Latest Case Studies
This area presents an alternative route to the case studies found throughout the site. Here, case studies are listed by sector to help you locate opportunities to learn from others and see sustainability at work. Within each sector, case studies are listed alphabetically: in most cases this is by the name of the organisation, but where case studies have been anonymised they are listed by subject.
Although you may think that the case studies of most relevance to you are from your own sector, we would encourage you to browse case studies from other sectors too - because many different organisations face similar challenges to yours.
- Better Defence Buildings - 11/12/2007
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How well designed Defence facilities that consider users' needs can result in an efficient, pleasant and sustainable built environment.
- Disability and Carers Service (DCS) - 12/11/2007
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How reporting and evaluating can help embed sustainability
Key points:
DCS has integrated sustainability into its Standard Operating Manual asking employees to consider the sustainability impacts of any new initiative or project.
The DCS board receive a sustainability report twice a year.- Glasgow City Council – The White Cart Water Flood Prevention Scheme - 14/11/2007
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How developing partnerships and engaging others can help improve sustainability
Key points:- Glasgow City Council consulted a wide range of stakeholders, including an environmental working group, to inform the engineering design for its flood prevention scheme.
- This wide consultation helped to minimise the environmental impact of the scheme and resolve any local objections.
- Canadian Federal Building Initiative (FBI) – overcoming short termism - 22/11/2007
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How the use of financial management and accounting can help improve sustainabilityKey points:
• Under FBI, private sector companies retrofit government properties to make them more sustainable (energy and water efficient).
• The private companies raise the upfront investment and are repaid by the Government from the resulting energy savings over a number of years.
• The FBI method allows for capital projects to be funded from operational budgets.- Arup - Integrated Resource Modelling - 23/11/2007
Arup’s bespoke Integrated Resource Management (IRM) approach can be employed to support the development of, and evaluate, growth and design options for the project in terms of defined indicators and targets developed as part of the sustainability framework. The IRM model is essentially a systems analysis tool that adopts a Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) approach and applies this to regional or town/city masterplans, or at the project-specific development level.
The application of the IRM to support the design, development and evaluation of masterplans, growth studies, etc has provided numerous benefits. The tool was developed in response to Arup’s recognition of the complexities of coordinating and integrating multidisciplinary inputs.
- Developing Broad Strategies in a Multinational Food Manufacturer and Marketer. - 10/12/2007
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The creation of an effective sustainability strategy.
Key Points:
- High level leadership is key to the success of a sustainability strategy.
- The company sustainability strategy should be clearly defined and well directed, based upon consideration of all potential drivers.
- Climate change and the insurance sector - 24/11/2007
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How insurers and brokers can factor sustainability into decision-making to address key risks and also explore potential business opportunities.
- Department for Children, Schools, and Families (DCSF) Building Schools for the future - 12/11/2007
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Strong leadership and direction in embedding sustainability in to the fabric of buildings
Key points:- Building Schools for the future is seeking to embed sustainability considerations across its £45 billion programme.