edc meets the built environment event summary
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An EDC and CEW Collaboration Eoin Bailey Project Coordinator
Ecodesign meets the Built Environment
Designing a ‘Towards Zero Waste’ Wales An EDC and CEW Collaboration Tuesday November 29th 2011 Future Inn, Cardiff Bay www.ecodesigncentre.org www.cewales.org.uk
Ecodesign meets the Built Environment
Facilitated workshop
Question 1:
‘What issues result with waste in construction?’
Delegate Responses
• Poor Design • Poor Operations • Client Pressure
Q1: ‘What issues result with waste in construction?’
Delegate Responses
• Bad design management • Site modiMications due to poor design • Bad design • InefMicient designer • Material selection
Poor Design
Q1: ‘What issues result with waste in construction?’
Delegate Responses
Poor Operations • Fragile building products • Lack of recycling / reuse solutions • Waste removal • Changing Regs • Problematic waste • Recycling can create more waste • Bias in existing systems • Workforce quality
Q1: ‘What issues result with waste in construction?’
Delegate Responses
Q1: ‘What issues result with waste in construction?’
Client Pressure • Time Constraints • Investment cost v pain • High expectations • Money, lowest cost ethos • Cost pressure • Low cost of poor quality materials
Facilitated workshop
Question 2:
‘What is needed to move Towards Zero Waste?’
Delegate Responses
• Design • Advice & Collaboration • Legislation & Direction
Q2: ‘What is needed to move Towards Zero Waste?’
Delegate Responses
Design • Separation of materials • Increased recycled content • Modular components • Off-‐site construction • Design for recycling • Design for demolition – deconstruction • Standardisation of design and products • Logistics / management
Q2: ‘What is needed to move Towards Zero Waste?’
Delegate Responses
Advice & Collaboration • Education and discussion throughout supply chain • Collaboration between life-‐cycle brief client • Guidance for actual material environmental impact • Waste, detrimental to the environment -‐ deMine clearly • Communication of true value – Greenwash • Identify true environmental properties of materials • Finding a partner – symbiosis • Integrated supply chain
Q2: ‘What is needed to move Towards Zero Waste?’
Delegate Responses
Legislation & Direction • End of life / use • Polluter pays = client • E-‐tagging – reuse • Planning to include reuse requirements • LandMill Tax • Assumed usage – EOL • Producer responsibility • Enforcement / incentive Q2: ‘What is needed to move Towards Zero Waste?’
Facilitated workshop
Statement Answer to:
‘How does Construction in Wales move Towards Zero Waste?’
Delegate Responses
Group 1 Statement:
“There is a need for a variety of drivers, enforcement, education and guidance for clients to design out waste”.
Q2: ‘How does Construction in Wales move Towards Zero Waste?’
Delegate Responses
Group 2 Statement:
“There is a need for responsibility to be allocated at every stage of the process. This should be achieved through legislation and education, effective collaboration and integration”.
Q2: ‘How does Construction in Wales move Towards Zero Waste?’
Delegate Opinions
Invitation to respond:
‘How do you feel Construction in Wales could move Towards Zero Waste?’ Please contact Eoin [email protected]
