An ENCORD ‘CO2 and Sustainability’ Workshop was held 5 and 6 July 2010 in Madrid Spain, hosted by Ferrovial Agroman SA.

Topics and discussions included:

- A feedback from the review of the individual member companies´ Sustainability Reports – three common key areas were environmental, social and economic sustainability.

- The group decided to draft an ENCORD guide on sustainability. Key areas of the discussion and for further actions in this respect were: continued work on CO₂-emissions, Waste, Water, Effluent, Sustainability Materials and Sustainable Sources of Materials, Biodiversity and Hazardous Materials. Read the rest of this entry »

Facing the pressure of today’s challenging market circumstances, ENCORD member companies are focussing on new market perspectives as well as on more cost-efficient processes to “overcome” the current economic turmoil. Sharing knowledge in ENCORD’s network guides the members on their way of improvements and stimulates them in the right direction.

This ENCORD newsletter Number 18 for the member companies gives insight into some of ENCORD’s latest activities.

Download the pdf version of the newsletter: 1006_ENCORD_Newsletter18

ENCORD and Sustainable Building Alliance MOU

Following the initiative of Louis Demillecamp and the discussion at the January 2010 Council Meeting, ENCORD is now a member of the Sustainable Building Alliance. The memorandum of understanding (MOU) was signed by Ger Maas on behalf of ENCORD.

As the Sustainable Building Alliance´s goals fit in very well with the work of the ENCORD CO2 and sustainability working group, one of this group´s active leaders and council member Charlie Law is the Liaison to the SBA, with Geraldine Thomas also being able to represent ENCORD.

Some additional information on the Sustainable Building Alliance can also be found at http://www.sballiance.org/. The Sustainable Building Alliance’s goal is to Read the rest of this entry »

29-30 March 2010 | Hemel Hempsted, UK

This ENCORD CO2 and ‘Sustainability’ Workshop in Hemel Hempstead, 29 and 30 March 2010 secured agreement on the ENCORD CO2 measurement protocol, and members agreed to measure and report on emission blocks 1 to 7 for 2009 (where the data is available) and 2010, and that this would be taken back to the ENCORD council for adoption. I was also agreed to set a long term target on emission reductions once a baseline figure has been established. There was progress on measurement of waste and material CO2e emissions and presentations on CO2 reduction initiatives of some member companies.

The meeting also started to look at some of the wider issues regarding sustainability, including the measurement of waste, as well as investigating what other areas member companies were focussing on.

5 October 2009 | London, UK

21 people from 9 ENCORD member companies as well as guests held an ENCORD CO2 Workshop 5 October 2009 in Hemel Hempstead, UK. The hosts for the meeting were Charlie Law and Jesse Putzel from BAM Construct UK Ltd.

The workshop was called to finalise the draft ENCORD ‘CO2 Measurement Protocol (Rev E)’ which was in the final stages of production. The output of the meeting is Rev F of the Protocol, which captures the decisions made at the workshop. The following pages capture some of the discussions around the decisions – most results are however directly reflected in the revised version of the protocol. 

Topics of discussion included
- the Introduction and Background of the CO2 Measurement Protocol,
- Construction Areas of Operation,
- Scope of Measurement,
- Measuring Emissions including Transport, Subcontractors scope 1 & 2:, Materials, Waste and Emissions in Use
- KPIs

The meeting was closed with the group deciding to
- introduce the next version of the protocol to the ENCORD Council Meeting in January 2010
- publish the next version of the protocol on the ENCORD website, and to
- meet again in the first half of 2010 with a focus on the implementation of the protocol.

17 April 2009 | Condor House, London

ENCORD members as well as participants from Skanska met in London on April 16th 2009 for a Construction Co2 workshop. A draft of a Construction industry CO2 measurement protocol and the list of carbon emissions monitoring and reporting drivers for construction were introduced and discussed at the meeting. Revised versions including input from the participants were created following the meeting.

Hosted by: VINCI and CSTB, November 7-8 2005, in Paris

The workshop studied added value for its clients and other stakeholders by using knowledge instead of by an over-consumption of resources (materials, energy, chemicals, etc). Key-note speakers came from the United Nations Enviromental Programme and the European Commission’s DG Environment.