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1. Going GREEN Lessons we can Share Session 503
William Barbarow
Fireman’s Fund Insurance Company
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Tammy Clark
TAC Manufacturing Inc.
Good morning/afternoon and welcome to this overview of the Loss Control/Client Services and HPR Engineering team’s first step into green risk management consulting—the Sustainable Building Practices Assessment. I’m Steve Greger with Home Office Loss Control and joining me as co-presenters are Bill Barbarow from Southwest Region Loss Control and Geoff Nelson from Northeast Region Loss Control.Good morning/afternoon and welcome to this overview of the Loss Control/Client Services and HPR Engineering team’s first step into green risk management consulting—the Sustainable Building Practices Assessment. I’m Steve Greger with Home Office Loss Control and joining me as co-presenters are Bill Barbarow from Southwest Region Loss Control and Geoff Nelson from Northeast Region Loss Control.
2. Our World Today! Polar ice caps are melting
Weather patterns are changing
Severe Storms & Droughts are increasing
Natural Resources are becoming scarce
Air Quality is deteriorating
Health concerns are rising
People are Worried, Very Worried!
Our Life Style & Our Planet are not Sustainable
3. Introduction Global climate change, polar ice caps disappearing, rising seas, toxic chemicals in our water & food supplies, inconvenient truths--it’s everywhere & it affects us all !!
Resource Scarcity & Quality of our Life Concerns Demand:
Changes in manufacturing, distribution, property management, and product disposal
A paradigm shift on how we live our lives
Green business solutions You can’t turn on a TV or radio, read a newspaper or magazine or even read Employee Desktop without encountering words and phrases like global climate change, carbon footprint, green, sustainability, and inconvenient truth. $4/gallon gasoline is almost a reality. How you answer the grocery store question “paper or plastic?” has become an environmental position statement.
Allianz and Fireman’s Fund are the industry leaders in developing insurance products and services to address climate change and to respond to the growing demand for greener buildings and more sustainable business practices..
We are now poised to capitalize on our green leadership position by expanding our green building offerings beyond insurance coverages to include high value green risk management business solutions to our customers and agents. You can’t turn on a TV or radio, read a newspaper or magazine or even read Employee Desktop without encountering words and phrases like global climate change, carbon footprint, green, sustainability, and inconvenient truth. $4/gallon gasoline is almost a reality. How you answer the grocery store question “paper or plastic?” has become an environmental position statement.
Allianz and Fireman’s Fund are the industry leaders in developing insurance products and services to address climate change and to respond to the growing demand for greener buildings and more sustainable business practices..
We are now poised to capitalize on our green leadership position by expanding our green building offerings beyond insurance coverages to include high value green risk management business solutions to our customers and agents.
4. Presentation Focus Sustainable Business Culture
What
Why
Who
How
Water Resources
Health Concerns
Cradle to Grave
Corporate Solutions
Next steps
Today we’ll introduce you to the Sustainable Building Practices Assessment. We’ll cover what it is, why we’re taking this approach, and how the Loss Control/Client Service and HPR Engineering staff will conduct the assessments and become involved in future green risk management service activities.
We’ll also review how these green risk management services will benefit our customers, agents, and Fireman’s Fund.Today we’ll introduce you to the Sustainable Building Practices Assessment. We’ll cover what it is, why we’re taking this approach, and how the Loss Control/Client Service and HPR Engineering staff will conduct the assessments and become involved in future green risk management service activities.
We’ll also review how these green risk management services will benefit our customers, agents, and Fireman’s Fund.
5. Sustainable Business Culture What is Sustainability?
Why is it important?
People, Planet, Profits — the “triple bottom line”
Addresses Local, State, and Federal mandates and incentives
Reduces the likelihood of Property, GL, Product, WC, & Health claims
Before we get into the mechanics of the assessment itself, let’s take a quick look at some of the key benefits to customers, agents and FFIC.
We already talked about some of these customer benefits. Flexibility is a key benefit. The variety of practices allows customers to choose approaches that have the most impact on their organization, given their own political, economic and environmental climate.
