Introduction to SMARTWaste Plan – benefits for Strategic Waste Planning Katherine Adams Centre for Resource Efficiency

Overview Why measure? History of SMARTWaste An introduction to SMARTWaste Plan Some data Benefits of SMARTWaste Plan A demonstration The future

We are: “A world leading centre of expertise for construction and fire, providing research, consultancy and information services to customers worldwide.” Owned by a charity, BRE Trust Offices in UK: Garston (Watford), Scotland, Highlands, Wales and Ireland BRE

One-stop-shop of integrated solutions for the whole supply chain on all aspects of material waste including: –Waste auditing –Waste minimisation –Waste management in the construction, demolition, refurbishment, manufacturing and related industries –Pre-demolition and pre-refurbishment audits –Training –Development of various software tools Resource Efficiency Team at BRE

Benchmarking “ In order to manage something you must first be able to measure it ”

Why measure? Understand = set baseline & appropriate targets Measure progress Provide focus and priority actions Continually improve Report back

What can we measure? MeasurementExample of IndicatorBenefit Amount of waste produced M 3 or tonnes / 100m 2 of floor area M 3 or tonnes / £100,000 project value Waste minimisation Cost savings Better efficiencies Amount of materials used Material unit Cost of material Wastage rate (%) Cost savings Better efficiencies Focus on key materials Procurement Amount of waste reused, recycled, diverted from landfill Amount, % reused on/off site Amount, % recycled on/off site Amount, % recovered from facility Onsite opportunities Site planning Waste contractor services CostWaste/turnover Waste/disposal cost True cost of waste Cost savings Waste contractor services

BRE Environmental Building 1996 – 1997 –Demolition waste recycling 96% –Use of reclaimed and recycled materials –Waste reduction – not possible First detailed waste audit: Willmott Dixon – Pegasus Court, –Over 5000 data entries –Time consuming/ difficult to update site –Software developed Last millennium

Bovis Lend Lease – Chiswick Park and x25 1-week Packaging waste audits with SMARTAudit, English Partnerships – 3 year SMARTAudit of the Greenwich Millennium Project, – see project guides Taylor Woodrow Construction – adopted SMARTStart on all new projects from April 2002 Pre-demolition audits 2002 BREMAP launched 2002 – waste minimisation award 2003 (links to Materials Information exchange) 2000 onwards

SMARTStart Waste contractors sign up – ICWM 2004 BREEAM tool 2005 onwards National Benchmarking 2006 onwards CoRE 2006 onwards – 300 free licences –South East –East –London SmartLIFE / EP Design for Manufacture SMARTWaste for Olympics onwards even more…

SMARTWaste Plan Online SWMP tool Guiding you through the stages of a SWMP Fully interactive – prepare, implement and review a SWMP combined with measurement and monitoring of waste Designed for compliance with Code for Sustainable Homes and BREEAM Accessed via secure username and password Ability to download and print SWMP

SMARTWaste Plan Around 3,000 companies registered 2,000 projects – value of over £40 billion 72% of the top 50 contractors 4 million tonnes of waste measured Users include: Sainsbury’s, M&S, Kier, Bovis Lend Lease, Taylor Woodrow etc Bespoke versions available

SMARTWaste Plan Data security Normal industry practices of network control and server administration All stored data is securely managed with disaster recovery backup The data is not available for use or accessible by anyone apart from the registered user and BRE staff involved in the project Accuracy and Use We will do our best to maintain the accuracy of the personal information you supply to us You have the right to access and correct your personal information at any time BRE will not sell or rent your personally identifiable, company identifiable or project identifiable information to anyone

SMARTWaste Plan Generic Account Structure Each company registers for an account (free) And sets up unique username and password to log in to the account Can also set up additional users on the account – there is a hierarchy of users with different access permission levels Then set up projects for which you can record SWMP requirements and waste arisings data Company Project BProject C Project A SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data

Client Level SMARTWaste Plan (£3,000+VAT) Client level Projects linked using password from client Contractor 1 Project BProject C Project A SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data Contractor 2 Project BProject C Project A SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data Project linked using password from client

Group Level (£1,500 + VAT) Group level Business Unit 1Business Unit 2 Proj BProj C Proj A Proj B Proj C SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data SWMP & Waste data

Data collected Project, company and client level – aggregated All data related to a SWMP –Types and amounts of waste (forecast & actuals) –Recovery routes (including % recovery at waste facilities) –Waste minimisation actions –Training and communication actions –Review process Be able to split into project types, construction phases and work programmes Regional, local levels

Breakdown of performance indicators by product for residential projects Productm 3 /100m 2 m 3 /£100K Canteen/office/ad-hoc Ceramics/bricks Concrete Electrical equipment Furniture Hazardous Inert Insulation Liquids and Oils Metals Packaging Plaster/cement Plastics Timber Grand Total

Range of m 3 /100m 2 for residential projects

Benchmarks of m 3 /100m 2 for standard, good and best practice Best practice Good practice Standard practice Residential< >12.9 Commercial Retail< >12.1 Commercial Offices< >14.0 Education< >12.1

How the data can be used? Micro level –Help to assess planning applications in relation to construction waste –Help with assessing information in relation to Site Waste Management Plan Regulations and the Code for Sustainable Homes –Set targets for waste reduction and recovery for projects through planning conditions –Estimate the likely amount and type of waste arisings for a project –Move projects from standard to best practice

How the data can be used? Macro level –Assess development and construction policies in terms of likely amount of waste produced e.g. housing –Aid in waste planning through assessing existing and future capacitates of waste facilities for construction waste –Set targets and/or provide appropriate guidance for reduction and recovery of waste in planning policies and guidance

Click on the SMARTWaste Plan logo to get to the log in page Click on the logo

Log in page

BREMAP – Search page

BREMAP – Results map

Measure BRE web tool to record site waste performance, identify waste streams for segregation, set targets and produce waste performance indicators.

Benefits Data gained throughout entirety of project Easy access – web based Relatively cheap way to collect data Industry have to do this anyway i.e. SWMP Regulations Drives performance by setting standards, benchmarks More use….the better the data….

The future…. Refurbishment and civils version Set 2008 baseline with Strategic Forum’s Sub Group on Waste Analyse data from SMARTWaste Plan by waste type –Arisings –Recovery Enable reporting of ½ waste to landfill through SMARTWaste with WRAP Better measurement at waste facility Life cycle assessment data for end of life options Better wastage rate for key products

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