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Sustainable Projects Appraisal Routine SPeAR Alan Hart | Moscow | October 2011

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2 Sustainability has many definitions

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3 Bruntland Commission - the World Commission on Environment and Development: Development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs Sustainability approach can help us produce work that takes care of future generations, as well as improving the wellbeing of people today

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4 Time line: 1973 Oil crisis: First signs of the urgent need for sustainable development 1979 Acid rains: First visible evidence of pollution 1997 Kyoto protocol: First global attempt to stabilise greenhouse gas emissions 2011 Today: Our responsibility?

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5 Sustainability is at the heart of everything we do

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6 Sustainable Development - Balancing the Agendas Social Equality Economic Vitality Environmental Integrity Natural Resource Conservation

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7 Societal Inclusion (lack of discrimination) Amenity Access Form and space Building user comfort Health and Safety

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8 Economic Transportation effects Financial feasibility Competition effects Employment/skills base Social costs/benefits

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9 Natural Resources Materials selection and use Energy Water Land utilization Waste management

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10 Environment Air quality and pollution Land condition Ecology Water quality Transportation effects Archaeology and culture Regulations and guidance

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11 Achieving a Balance Natural Resources Materials Energy Water Land utilization Waste management Economic Transport Financial viability Competition effects Employment/skills base Social costs/benefits Environmental Air quality Land use Ecology Water quality Transport Archaeology and culture Regulations and guidance Societal Inclusion Amenity Access Form and space Building user comfort Health and Safety

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12 Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine (SPeAR) Selecting and optimising preferred options/solutions through a balanced approach to performance-against- targets for a set of interacting objectives Over 120 sub-indicators formed into the four headline topic areas By assessing the attributes of a project against these indicators, SPeAR builds a graphical image of sustainability performance, identifying strengths and challenges

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14 Kingspan House, BRE Innovation Centre, UK

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15 California Academy of Science, San Francisco

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16 London 2012, London, UK

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17 Low2No, Helsinki, Finland

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Alan Hart | Moscow | October 2011 SPeAR