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GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES GEOFF DONAGHY Managing Director Cairns Convention Centre

GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES GEOFF DONAGHY Managing Director Cairns Convention Centre. GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES. Where have we come from? Where are we now? Where are we going next?. IN THE BEGINNING. Range of venue types - Convention Centres - Converted/adapted building

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GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES GEOFF DONAGHY Managing Director Cairns Convention Centre

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  1. GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES GEOFF DONAGHY Managing Director Cairns Convention Centre

  2. GREEN MEETINGS & FACILITIES • Where have we come from? • Where are we now? • Where are we going next?

  3. IN THE BEGINNING • Range of venue types - Convention Centres - Converted/adapted building - Hotel facilities • Very “clean” industry • Minimal community concern

  4. PAST 2 – 3 DECADES • Large purpose built venues • Sustainability concerns • Tourism industry impacts • Air and water quality • Biodiversity • Habitat destruction • Social impacts

  5. DESIGN INNOVATION • Green Building • Standards and Ratings OPERATIONAL BENCHMARKS • Waste • Energy • Accreditation programs - venues - events

  6. THE NEW AGE – THE NEW PARADIGM • Climate change • Global warming • Rising sea levels • Extreme weather events • Highly visible • Highly publicised

  7. GREENHOUSE GASES • Necessary and Natural • Carbon Dioxide • Methane • Nitrous Oxide • Water Vapour • Carbon Monoxide • Fluorocarbons (CFCs)

  8. CARBON DIOXIDE • Industry • Deforestation • Started to increase from 1800 • Rapid escalation from mid 1900s • By 2010 - 4% lower than 2006 - 39% more than 1990 • Sustainable levels 3.5t per person

  9. GLOBAL ACTION • First Earth Summit - Rio de Janeiro - 1997 - 150 countries - Framework Convention on Climate Change • Kyoto Protocol - 2005 International Agreement - 162 Industrialised countries - Carbon Emission Targets - Carbon Credit Trading - Carbon Sinks

  10. CARBON FOOTPRINT MEASURABILITY • Global • Continent • Country • Corporation • Household • Individual • Convention Centres - direct - indirect

  11. CONVENTION CENTRES • Large Buildings • Large Gatherings • Large Airline Movements • Large Consumers - Energy - Other Resources - Hotel Rooms - Other Services • Large Targets

  12. CLIENT EXPECTATION & DEMANDS 2006 IMEX Buyers Survey 67% Taking environmental results into account 58% Selected hotels on environmental programs 80% Environment will become bigger issue 50% Delegates will become concerned

  13. THE FUTURE • Convention industry culpability • Client demands • Community expectation • Individual venue action • AIPC Leadership Role - forum for information and innovation - public and media debate

  14. Thank You May all your convention centres be carbon compliant!

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