Project Activities
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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