Sectoral Reference Documents on Best Environmental Management Practice

Sectoral Reference Documents on Best Environmental Management Practice Dr. Harald Schoenberger EUROPEAN COMMISSION Joint Research Centre – Institute for Prospective Technological Studies ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand 1

Sectoral Reference Documents • Outline • Development of Sectoral Reference Documents • EMAS regulation • Priority sectors • Target groups • Structure and content of the Reference Documents • Summarising 2 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

EMAS Regulation 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 ecomanagement and audit scheme (EMAS) went into force in January 2010 3 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

EMAS Regulation 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. 4 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Sectoral Reference Documents • Outline • Development of Sectoral Reference Documents • EMAS regulation • Priority sectors • Target group • Structure and content of the Reference Documents • Summarising 5 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Priority sectors 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 6 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Priority sectors Article 46(3) Identified sectors to draft pilot reference docum. • Retail trade (5/2011) • Tourism (6/2012) • Construction (10/2012) • Public Administration (12/2012) 7 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Priority sectors 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. 8 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Sectoral Reference Documents • Outline • Development of Sectoral Reference Documents • EMAS regulation • Priority sectors • Target group • Structure and content of the Reference Documents • Summarising 9 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Target groups of refer. documents 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. 10 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Sectoral Reference Documents • Outline • Development of Sectoral Reference Documents • EMAS regulation • Priority sectors • Target group • Structure and content of the Reference Documents • Summarising 11 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Structure and content “Definition” of Sectoral Reference Documents EMAS regulation: Recital 19 Reference 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 12 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Structure and content Well structured documents to find information easily experience from IPPC-BREFs (now IED) is used EXECUTIVE SUMMARY PREFACE SCOPE GENERAL INFORMATION AVAIL. TECHNIQUES REFL. BEST MAN. PRACTICE EMERGING TECHNIQUES/APPROACHES CONCLUSIONS 13 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Structure and content Standard structure for the described techniques • 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 ISO/TC 207 Member detailed technical information 14 requires Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Frontrunner approach Environm. indicator(s) and benchmark(s) for a process Example: Refrigeration of food Best performers 15 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

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 è sub-sector level, and more often on è process level (here comparability is best) 16 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Example for a conclusion Energy efficient refrigeration Agreed Indicators ØSpecific energy consumpt. per m 2 sales area and year ØSpec. energy consumpt. per m of display case and year ØLeakage control (% of refrigerant) and GHG emissions ØUse of cleaner refrigerants: % stores with natur. refrig. Agreed benchmarks of excellence Ø 100% covered cabinets for minus cooling ØUse 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% ØUse of natural refrigerants ØEnergy consumption of refrigeration 3000 k. Wh/myr See draft Reference Document 2. 1. 6. 6: pp. 97 -115 17 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Mid-range, fully serviced hotels Hostels Benchmark for hotels and hostels (from data on left) 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). Benchmark for campsites based on 10% best performers BM: total water consumption of ≤ 94 litres per guest-night on fully serviced four- and fivestar campsites, and water consumption of ≤ 58 litres per guest-night on all other campsites. 18 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Indicators and benchmarks: water e. g. Pool (L/m 2) Fitting flow rates (L/min) Hotel consumption (L/guest-night) Flush volume Laundry (L/flush) (kg/guest-night; L/kg) 19 Kitchen: (L/cover) Dishwashing (L/rack) ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Efficient water fittings best practice Aspect Shower fittings Best practice Low-flow showerheads, aerators and flow-restrictors Quantitative benchmark Average shower flow rate ≤ 7 L/min t bes New tap fittings(*) (except d flown low) e o rate ≤ 4 L/min Spray taps Average bath) bas s (be , tion ark effective flush ≤ 4. 5 L Toilet Low-flush, dual-flush Average oda nchm Average urinal water use ≤ 2. 5 omm al be Urinal Waterless urinals cc rs L/person(**)/day f a ive oin all bathrooms on water-saving Prominentes notices Guest information NA typ and un measures ll to a logy Average water use in guest areas ≤ 100 Total water use in guest areas hno able c Implementation of all above measures c L/guest-night(***) ppli ble te A a Energy for ail water in Implementation of above measures and system v heating 3. 0 k. Wh/guest-night(****) a guest areas optimisation (section 5. 1) Retrofitted tap (except bath) Aerators and flow-restrictors Average tap flow rate ≤ 6 L/min (*)Recent retrofit. (**)Based on average use rate. (***) See Figure 5. 3. (****) based on heating 60 L water by 40 ºC. 20 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Sectoral Reference Documents • Outline • Development of Sectoral Reference Documents • EMAS regulation • Priority sectors • Target group • Structure and content of the Reference Documents • Summarising 21 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

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

Where to find the Sectoral Reference Docs? See our website http: //susproc. jrc. europa. eu/activ ities/emas/index. html 23 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Contact details European Commission Joint Research Centre Institute for Prospective Technological Studies Sustainable Production and Consumption Unit Edificio EXPO c/Inca Garcilaso, 3; E-41092 Seville Email: harald. schoenberger@ec. europa. eu; 24 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Comparable KPIs are difficult to develop, even at process level. Construction 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 Good practice DRI % Best practice DRI % Concrete 75 95 100 Ceramics (e. g. bricks) 75 85 100 Metals 95 100 Timber 57 90 95 Inert (e. g. subsoils) 25 Standard DRI % 75 95 100 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Type of building Volume Dismantling Time, [weeks] Costs Recycling rate Foundry Masonry 263 000 m 3 n. a. 11. 8 € / m 3 94 % Brewery Concrete and Masonry 210 000 m 3 n. a. >96 % Residential Building Timber Frame 4 950 m 3 6 13. 5 € / m 3 94 % Industrial Concrete 58 000 m 3 11 27. 1 € / m 3 74 % Residential Concrete 684 m 3 n. a. >90 % Industrial Building Masonry 183 100 m 3 13 n. a. Residential Building Masonry 4 200 m 3 11 13. 3 € / m 3 95 % Industrial Building Masonry, Steel frame 22 086 m 3 6 9. 7 € / m 3 98, 5 % Office Building Masonry 11 000 m 3 n. a. Industrial Building Masonry n. a. 22 n. a. 97 - 98 % Industrial Building Masonry 13 250 m 3 4 1. 5 € / m³ 98% School Building 26 Construction Masonry 50 000 m³ 18 15. 1 € / m³ 98% ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

But this approach needs the perspective of the whole value chain 27 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

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Which is the Spanish plant? 29 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Plant The one with huge storage and landfill areas Storage Landfill 30 ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand

Procedure EMAS Article 49 Committee progress reports, draft Ref Docs management, planning, co-ordination, control JRC/IPTS Sust. Prod. and Cons. Unit Working Groups for the different sectors Member Stat Industry Techniques provid. 31 EMAS org. Verifiers Universities Accred. bodies ISO/TC 207 Member Workshop on Environmental Performance on 25 June 2012 in Bangkok/Thailand Research centres/instit. env. NGOs