Cities, counties, states and the Federal government are beginning to enact a variety of green building codes and requirements—and they won’t all apply to just new buildings. By implementing sustainable building practices now, our customers will be well ahead of the game in complying with expected government requirements.
Finally implementing sustainable building practices help customers reduce the likelihood of insurance claims. Tighter buildings, better HVAC systems, better indoor air quality, and better lighting help to reduce property, liability and workers’ comp, and employee health claims.Before we get into the mechanics of the assessment itself, let’s take a quick look at some of the key benefits to customers, agents and FFIC.
We already talked about some of these customer benefits. Flexibility is a key benefit. The variety of practices allows customers to choose approaches that have the most impact on their organization, given their own political, economic and environmental climate.
Cities, counties, states and the Federal government are beginning to enact a variety of green building codes and requirements—and they won’t all apply to just new buildings. By implementing sustainable building practices now, our customers will be well ahead of the game in complying with expected government requirements.
Finally implementing sustainable building practices help customers reduce the likelihood of insurance claims. Tighter buildings, better HVAC systems, better indoor air quality, and better lighting help to reduce property, liability and workers’ comp, and employee health claims.
6. Buildings Impact on: Energy, Air Quality & Occupants National View on Electric Power
Building’s impact on the Energy & Environment
Develop Comprehensive Risk Management solutions that impact your profitability. How?
Examine Building’s use & Resource utilization
Interview Stakeholders: employees & management /customers & tenants
Reduce environmental impact of building operations
Look at alternatives
Utilize LEED Tools
Why this approach and why now?
First the big picture: Buildings have a tremendous impact on the environment. In the U.S. they consume more than 30% of our total energy and 60% of our electricity. They consume 5 billion gallons of potable water a day just to flush toilets. A typical commercial construction project generates up to 2.5 pounds of solid waste per sq ft of floor space. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) present in interior finishes, furniture and work stations contribute to illness and reduce worker productivity.
The assessment is a practical approach to help customers save money, positively impact their employees/customers/tenants, and reduce the environmental impact of their business operations—this is known as the “Triple Bottom Line.”
It also helps to maintain FFIC’s green innovation leadership position by providing a highly differentiated service offering to enhance acquisition and retention of profitable business.
While the practices are applicable to virtually all industries, it’s our intent that they’ll be customized and expanded over time to meet the unique needs of our target industries.Why this approach and why now?
First the big picture: Buildings have a tremendous impact on the environment. In the U.S. they consume more than 30% of our total energy and 60% of our electricity. They consume 5 billion gallons of potable water a day just to flush toilets. A typical commercial construction project generates up to 2.5 pounds of solid waste per sq ft of floor space. Volatile Organic Compounds (VOC’s) present in interior finishes, furniture and work stations contribute to illness and reduce worker productivity.
The assessment is a practical approach to help customers save money, positively impact their employees/customers/tenants, and reduce the environmental impact of their business operations—this is known as the “Triple Bottom Line.”
It also helps to maintain FFIC’s green innovation leadership position by providing a highly differentiated service offering to enhance acquisition and retention of profitable business.
While the practices are applicable to virtually all industries, it’s our intent that they’ll be customized and expanded over time to meet the unique needs of our target industries.
7. Real Estate Industry example: Focus on the total cost of risk & change the game
Customer needs & green:
Protect and grow asset value:
7.5% avg. increase in bldg values
6.6% better ROI
<2% upfront construction cost investment -> 10X savings
Lower asset value of traditional buildings
Protect & build NOI (Net Operating Income):
30% reduction in energy use = 5% increase in NOI
Lower operating expenses (less energy & water usage)
Higher revenue, rents, occupancy rates, faster lease out
Attract & retain quality tenants:
15% absenteeism reduction
16% productivity gains
40% retail sales increases
Companies such as FFIC, Wal-Mart, Proctor and Gamble are looking for green spaces and have Sustainability as a corporate VALUE
8. Building Sustainable Business Cultures Focus on no- and low-cost green building solutions tailored to your needs.
Follow premier set of green best practices: LEED for Existing Buildings (LEED-EB)
Target:
Energy & water conservation
Indoor environmental quality
Materials & resources
Building & site maintenance
Include green building practices, key benefits, strategies and resources
Starting point for future green risk management consultations focused on business operations The Assessment provides a set of no- and low-cost green building business solutions that can easily be tailored to individual customer’s needs and interests. It’s built around the premier set of green building best practices LEED (that’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for existing buildings. Focusing on no- and low-cost solutions first encourages customers to take their first green steps relatively easily--- without major cash or time investments; but with big business returns.
