Akademiska Hus Annual Report

Akademiska Hus is working to ensure that similar environmentalcare is demonstrated by customers, suppliers and other partnersto ensure that it has an impact throughout the whole of theGroup’s operations.Akademiska Hus runs different activities together with customers tocreate a common view regarding key environmental issues. Environmentalgroups and different networks often exist on the local level.An example of this is the Akademiska Hus environmental collaboration‘Sustainable Campus’ along with Chalmers University of Technologyand Chalmersfastigheter AB (CFAB). Collaboration has up tonow resulted in a common energy objective. Another activity whichhas been run is the common carbon dioxide inventory covering,among other things, CO 2emissions from energy and transport.Through environmental collaboration between Chalmers, CFAB andAkademiska Hus, environmental seminars have been run for severalyears following different themes. The theme for 2007 was lightingand was run three times at Chalmers and at Göteborg University.Akademiska Hus assumes responsibility for ensuring that consultantsand contractors work actively with its important environmentalaspects through a prequalification procedure in respect ofareas such as quality, environment and working environment issues.Akademiska Hus makes improving energy efficiency and thedevelopment of alternative energy production a high priority.During 2007 yet another energy store for heating and cooling wasbrought into use, this time in Karlstad. The ground store is made up of35 boreholes which generate a saving of approximately 1,000 MWh,equivalent to a 40-tonne reduction in the emission of CO 2equivalents.The total volume of CO2 as energy turnover within AkademiskaHus buildings, including operating power, gave rise in 2007 (basedon the 2006 outcome reduced by two per cent) to: heating (426GWH) = approximately 34,100 tonnes, and electricity (410 GWh) =approximately 16,400 tonnes.During 2006, test bores were made to evaluate the potential foraquifer storage for the production of cooling and heating at AkademiskaHus properties in Kristianstad. The work during 2007 iscontinuing, among other things with a legal process to secure awater judgment that will hopefully materialise in spring 2008. Negotiationshave also taken place with the municipal energy company.Akademiska Hus endeavours to find the most efficient energysolution for each property to the benefit of both customers andAkademiska Hus.Also during 2007 a large number of energy surveys were carried out inthe property holdings. These have led to a whole series of measures,including improved climate shells, supplementary insulation, replacementwindows, reconstruction of ventilation units, heat recycling,energy savings in flue cupboards, new control equipment, adjustmentcontrol times, replacement of light fittings, movement detectors forboth lighting and ventilation in group rooms, classrooms and conferenceareas, frequency control of ventilation units etc.The Group plays an active part in the work being conducted bythe National Board of Housing, Building and Planning to produceproposals for energy declarations. Akademiska Hus has commissionedan external energy consultant to work during 2008 on anenergy declaration of the Group’s approximately 1,000 buildings.Akademiska Hus will, through its high level of in-house expertise,be on the front line in the development and use of modern,effective technology with a good environmental profile that supportsconstruction and management and in doing so ultimatelyour customers’ operations.Several of the regional companies have during the year shown Al Gore’sfilm ‘An Inconvenient Truth’ internally to raise the employees’ insight andawareness regarding a sustainable society. Stockholm and Gothenburghave run environmental training programmes for their personnel.Several regional companies installed solar cells during the year.In total, 1,600 square metres have been installed at a total cost ofaround SEK 13 million. Government grants covered 70 per cent ofthe investment. The energy outcome has been calculated at160,000 kWh electricity per year. Profitability is still far from good andthe installations are being made for technical support reasons, goodwilland to get to know the technology.We are working to safeguard a good, sustainable ecologicalenvironmentAkademiska Hus is playing an active role in the industry’s developmentof a sustainable society, among other things by taking part inthe Bygga-Bo dialogue, the Ecocycle Council, the Building ContractorsEnvironmental, Technical and Quality Group and the SwedishArchitects Environmental and Technology Committee.Electricity Electricity Heating Heating WaterkWh/m 2 floor space kWh/m 2 gross area kWh/m 2 floor space kWh/m 2 gross area Litres/m 2 floor spaceRegion 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007South 125 130 124 98 102 97 124 117 114 97 92 89 339 337 267West 123 125 126 94 96 97 108 111 108 80 85 83 356 434 383East 128 126 121 103 102 96 106 102 105 85 83 83 457 423 352Uppsala 161 156 161 122 118 122 191 194 180 144 147 136 504 496 432Stockholm 115 121 120 90 93 91 131 138 137 103 106 104 436 463 379North 121 118 116 98 95 94 117 114 111 94 92 90 402 406 415Total 128 129 128 100 100 99 132 134 130 103 104 100 418 435 373Akademiska Hus Annual Report 2007 | Environment 61