Australian Urban Sustainability Research Hub Woking Case Study

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Australian Urban Sustainability Research Hub
Woking Case Study
Ray Morgan Chief Executive, Woking Borough
Council
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• WOKING
• Small Surrey District with 90,000 population
• 38,500 Properties circa10 Council owned
• Council turnover circa 110m
• Council Net Revenue Budget 13m
• Average Household incomes 34,000
• 1 Unemployment
• In top 10 of least deprived areas in UK
• Over 10 of households vulnerable to Fuel Poverty

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Climate Change The Greatest Threat to Business
Continuity?
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• Climate Change The Greatest Threat?
• 30,000 people die every day from lack of water
  and food - 10 times the number of people that
  died in the Twin Towers.
• In 1980s early 1990s over 30,000 UK elderly
  residents died each year of hypothermia in their
  own homes 10 times the number of people that
  died in the Twin Towers.
• In the summer of 2004 over 12,000 people died in
  their own homes in France from heat exhaustion
  4 times the number of people that died in the
  Twin Towers.

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• Climate Change The Greatest Threat?
• In the summer of 2005 thousands of hectares of
  Spain and Portugal burnt during excessive drought
  whilst Austria, Switzerland and Germany had
  exceptional floods.
• The Arctic is losing ice cover and the sea around
  the shores of Greenland were over one month late
  in freezing in 2005 threatening the lives of
  Polar Bears.
• The South East of England now has the same amount
  of water per head of population as Saudi Arabia
  and less rainfall per head of population than
  Australia.

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• Climate Change The Greatest Threat?
• The Royal Commission on Climate Change said CO2
  equivalent emissions at 550 ppmv would lead to
  irreversible Climate Change were currently
  circa 400 and growing fast.
• The International Energy Agency recently reported
  that whilst there was enough Oil, Gas and Coal to
  provide energy for all in 2050 the effect of
  using it was not sustainable in terms of Climate
  Change.
• Whatever we do now Global temperature will
  continue to rise from the last 30 years of
  emissions.

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Wokings Corporate Commitment

• Cross political party working since the early
  1990s.
• Directed by a cross party Climate Change Working
  Group led by Executive and Overview Scrutiny
  Members and reporting directly to the Executive
• Proactive support for Local Agenda 21 voluntary
  group
• Ambitious targets for energy efficiency in
  Council buildings - a 48 reduction has been
  achieved
• Ambitious targets for self generation of Council
  power requirements 97 from sustainable
  sources, 7 from renewable has been achieved.

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• Key Components of Wokings Success
• Corporate Commitment in the opinion of the
  community in Woking environment is the second
  priority after affordable housing
• Cross Political Party agreement and coordination
• Corporate Energy Efficiency Strategy from 1990/91
  with a target of 40 reduction within 10 years
  supported by financial structures to implement a
  range of initiatives
• Energy Conservation Sustainable Communities
  long term relationship
• Public Private Partnership ESCO established
  1999 - Thameswey Limited and Thameswey Energy
  limited
• Queens Award for Enterprise 2001
• Climate Change Strategy adopted December 2002
• Beacon Council 2005- 2006 Sustainable Energy

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Climate Change Strategy

• Three Overarching Aims
• Reduction of CO2 equivalent emissions
• Adaptation to climate change
• Promotion of sustainable development

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Climate Change Strategy

• Underlying Principles
• Generate locally what we need
• Clear up locally the waste we create
• Conserve what we have
• Adapt current practices and landscapes to cope
  with Climate Change

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• Climate Change Strategy
• 8 Key Themes
• Planning and Regulation
• Energy Services
• Waste
• Transport
• Procurement
• Education and Promotion
• Management of Natural Habitats
• Adapting to a Changing Climate

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• Climate Neutral Development Guidance
• Guidance to applicants for Planning Permission
• Believed to be first of its kind in the UK
• Promotes Good Practice
• Aims to achieve 80 reduction in CO2 emissions

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• Climate Change in Australia
• Why Bother?
• We are too small and irrelevant!
• Australia only 2 of World CO2!
• We have 500 years of Coal!
• We have 300 years of Gas!
• Look at China India!
• Energy Efficiency isnt worth it!

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• Climate Change in Australia
• Bother!!
• Since when has Australia been irrelevant?
• Rugby League? Cricket?
• Soccer? World Cup Euphoria!
• How much water have you got?
• Would you spend 2 when 1 would do?

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AUSRH Woking Case Study Examples in Action
Sustainable and Renewable Energy

• Town Centre energy station
• Woking Park energy station
• 11 small scale CHP sites incorporating 9 of UK's
  installed capacity of PV
• Geothermal Heat Pumps for remote pavilions
• Self generation of 97 of the Councils energy
  requirement
• Energy supplied to Council tenants
• Provision to private businesses, community
  centres and GP surgeries

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AUSRH Woking Case Study Examples in Action

• Town Centre CHP
• (Gas fired 1.3 mW electrical, 1.6 mW heating 1.2
  mW absorption cooling, island generation. )
• Thameswey Energy Limited Project
• Private Supply network
• Council Buildings Car Parks
• Businesses
• Holiday Inn
• Big Apple

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AUSRH Woking Case Study Examples in Action
Equipment used in CHP Energy Stations
Above Absorption Cooler Left Gas fired CHP
Engine
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AUSRH Woking Case Study Examples in Action

• Woking Park
• (Gas fired CHP 1.1mw electrical, Hydrogen Fuel
  Cell 0.2mw electrical, combined 1.6mW heating,
  absorption cooling 0.5mW, island generation)
• Park includes general public green space,
  wetlands, rainwater harvesting, three pools,
  leisure centre and al weather games areas
• Self sufficient in thermal loads
• Export circa 60 of electrical generation to
  other Thameswey energy limited customers

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AUSRH Woking Case Study Examples in Action
Sustainable and Renewable Energy
Commitment To Environmental Agenda
Above - Sunnyside Residential Far left -Pool in
the Park Left - Parking meters
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AUSRH Woking Case Study Examples in Action
Sustainable and Renewable Energy
New build by Council Housing Company of six flats
incorporating small scale CHP and Photovoltaic
roof tiles in a private wire system
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The Business of Energy Efficiency Conference 2005
Examples in Action
Renewable Options

Off Grid combined photovoltaic and vertical wind
turbine street lights. Ideal for remote locations
Familiar site? Installing ground source heat pump
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Working in Partnership

• Thameswey Condensing Boiler Scheme
• Winter Warmer
• The Energy Care Network
• Fuel Cell project
• Thameswey Ltd and Thameswey Energy Ltd

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Small things make a big difference

• HECA 30 improvement in Boroughs housing stock
  to March 2005
• 18 reduction of CO2 emissions Borough wide _at_
  March 2005
• Fuel Poverty 98 of council dwellings have
  affordable warmth
• Over 4,000 homes provided with free insulation
• Energy Advice through SESEEAC

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Community Engagement and Consultation

• Borough Waste Management Strategy developed
  through research and Focus Groups
• Wind Energy Consultation through Focus Groups
• Planners workshop
• Renewable Energy

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Woking Borough Council Thameswey Ltd Future
Initiatives

• Waste to Energy using advanced thermal treatments
• Wind Energy in residential and Green Belt
  locations in the Borough of Woking
• Milton Keynes CHP
• Middlesbrough CHP

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Australian Urban Sustainability Research Hub
Woking Case Study True Wisdom consists in not
departing from nature but in moulding our conduct
according to her laws and modelsSeneca 4BC to
AD65
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