ÖKOPROFIT 2005
Presentation on the
environmental report for the
Vienna International Centre
United Nations Office at Vienna
24 April 2006
Introduction of the Enterprise
Magnitudes / indicative figures
IAEA
UNIDO
222,226 m2 VIC area
(excl. garage and outdoor areas)
central
(common)
4,000 staff members
services / areas
1,200 conference participants /
visitors per day
CTBTO
UNOV /
UNODC
€ 22 million (or $ 27 million)
maintenance / utility
costs per annum financed
by the Organizations, e.g.
UNOV – United Nations Office at Vienna
UNODC – United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime
UNIDO – United Nations Industrial Development Organization
IAEA
– International Atomic Energy Agency
CTBTO – Preparatory Commission for the Comprehensive Nuclear-Test-Ban Treaty Organization
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€ 99 (or $ 121) per m2/per annum
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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
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Enterprise areas
• VIC compound areas
• Project areas
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Offices
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Conference Rooms
Labour
Print Shop
EDP Services
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Buildings Management
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Medical Service
Cafeteria, Restaurant
Commissary
Banks, Post Office, Newspaper Stand,
Travel Offices
– Child Care Centre
– Garage
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– Offices
– EDP Services
– Buildings Management
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Environmental Profile
INPUT – Working materials
kg / year
Total VIC
EUR / year
UNOV/UNODC
Total VIC
UNOV/UNODC
477,900
114,000
465,300
96,600
Envelopes
6,200
2,500
47,400
22,000
Toners
3,600
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506,100
95,500
2,400,000
550,000
684,500
377,200
4,103,300
1,141,300
Photocopying and printing paper
Reproduction services
Outgoing mail (94,500 /61,900 kg
dispatched material incl. envelopes)
Total Working materials
OUTPUT – Products
kg / year
Total VIC
Documents (ca. 99 million sheets
117,100
487,700
UNOV/UNODC
478,000
114,000
24 million sheets for UNOV/UNODC)
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Environmental Profile
INPUT – Water
L / year
City water (51 %), Well water (49 %)
Sewage quantity
189,493,000
190,704
L / year
Waste water
INPUT – Energy
EUR / year
151,697,000
kWh / year
Electricity (incl. air-conditioning)
EUR / year
27,494,400
1,331,000
135,000
6,700
Remote heating
32,591,000
1,601,500
Total Energy consumption without fuel
60,220,400
2,939,200
Natural gas
Emissions
kg / year
CO2
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12,614,100
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Waste Management
Waste
Quantities
kg / year
Non-hazardous waste (sorted by residual & junk waste)
Non-hazardous waste
Sorted 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
313,600
72,100
1,138,600
10,500
5,700
4,000
1,457,900
86,600
431,890
145,150
200,000
115,000
90,000
55,000
49,700
38,000
5,680
3,540
3,000
960
660
Hazardous waste (sorted by 5 categories incl. used oil)
Total Waste
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Disposal costs
EUR / year
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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
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Environmental Achievements and Environmental Programme
• Buildings Management Service
(Details see Umweltbericht page 15 – 20)
– Ecological measures
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Savings in energy, water, chemicals; avoidance/minimization of waste and emissions; environmental benefits
– Environmental achievements
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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
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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
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Environmental Achievements and Environmental Programme
• Administration
– Ecological measures
• Savings in paper consumption and energy
• Avoidance of paper waste and toner
cartridges
• Environmental benefits and disposal of old
devices
Material flow analysis at VIC
– 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
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Environmental Achievements and Environmental Programme
• 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 programme
Actions 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
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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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