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Sustainable WorkLife Conference - 12th June

Facilities Management

Facilities management is one of the fastest growingprofessions in the UK. Facilities managers are

responsible for many of the buildings and serviceswhich support businesses and other types oforganisation.

The BIFM is the natural home of facilitiesmanagement in the UK. Founded in 1993, theInstitute provides information, education, training and

networking services for over 12,000 members bothindividual professionals and organisations


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Excellent Facilities Managers

Facilitate the creation and maintenance ofeffective workplaces

Enable new working styles and processes vitalin this technology-driven age

Enhance and project an organisations identityand image

Help the integration processes associated withchange, such as post-merger or acquisition

Deliver business continuity and workforceprotection

Deliver effective management of an organisations

assets


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SustainabilityEnvironmental, Economic & Social.

Development that meets the needs of the present withoutcompromising the ability of future generations to meet their ownneeds (Brundtland Report, 1987).

FMs as the largest group of multi-disciplinary built environmentspecialists are best placed to deliver sustainability within thebuilt environment.

Sustainable FM Integrating sustainability into the operations ofan organisation complementing, without compromising itsprimary function.

Sustainable Facilities Management



The Knowledge Transfer Partnership

Concept of project devised by BIFM Sustainability SIG.

Knowledge transfer partnership project. TSB initiative with 50%government funding.

Industrial Partner BIFM

Academic Partner The University of Reading.

Steering Group of interested industrial group

Kinnarps (sponsors of research phase of project).

Haden Building Services and Kinnarps providing websitesponsorship



Where is Sustainable FM today?

Sustainable Facilities Management is now being seen as moreof a crucial necessity than a luxury. FMs must rise to modernday challenges to continue to meet the bottom line.

Growing demand to address issues of climate change, risingfuel costs, waste, ethical and social issues and CSR.

Focus shifting towards operational phase of 98% of existing UKbuilding stock to deliver sustainability. FMs remit!

Increasingly recognised as a viable tool for delivering

sustainability in industry eg. DTI Strategy for SustainableConstruction' 2007.



Why do we need a sustainable FM toolkit?

Facilities managers are faced with an overwhelming amount of

information.

Focus for the implementation sustainable FM needs to be placed onthe vast pool of existing building stock.

Current issues are given greater attention than other issues whichmay have more significance in the future.

What do FMs need to know?



Water

management& recycling

Flexibleworking

Waste

management& recycling

Energymanagement

Ethicalpurchasing Sustainable

transport

SustainableM & E

Designbriefing

Sustainablebuilding &workplacedesign

Community

engagement

CO2 footprinting

Sustainabilitypolicy

Occupancysatisfaction

Biodiversity

Carbon trading

EMS

Renewableenergy

Health &safety


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Evidence Annual BIFM Sustainability Survey

Graph shows results for main barriers preventing implementation of

sustainability

Main barriers - lack of time, knowledge and managerial commitment.

Kinnarps sponsored survey


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Evidence Annual BIFM Sustainability Survey

Qualitative judgment of current performance of sustainability inindustry according to FMs.

Nearly half rate performance as less than adequate!


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What are the benefits?

Sustainable facilities management:- Mitigation of damage to the environment and limitation of social impacts

- Direct financial savings through efficiency and waste reduction.

- Indirect benefits such as improving corporate image, CSR credibility

- Improving FM professions credibility

Sustainable FM toolkit:- Allow FMs to make the business case to senior management for implementing

sustainability within their organisations.

- Empower FMs with knowledge on current sustainability issues and raiseawareness of future issues.

- Improve access to wealth of sustainability knowledge.

- Academic rigor and industrial relevance!


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How will it deliver?

Dedicated sustainable website

- In depth guidance around topics

- Best practice examples

- Case studies

Links to sources of excellence

Wikipedia style interactive encyclopedia- Will be aimed at three tiers of audience


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Case study example Summary page

Title and descriptionof case study

Business case section

- Financial inputs

- Payback time

Sustainability Data(Quantitative only)

- CO2 mitigated (tonnes)

- Waste reduction fromlandfill (tonnes)

- Energy saved (KW)

- Financial savings ()

- Social benefits

Case study category &Sustainability Criteria


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Case study Areas covered

What was done and why?- Description, Drivers etc..

How was it done?

Who was involved?

Context of case study/ background of organisation?

Benefits achieved?- Environmental, Economic and Social? (Explore issues)

- How are they sustainable?


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Case study Areas covered

Further Opportunities

Barriers and Difficulties

- How were these got round?

Lessons learnt

- What transferable lessons can be drawn from this example.

Diagrams and additional information


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Core Material & Good Practice Guides

Designed to complimentone another

Will address different tiersof audience fromoperational to strategic

Initially will cover 16 topicsidentified from previous

workshops.

Case studies will be used

to support information


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Work to be done next

Further case studies to build up wide spread

Collation of core material data and links for web pagedesign

First GPG to be released ahead of main project

launch March 2009 Sustainability policies

Website development


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Target Dates

Limited draft website to go online summer 2008

Release of first GPG on implementing a sustainabilitypolicy Autumn 2008

Launch of main website March 2009

Workshops to promote website and sustainable FM


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