1. MSAENV472B Implement and Monitor Environmentally Sustainable Work Practices
Neale Farmer – Coordinator Major Environmental Initiatives – Hunter TAFE
Session 2: Wednesday 21 May

2. Review of Session One (7 May)
Introductions 
Sustainability defined
Describe Unit – MSAENV472B
Sustainability at Hunter TAFE
Environmental Compliance at Hunter TAFE
Preparation for Session 2: Sustainability Induction, Legislation, Footprinting? ?

3. MSAENV472B Implement and monitor environmentally sustainable work practices
Unit descriptor
This competency covers the outcomes required to effectively analyse the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices and to implement improvements and monitor their effectiveness*.
* Includes processes, tools and techniques relevant to YOUR WORKPLACE

4. Today’s Session By the end of today’s session you will be able to:
1. Investigate current practices in relation to resource usage
2. Set targets for improvements
3. Implement performance improvement strategies

5. Timekeeper Please? 1. Recap (5 mins) 2. Video case studies (10 mins)
3. Overview of tools & techniques (20 mins)
4. Group activity (15 mins)
5. Discussion and wrap up (5 mins)

6. Video Case Studies
Uni Washington Green Lab Cert: (1m.11s)
Sustainability Awards 2014: (2m.10s)
BASF Construction: (2m.40s)
Tip: When watching Video’s: please consider and jot down any points you think demonstrate how they have: “effectively analysed the workplace in relation to environmentally sustainable work practices, implemented improvements and monitored their effectiveness.

7. Tools and Techniques For………
1. ….. Identifying areas for improvement in environmental performance
2. …..Developing plans to make improvements
3. ……Implementing and monitoring improvements in environmental performance

8. Continuous Improvement Cycle
Identify and research area/s for improvement, consult, measure baseline.
Set goals, targets, objectives
Implement the improvement
Monitor implementation and results
Revise or adjust plan
etc

9. Tools and Techniques for………Identifying areas for improvement in environmental performance
Stakeholders?
Observation (carefully use all 5 senses) – WHS applies
Consultation
Surveys
Inspections and audits
Monitoring – If you can’t measure it – you can’t manage it!
Others?
Activity 1:
Jot down which of these tools or techniques were used in the video case studies?

10. Tools and Techniques for………Developing plans to make improvements
Identifying Options
Developing Plans
Stakeholders?
Mind-mapping &/or Brainstorming
Google
Benchmarking
Life Cycle Analysis
Waste Hierarchy
Sustainable Design
Operational Controls
Behaviour Change
Green Teams
Top Level Commitment
Identify Resources (eg. $, time, people)
Policies and Procedures
Goals and Targets
Objectives (SMART)
Options analysis
KPI’s (Key Performance Indicators
Implementation strategy
Project management frameworks
Evaluation – Monitoring and Reporting
Activity 2:
Jot down which of these tools or techniques were used in the video case studies?

11. The Waste Hierarchy

12. Tools and Techniques for…… Implementing and monitoring improvements in environmental performance
When implementing your action plan for performance improvement:
Consider separate action plan/s V’s embedded action plan/s
Keeping stakeholders informed and engaged
How will you measure and report progress (think time, specification, budget)?
How will you measure success (financial, social, environmental)
Monitoring, Reporting and Review (Plan – Do – Check – Act)
R&R: Rewards and Recognition
Spreading the love – disseminating lessons to others
Activity 3:
Jot down which of these tools or techniques were used in the video case studies?

13. Case Study: Water on Newcastle Campus

16. What did we do? When What Who Dec. 2012
Installed real time monitoring and reporting on our main water meter
Campus Mgt.
Aug. 2013
Identified problems of “high baseflows” and “unexplained spikes in use” and allocated resources to address
Sept. 2013
Conducted weekend and out of hours surveys to identify unnecessary use
Plumber
Oct. 2013
Accepted financial assistance from Hunter Water to investigate and address problem
Nov. 2013
Undertook water audit and identified and fixed a number of leaks. Installed AAA devices
Consultant
Dec to May 2014
Installed sub-metering and real time reporting on priority buildings. Implemented cleaner & staff education.

17. So what happened in 2014? ?

20. Activity 4 – 15 minutes Sort into groups of 4-5
Worksheet 1: Circle the environmental issues applying to your laboratory/workplace
Worksheet 2: Complete as much of the University of Washington University Green Laboratory Checklist as possible
Later: Scan (don’t copy) the originals of each worksheet and to the rest of the group
Later: Estimate the sheets of paper saved by distributing electronic rather than hard copies to students in your group*

21. Recap on Session Two (21 May)
Revisited the Unit Outcomes 
Tools to identify areas for improvement
Tools to develop plans for improvement
Tools to implement and monitor improvements
Case Studies and activities to practice
Next session ?