ciob green deal presentation alan crane

8/2/2019 CIOB Green Deal Presentation Alan Crane

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Green DealAssessment &

Accreditation and role of

the Professional Bodies

Alan Crane CBE, President,Chartered Institute of Building


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The Chartered Institute of Building:Our Public Benefit Mission

The Chartered Institute of Building (CIOB) has around 47,000members and is the professional home of construction

management, representing a wide range of constructionprofessionals from the UK and across the world.


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The Carbon ChallengeHowserious are we?

Reducing carbon is a matter of legal obligation (Climate Change Act 2008)

It is an opportunity for the construction industry to demonstrate leadership, workcollaboratively and take the initiative.

UK has the tools, the technology, the resources and the knowledge and shouldstand ready to play our part in the carbon reduction challenge.

It is a significant business opportunity for companies that can innovate andadapt.

BUT

Few businesses have an accurate understanding of the sheer scale of the

undertaking ahead; and there is a level of disbelief about whether or when thedifficult decisions that will lead to the necessary changes in customer behaviourwill be made. (Paul Morrell, UK Government Construction Adviser)


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The Carbon ChallengeAre wereally serious?

Are Government taking the tough decisions?

The Carbon Plan: Prime Minister pledged inMarch 2011 to roll out Display EnergyCertificates, which rate a buildings actual

energy use and carbon emissions, to theprivate sector by the end of 2012.

The Chancellor blocked these plansdespite mass business lobbying in their

favour, including from the private sector!


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The Carbon Challenge Serious,really serious?

Government plans for zero carbonhomes in 2016 were watered down inthe Budget earlier this year

Now a zero carbon home will nolonger be zero carbon!

The current debacle of Feed-in Tariffs

and uncertainty in the marketcuttingthe rate too far, too fast.


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Green Deal How serious?

Where are the skills for retrofitting and refurbishment?

80% of the buildings that will be used in 2050 are already built this isa far larger market than new build and therefore requires theappropriate number of skilled personnel.

There is no point in Government or industry talking about deliveringsolutions on sustainability without ensuring that this and the nextgeneration have the skills they need to deliver a result.

Up-to-date industry practice needs to flow from the industry througheducation to students, apprentices, employees, employers, andteachers.

We need to provide accessible, flexible training programmes for thosealready in the workplace. This needs formal recognition oraccreditation.


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Green Deal What are the issues?

Where is the consumer confidence going to come from?

The Green Deal encompasses banks, energy companies, andbuilders in peoples homes hardly a recipe for confidence!

So where is this trust going to come from?

Large retailers with a strong brand such as Marks & Spencer and B&Qare vital to build trust and market the Green Deal.

The consumer needs to be empowered and the industry needs toensure its own reputation is not sullied especially at a time whenconstruction is flagging. We have to ensure the cowboy image thepublic has of construction does not apply to the Green Deal.


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Green Deal What can we do?

Using enhanced Building Regulations could be the most economicallyefficient means to encourage Green Deal take-up and, combined withaccreditation, ensures work is carried out to best practice standards.

Assessors a Green Deal assessment will be based on energysavings, future energy costs, capital costs of measures, cost of capital,repayment schedules etc. all of which are complex.

So we need assessments to be consistent and accurate - it is critical to

ensure that there are guidelines, methodologies and commonassumptions that can be applied.


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Green Deal the importance ofgetting it right

We clearly want to avoid the Australian example:

A scheme not dissimilar to the Green Deal established there in 2009saw companies and individuals take advantage, as they are entitled to

do, of an unaccredited scheme to install loft insulation and otherenergy efficiency measures in dwellings.

Four tradesmen died as a result of working on the scheme, two whenthey installed foil-backed insulation onto live wiring. In addition, therewere nearly 90 house fires resulting from poorly installed insulation.

The scheme was scrapped one year later, at great cost, and thecompanies who WERE professionally trained and in place to providethese measures were the ones who missed out on work, leading tolarge-scale job losses.


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Effective accreditation - of companies,assessors, professionals, tradesmen andproducts - is crucial.

And not just for the consumer!


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Green Deal skills the role ofProfessional Bodies

CIOB is already taking action and providing the industry withguidance to help achieve carbon reduction targets through

Carbon Action 2050.

We are ensuring that industry engagement is key to futureaccreditation.

We are explaining to Government of the important role theindustry has in achieving carbon targets, and of the strategicvalue of construction management.


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CIOB Carbon Action 2050 is veryserious!

Carbon Action 2050 aims to help the industry to drive thechange required to meet regulatory targets.


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Carbon Action 2050 does not intend to re-invent the wheel, or replicate thework of previous initiatives; but to make a difference on the ground, now, bychanging industry practices and behaviour.

We are revising our Education Framework to include modules dedicated tosustainability, and low carbon in particular, at all levels: fromapprenticeships through to under- and post-graduate degree courses. Thisensures the development of skills and knowledge to meet carbon targets.

We are talking to the industry AND education sector to ensure these skillsare relevant now and in the future.


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CIOB Carbon Action 2050 is veryserious!

We know that our members and the wider industry will respond to thechallenges that lie ahead, and that the practical information containedwithin this action plan will help them do just that.

Carbon Action 2050, just like the low carbon agenda, will not remainstatic; it is an evolving and constantly-reviewed resource that providesguidance to achieving regulatory targets.

Importantly, the CIOB wants to demonstrate our own commitment andprogress towards reducing carbon emissions from our businessoperations and to ensure sustainability is at the centre of everything wedo.


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CIOB Carbon Action 2050 so howdoes it work?

An action plan made up of 50 simple actions across new build,retrofit, refurbishment , leadership, facilities management, andmany more facets of the built environment that industry,government , professional bodies etc. can do NOW.

Simple and measurable actions, but huge amounts ofinformation can be found from digging deeper into the site there are research papers, case studies, industry reports,government legislation and links to other relevant websites.

We are happy to highlight accreditation issues as they develop.

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