Transcript Rising Sea Levels - Thames Estuary Partnership

Managing Climate Change and
Rising Sea Levels in the Estuary
DP World London Gateway Port and Park
Marcus Pearson
Environmental Manager
London Gateway
Development
March 2011
May 2013
September 2012
November 2013
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Site Layout
Deep-sea
port – 435
acres (195
football
pitches)
One of Europe’s
largest logistics
parks – 560 acres
(317 football
pitches)
Environment Program: Overview
• World class marine monitoring program
• Europe's largest ecological translocation 320,000 animals
• Creation of compensatory habitat - intertidal
mudflat
• Stakeholder Liaison
• Sustainable Construction Methods
• Over 10million litres of groundwater
treated
• Over 200 litres of oil product has been
removed & reused
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Rising Sea Levels
• Flood Risk: Requirement to raise site levels – raise existing ground by ~ 1.6 m
• Pump house designed to manage extreme flood events
• Re-use of materials for land raising
• Dredge material
• Large scale sustainable remediation scheme
• 178,000 tonnes of soil treated on-site
• Only ~350 tonnes of soil went to landfill site
Carbon Friendly
Business Model
Sustainability & Innovation
• Low resource usage buildings - sustainable building design and operation - BREEAM
• (e.g. water harvesting & recycling/ energy efficient)
• Sustainable operations – LED lighting, Building Management Systems, continuous
monitoring systems to assess energy use by equipment (energy savings opportunities)
• Sustainable travel plan for employees
• Risk Management through Design:
• Hazardous Cargo Storage Bays
• Leaking container facilities
• Smart drainage systems, with automatic alarms & shut-off valves
Planet Mark
100+ organisations certified to The Planet Mark
40,000 Employees, pupils and students
Business Drivers:
• Assistance with carbon regulation
obligations
• Reduce costs
• Engage stakeholders, especially
customers and employees
• Set reduction targets and directly
engage employees and suppliers in
achieving them.
• Enhance and communicate
sustainability credentials with
stakeholders
Planet Mark Certification
A Sustainability Certification AND programme for ongoing
management
Key Stages
Measure
Reduce your carbon, energy, water
and waste
Engage
Your stakeholders in the process
Communicate
Your sustainability credentials and
share knowledge
Specimen
Certificate
Operational cost savings
Certified Organisations are achieving average
cost savings through energy and resource
efficiency in their properties of £100 to
£150 per employee per annum, including
fleet and travel costs.
This equates to an average of 7% reductions
in carbon emissions / employee per annum.
These results are based on real cost data and
include organisations such as Land
Securities, who are considered to be at the
forefront of sustainability and yet are still
making year-on-year improvements.
Planet Mark Certification
First Two Buildings on the Park Planet Mark Certified for
Construction Techniques
London Gateway Port to become the
first Port to be Planet Mark Certified
for Operations
Carbon Assets
Sequestered
Carbon
In 2015
Estimated amount
of carbon sinks
under DP World’s
ownership/control.
By 2025
Projected amount of
carbon sequestered
in DP World’s carbon
sinks.
5,700tCO 6,500tCO
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11% increase over the next 10 years
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How can Thames Estuary Partnership
Members work better together to ensure
cooperation with Climate Change initiatives
and Rising Sea Levels?
[email protected]