ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand 1 Sectoral Reference Documents on Best Environmental Management

ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

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Sectoral Reference Documents on Best Environmental Management Practice

Dr. Harald Schoenberger

EUROPEAN COMMISSION

Joint Research Centre – Institute for Prospective Technological Studies


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• Outline

• Development of Sectoral Reference Documents

• EMAS regulation

• Priority sectors

• Target groups

• Structure and content of the Reference Documents

• Summarising

Sectoral Reference Documents


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The REGULATION (EC) No 1221/2009 of the European Parliament and of the Council

of 25 November 2009

on the voluntary participation by organizations in a Community eco-

management and audit scheme (EMAS) went into force in January 2010

EMAS Regulation


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Article 46(1)

Development of reference documents and guides

1. The Commission shall, in consultation with Member States and other stakeholders, develop sectoral reference documents that shall include:

a) best environmental management practice

b) environmental performance indic. for specific sectors

c) where appropriate, benchmarks of excellence and rating systems identifying performance levels.

The Commission may also develop reference documents for cross-sectoral use.

EMAS Regulation


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• Outline


• EMAS regulation


• Target group


• Summarising



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Article 46(3)

List of sectors

The Commission shall establish, by the end of 2010 a working plan setting out an indicative list of sectors, which will be considered priorities for the adoption of sectoral and cross-sectoral reference documents

Priority sectors


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Article 46(3)

Identified sectors to draft pilot reference docum.

• Retail trade (5/2011)

• Tourism (6/2012)

• Construction (10/2012)

• Public Administration (12/2012)

Priority sectors


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Article 46(3) - further identified priority sectors

• Agriculture — Crop and animal product., • Food and beverage manufacturing, • Car manufacturing, • Manufacture of electronical and electric equipment, • Manufact. of fabricated metal products, except machinery and equipment, • Waste management, • Telecommunications.

Priority sectors


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• Outline


• EMAS regulation


• Target group


• Summarising



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Sectoral reference documents on Best Environmental Management Practice

........are developed for all organizations, stakeholders, experts etc. of the sector concerned, that

• have EMAS or intend to have it, or

• have ISO 14001 or intend to have it, or

• have any other env. managem. system, or

• just seek for info to improve their env. perf.

Target groups of refer. documents


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• Outline


• EMAS regulation


• Target group


• Summarising



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EMAS regulation:Recital 19Reference documents including best environmental practice and environmental performance indicators for specific sectors should be developed through information exchange and collaboration between Member States. Those documents should help organisations better focus on the most important environmental aspects in a given sector

Conclusion: Sectoral Reference Documents shall be very technical documents describing in detail what can be done to improve the environmental performa. using the IPPC/IED BREF approach

“Definition” of Sectoral Reference Documents

Structure and content


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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

PREFACE

SCOPE

GENERAL INFORMATION

AVAIL. TECHNIQUES REFL. BEST MAN. PRACTICE

EMERGING TECHNIQUES/APPROACHES

CONCLUSIONS

Well structured documents to find information easily

experience from IPPC-BREFs (now IED) is used



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• Description• Achieved environmental benefit• Appropriate environmental indicator• Cross-media effects• Operational data• Applicability• Economics• Driving force for implementation• Reference organizations• Reference literature

The heart of the document

requires detailed technical information

Standard structure for the described techniques



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Frontrunner approach


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Conclusions on environmental performance indicators and benchmarks of excellence

Conclusions are drawn with the stakeholder working group based on the data and techniques presented in the draft document

sub-sector level, and more often on process level (here comparability is best)


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Example for a conclusion

Energy efficient refrigeration Agreed Indicators

Specific energy consumpt. per m2 sales area and yearSpec. energy consumpt. per m of display case and yearLeakage control (% of refrigerant) and GHG emissions Use of cleaner refrigerants: % stores with natur. refrig.

Agreed benchmarks of excellence100% covered cabinets for minus coolingUse of cooling zone (e.g. cash and carry) or 100% covering of plus cooling cabinets where this can lead to an energy saving of more than 10% Use of natural refrigerantsEnergy consumption of refrigeration 3000 kWh/myr

See draft Reference Document 2.1.6.6: pp. 97-115


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Benchmark for hotels and hostels (from data on left)

Benchmark for campsites based on 10% best performers

BM: total water consumption ≤140 L per guest-night in fully serviced hotels, and ≤100 L per guest-night in accommodation where the majority of the bathrooms are shared across rooms (e.g. hostels).

BM: total water consumption of ≤94 litres per guest-night on fully serviced four- and five-star campsites, and water consumption of ≤58 litres per guest-night on all other campsites.

Hostels

Mid-range, fully serviced hotels


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Indicators and benchmarks: water e.g.

