BASIS Conference 2013 Presentation on "Increasing a clubs environmental performance - common actions" by The Green Blue.

1. Increasing a clubs environmental performancecommon actions
A Presentation by Dan Reading
Sustainability Officer AIEMA, MCIWM

2. Overview
• Brief background to The Green Blue
• Stimulus to environmental improvement
• How to engage with clubs – methods and tools
• Some anecdotal evidence of common improvements clubs can make
• Oil
• Grants
• Renewable technology - environmental improvement / financial
investment?
• Sustainable events
• Sport specific ‘outside of the box’ actions…
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3. What is The Green Blue?
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4. Our 7 main themes –
cross over with other
types of water rec:
• Oil & Fuel
• Cleaning & Maintenance
• Antifoul
• Wildlife
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• Waste
• Resource efficiency
• Sewage

5. Environmental performance- related to:
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6. Legislation
•Waste Management Regulations 1994
•Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Directive 2002
•European Waste Catalogue 1994
•European Waste Catalogue 2001
•Recreational Craft Directive 1994 (amended 2005)
•Oil Storage Regulations 2001
•Environment Act 1995
•Landfill (England and Wales) Regulations 2002
•Merchant Shipping Act 1995
•Control of Substances Hazardous to Health (COSHH)
Regulations 2002
•Groundwater Regulations 1998
•Solvents Emissions Directive 1999
•EU Landfill Directive 1999
•Water Framework Directive 2000
•Countryside and Rights of Way Act 2000
•The Merchant Shipping and Fishing Vessels (Port Waste
Reception Facilities) Regulations 2003
•Water environment and water services, controlled
activities regulations, 2004
•Restriction of use of Certain Hazardous Substances in
Electrical Equipment Directive (RHOS) 2006
•Conservation (Natural Habitats, &c.)(Amendment) •Waste Battery Regulations (2009)
Regulations 2000.
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7. How do we
engage
with our
audience?
• Appeal to motivations & drivers
• Practical approach
• Tailored resources
• Safeguard livelihood
• Make it easy for people to get involved
• Feedback what boaters want from
companies
• Work with market leaders
• Give the expertise to small businesses /clubs
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8. Our tools –
Lets share
some
resources:
• Marine Toolkit
• The Green Directory
• The Pump Out directory
• Events
• Training
• Stakeholder engagement
• Practical Projects
• Publications
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9. Main actions for clubs
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10. Top tip
• Measure
• Measure!
• Measure!!!
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11. Chart showing water usage at Sailing Club
14,000
12,000
Water use at a
club was
costing approx
£10,000 per
annum
Cost (£) per annum
10,000
8,000
6,000
4,000
Measuring
usage
identified
savings
2,000
0
Date
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12. 80
Chart to show energy consumption at large club
with marina
70
60
Jan-09
Feb-09
Jun-09
Jul-09
50
40% of energy
is used ‘off
peak’
40
652,282 kWh
per annum
30
20
Originally cost
£73,891 – new
tariff saves
£24,311 per
annum
(32.9%)
10
0
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13. 35.00
Chart to show energy consumption at RYA house June 2008
and June 2009
30.00
Jun-08
Jun-09
25.00
20.00
15.00
10.00
5.00
.00
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14. Landfill tax
Chart showing landfill tax (£) per tonne 2007 - 2013
80
70
72
64
60
56
50
48
40
40
30
20
32
24
10
0
2007
2008
2009
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2010
2011
2012
2013

15. Case Study- Sailing Club
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•
Re-evaluation and recycling scheme
resulted in a cost saving of £2039
which was 64% of waste bill
Disposal costs for Stokes Bay
Chart Showing Stokes Bay
Sailing Club for one 1100
Sailing Club waste disposal
litrecosts
container
Stokes Bay Sailing Club
£35.00
£3,500
£30.00
£3,000
£25.00
£2,500
•
Upper Thames SC paying twice
•
Portsmouth Watersports centre- don’t
trust the contractor!
£20.00
£2,000
£3,200
Original
cost
of waste
disposal
£15.00
£1,500
£10.00
£1,000
£5.00
£500
£0
£0.00
Cost of
Recycling
£1,161 of
Cost
Landfill
waste
disposal
under new
contract

16. Oil
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17. Oil
• BP Oil spill prompted people to ask about what to do it oil from their boat
enters the water.
• Spill kits cost around £10 and absorb hydrocarbons only.
• Carry in case of an oil spill which can be embarrassing in a branded boat
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18. Money / Grants
• Energy grant 500- South East regions
• Carbon trust – interest free loans
• Energy saving trust
• Landfill communities fund for CASC
• The Green Blue grants
• The Waterways Trust small grants
• Volvo Eco challenge…….???
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19. Renewable technologiesgrants scheme replaced with FIT:
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20. • Most of our coastal areas benefit from….. wind
You generate electricity
using solar PV, wind
turbines, etc
You are paid for every unit
of electricity which you
generate….
….and you can use that
electricity, saving you
even more money!
…and if you generate
more than you use, you
get paid for selling it to
the national grid!
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21. Solar PV 9.89KW system
7,566 x 36.1p
3,783 x 3p (DEEMED 50% of production exported)
7,187 x 8p (Use 95% of production)
Total annual return and saving
System Price
Estimated net annual return in Year 1 (savings and cash)
Estimated net annual return (based on 3% RPI average
growth and 6% annual energy inflation growth) over 25
years.
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•
•
•
•
•
•
•
36.1p production tariff
3p export tariff
Term 25 years
Index linked for inflation payback 8.5 years
Annual Yield – 8,456 KW/h
4,249 kg CO² saved per year
Earnings in system lifetime (25 years) £85,494
£56,506 profit.
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£2,731.32
£113.49
£574.96
£3,419.77
£28,987.00
11.79%
18.15 %
Homesun offer free
solar PV for
homeowners- they
collect feed in tariff.
www.homesun.com

22. Sustainable events:
London 2012 down to club level
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23. Weymouth & Portland National Sailing
Academy - Legacy
• Sustainable event management system (eg
ISO20121)
•Sustainable procurement
• Ensuring sponsorship partners meet
environmental standards
• First Olympic venue to be certified.
• Blueprint for clubs to use
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24. Sport specific bespoke actions to look into:
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25. • Recycle wetsuits
• Recycle all
batteries
• Recycle used sails
• Wash nets to
stop spread of
aliens.
• Recycle used
swimming hats
• Spill kits
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• Recycle
Polyethylene (PE)
boats
• Carbon fibre
oars & boats can
be recycled

26. What steps can your organisation take now?
• Share resources and ideas and successes stories
• Collectively use energy brokers?
• Buy a spill kit!
• Disseminate info on utility pricing- guidance
• Sign up to The Green Blue e-news we have a
clubs guide launching in March.

27. And finally… Success story:
Parkstone Yacht Club
Energy saving + contract
Waste saving
Water saving
The Green Blue grant
Volvo eco challenge grant
£22,000
£3,000
£7,000
£500
£1,150
Total
£33,650
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28. Any Questions?
Dan.reading@rya.org.uk
www.thegreenblue.org.uk
02380 604242
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