It targets:
Energy and water conservation
Indoor environmental quality
Materials and resources
Building and site maintenance
The assessment form also provides key benefits for each sustainable building practice, implementation strategies and reference resources from iCustomer and other sources.
The assessment’s being initiated as a 90 day pilot. We’ll focus primarily on real estate and hospitality customers, although customers in all industries are eligible for the assessment. We’ll be gathering feedback from you and others during the pilot and plan to roll out to all industries in the third quarter.
It’s not our intent to replace a green building accredited consultant. However, we can offer green consultation that’s consistent with our existing risk management skills and focus and build additional approaches going forward. The Assessment provides a set of no- and low-cost green building business solutions that can easily be tailored to individual customer’s needs and interests. It’s built around the premier set of green building best practices LEED (that’s Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) for existing buildings. Focusing on no- and low-cost solutions first encourages customers to take their first green steps relatively easily--- without major cash or time investments; but with big business returns.
It targets:
Energy and water conservation
Indoor environmental quality
Materials and resources
Building and site maintenance
The assessment form also provides key benefits for each sustainable building practice, implementation strategies and reference resources from iCustomer and other sources.
The assessment’s being initiated as a 90 day pilot. We’ll focus primarily on real estate and hospitality customers, although customers in all industries are eligible for the assessment. We’ll be gathering feedback from you and others during the pilot and plan to roll out to all industries in the third quarter.
It’s not our intent to replace a green building accredited consultant. However, we can offer green consultation that’s consistent with our existing risk management skills and focus and build additional approaches going forward.
10. Sustainable Building & Operational Practices Assessment
11. Integrated Approach to Resource Management Setting Priorities Real-Time Energy Tracking
Energy Utility Budgeting
Competitive Energy Procurement
Life Cycle Cost Analysis
Infrastructure Commissioning
Greenhouse Gas Emissions- Reporting
System Upgrades & Utility rebates
LEED & LEED EB Certification
Green Seal Chemicals (IAQ & Safety)
Recyclables (zero landfill waste)
Corporate Accountability
Raw materials
Product Toxicity
12. Start By Benchmarking Your Facility 1st bring your preventative maintenance current, then gather baselines
Areas for evaluation:
Indoor Environment- air quality, lighting, comfort
Employee/guest/tenant satisfaction metrics
Costs- energy, water, waste, raw materials
Staff & Tenant Employee absenteeism & retention
Health and Safety results
Productivity
Resource utilization for products, processing, packaging, and shipping
13. Resource Management & Safety Water use & leakage
Hot water - burns & wastes energy
Electricity - Lights & HVAC
Waste Stream
Reduce, Reuse, Recycle
Indoor Air Quality
Cleaning Chemicals vs harsh disinfectants (MRSA)
Smoking
Paints & Finishes
Cleaning equipment (microfiber)
14. Success Stories Energy Management & Investor Returns
Financial Impact of Energy Star
Hospitality:
Duke Energy
NetApp
Anheuser Busch
Procter & Gamble
HP
Cisco Systems
And more on a daily basis……..
15. Your Green Resource Team
Local utilities
Gas
Electric
Water
Energy Star
Local chapter of the USGBC
Your vendors for HVAC, Waste, Operating Systems & Maintenance
Possibly your insurance company
16. Moving Forward Demand for “Green” is growing
Take a Leadership role
Implement a “Green” initiative
Start with the low hanging fruit
Document successes
Publicize & Communicate “Green” with:
Associates
Customers/tenants
Vendors