Flush volume (L/flush)

Laundry (kg/guest-night;

L/kg) Dishwashing (L/rack)

Kitchen:(L/cover)

Fitting flow rates

(L/min)

Hotel consumption

(L/guest-night)

Pool (L/m2)


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Aspect Best practice Quantitative benchmark

Shower fittings Low-flow showerheads, aerators and flow-restrictors Average shower flow rate ≤7 L/min

Retrofitted tap (except bath) Aerators and flow-restrictors Average tap flow rate ≤6 L/min

New tap fittings(*) (except bath)

Spray taps Average flow rate ≤4 L/min

Toilet Low-flush, dual-flush Average effective flush ≤4.5 L

Urinal Waterless urinalsAverage urinal water use ≤2.5

L/person(**)/day

Guest informationProminent notices in all bathrooms on water-saving

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Total water use in guest areas Implementation of all above measuresAverage water use in guest areas ≤100

L/guest-night(***)

Energy for heating water in guest areas

Implementation of above measures and system optimisation (section 5.1)

3.0 kWh/guest-night(****)

(*)Recent retrofit. (**)Based on average use rate.(***) See Figure 5.3.(****) based on heating 60 L water by 40 ºC.

Efficient water fittings best practice

Applicable to all types of accommodation, based on best

available technology and universal benchmarks (below)


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• Outline


• EMAS regulation


• Target group


• Summarising



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Summarising

Sectoral Reference Documents are comprehensive reports to help stakeholders concerned to go for continual improvement of their environmental performance. They do not only provide environm. indicators but also provide technical details. This is the reason why that they may comprise several hundred pages.

They also contain concrete benchmarks of excellence indicating best environmental performance on the sub-sector/process level.


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Where to find the Sectoral Reference Docs?

http://susproc.jrc.ec.europa.eu/activities/emas/index.html

See our website


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Contact details

European CommissionJoint Research Centre

Institute for Prospective Technological StudiesSustainable Production and Consumption Unit

Edificio EXPO c/Inca Garcilaso, 3; E-41092 Seville

Email: [email protected];


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ConstructionComparable KPIs are difficult to develop, even at process level.

Selective deconstruction is a best practice. Waste indicators proposed for them are:

•Recovery rate, % of wastes reused or recycled (benchmark of excellence at 95%)

•In the UK, Demolition recovery index, DRI, is used. % of building area (floor +envelope) reused or recycled.

Material Standard DRI % Good practice DRI % Best practice DRI %

Concrete 75 95 100

Ceramics (e.g. bricks) 75 85 100

Metals 95 100 100

Timber 57 90 95

Inert (e.g. subsoils) 75 95 100


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Type of building

Construction VolumeDismantling

Time, [weeks]Costs

Recycling rate

Foundry Masonry 263 000 m3 n.a. 11.8 € / m3 94 %

BreweryConcrete and

Masonry210 000 m3 n.a. n.a. >96 %

Residential Building

Timber Frame 4 950 m3 6 13.5 € / m3 94 %

Industrial Concrete 58 000 m3 11 27.1 € / m3 74 %

Residential Concrete 684 m3 n.a. n.a. >90 %

Industrial Building

Masonry 183 100 m3 13 n.a. n.a.

Residential Building

Masonry 4 200 m3 11 13.3 € / m3 95 %

Industrial Building

Masonry, Steel frame

22 086 m3 6 9.7 € / m3 98,5 %

Office Building Masonry 11 000 m3 n.a. n.a. n.a.

Industrial Building

Masonry n.a. 22 n.a. 97 - 98 %

Industrial Building

Masonry 13 250 m3 4 1.5 € / m³ 98%

School Building Masonry 50 000 m³ 18 15.1 € / m³ 98%


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MATERIAL MANUFACTURING

DISTRIBUTION

SITE

Ext. SITE (same org)

Ext. SITE (diff. org)

CONSOLIDATION CENTRE

PREPARATION FOR REUSE / TAKE BACK

RECYCLING PLANTDECONSTRUCTION/

DEMOLITION

Raw Materials

Wastes

Other uses

Other uses

Internal reuse

Prep. for internal reuse

Prepared material to be reused

External reuse

Salvaged materials

Recyclable fractions

Recycled materials to be reprocessed

Recycled material directly usable

Recyclable fractions

Direct reuse cycle of materials

Reuse cycle of prepared/salvaged materials

Recycled materials flow

But this approach needs the perspective of the whole value chain


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Concrete and brick85.3%

Pallet collars0.1%

Timber0.7%

General mixed waste1.1% Landfilled

4.6%

Steel and cast iron8.2%

Material TonnesConcrete and brick 12125Steel and cast iron 1164

Timber 105Pallet collars 10

General mixed waste 150Landfilled 654


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Which is the Spanish plant?


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Storage

Landfill

Plant

The one with huge storage and landfill areas


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EMAS Article 49 Committee

JRC/IPTS Sust. Prod. and Cons. Unit

progress reports, draft Ref Docs

management, planning, co-ordination, control

Working Groups for the different sectors

Member Stat Industry

env. NGOs

Universities Research centres/instit.

Techniques provid. Verifiers Accred. bodies

EMAS org.

Procedure