Akademiska Hus Annual Report

SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENTEnvironmentWe are working to safeguard agood, sustainable environmentThe Akademiska Hus Environmental Policy contains a numberof key words. Using concrete examples from operations during2007 the link is shown here between these key words in Aka-Vision and day-to-day operations. During the year AkaVisionhas been revised with, among other things, the following addition:“We work to safeguard a good, sustainable environment”.This is done to emphasise Akademiska Hus’s ambition toactively contribute to sustainable development.Akademiska Hus will be environmentally certified and in doingso satisfy applicable laws, ordinances and other requirements.During 2007, the certification body Technical Research Instituteof Sweden (SP) in Borås carried out a recertification audit ofAkademiska Hus. The audit resulted in a certificate according toSS-EN ISO 14001:2004, renewed for 2008–2010.The audit leader’s assessment is that “Akademiska Hus has anefficient environmental programme which leads to constant improvements.”The impression is “based on random checks the Companyhas extremely competent and motivated personnel. The managementsystem is in the majority of cases a natural part of the work process.”Akademiska Hus will work to ensure compliance with demandsregarding prevention of pollutants that could arise in the courseof operations and will work to ensure that the environmentalprogramme is constantly improved.Akademiska Hus supports the Ecocycle Council proposal for acommon industry standard: “Guidelines for ecocycle-adapted wastemanagement in conjunction with construction and demolition”. This isachieved through involvement in a pilot project, ECDC, in Stockholmand through the annual project manager meetings.During the autumn, Akademiska Hus also produced an onlinetool for reporting on the follow-up of waste volumes in conjunctionwith demolition, construction and redevelopment.In conjunction with recertification the certification body examinedhow the environmental programme has been improved over the period2004–2007. The assessment was that “the Company’s performanceregarding the external environment and the gradual process of improvementover the past three years is as follows: Akademiska Hus has over anumber of years reduced its total energy consumption […]. The aim withregard to material management, expressed as reduced mass sent fordisposal, has been satisfied by a broad margin […]. The objective ofphasing out hazardous substances and that the customer should besatisfied with the indoor environment have also been fulfilled.”Electricity consumptionGWh50040030020010002003 2004GWhkWh/m 2 gross area20052006kWh/m 2 gross area200160120804002007Akademiska Hus builds and manages property in anenvironmentally adapted and resource-efficient way.The Group has been involved in the merger of Milab and Byggd Miljö(two property owner systems for the environmental assessment ofbuilding material and construction products). In June, the name waschanged to Byggvarubedömningen (Construction Product Assessment).The association is supported by 17 of the country’s largest propertyowners, a construction company and two consulting companies.During the year two new members where added, Stockholm Transport,and Västmanland County Council. In addition, the City of Stockholmcites Construction Product Assessment in its environmental programmeas a tool for the environmental assessment of construction products.The system will be used both in construction as well as managementto facilitate a choice of materials and products from a sustainabilitypoint of view with the best possible performance.Water consumptionHeating consumptionLitres2,500Litres/m 2 floor space1,000GWh500kWh/m 2 gross area2002,0008004001601,5006003001201,000400200805002001004002003 2004LitresLitres/m 2 floor space200520062007002003 2004GWhkWh/m 2 gross area200520062007060 Akademiska Hus Annual Report 2007 | Environment