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EU-Taiwan Seminar, December 2012

EU-Taiwan Seminar, December 2012. GPP in practice: Vienna Ecobuy programme Eva Persy, City of Vienna, Environmental Department. Overview. Background Organisation „OekoKauf Wien“ Development of criteria Examples Communication Benefits Conclusion. City Profile. 1.65 million inhabitants

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EU-Taiwan Seminar, December 2012

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  1. EU-Taiwan Seminar, December 2012 • GPP in practice: Vienna Ecobuy programme • Eva Persy, City of Vienna, Environmental Department

  2. Overview • Background • Organisation „OekoKauf Wien“ • Development of criteria • Examples • Communication • Benefits • Conclusion

  3. City Profile 1.65 million inhabitants special position: (capital) city as well as federal province volume of purchasing budget: 5 billion Euro

  4. GPP and Climate Protection 1 of 3 spearheads of the Vienna Climate Protection Programme (KliP) adopted by the Vienna City Council in November 1999

  5. Structure No extra personell!! Steering team >20 working groups (e.g. building construction, food, cleaning, paper, electrical appliances, vehicle fleet, events, textiles …) 3 consultative commitees  Altogether some 180 internal and external staff

  6. Development of criteria Within working groups About 4 – 6 meetings/year About 10 experts/group staff from relevant departments co-operate with experts from affiliated bodies and external organisations Budget for research, pilot projects,..

  7. CO2 Reduction • data for 2004 - 2007 • organic food • energy saving devices • water saving devices • In total 103,000 tonnes CO2 reduction (selected product groups, 04-07)

  8. Financial Impacts e.g. installation of water saving gate valves in official buildings, public schools and kindergartens  cost reduction by approx. 1.5 Mio Euro/year

  9. International Awards 2011 Best Practice Transfer Award European Public Sector Award (EPSA) 2011 274 applications from 32 European countries 3 Awards; winner: “going green”

  10. Motivation: good indoor airquality • Air = most important substance for living: 12-24 kg/d • Europeans nearly 90 % of time indoors • Health and Safety at Work (workers) • Healthy air for residents • Environment protection (as a side-effect)

  11. Hazardous substances CMR-substances heavy metals formaldehyde biocides plasticiser (phtalates) VOC SVOC

  12. critical limit target value TVOC:(Total Volatile Organic Compounds) TVOC [µg/m³] 3000 in new buildings common 2000 Guidance values for TVOCs in indoor air German Federal Environment Agency 1000 300 measure 0

  13. Harmonisation of ecological criteria Vienna and other provinces harmonised the ecological criteria for their call for tenders at interior and building construction other organisations followed you are free to use the same criteria! All these tools are freely available on line!

  14. Communication Production of posters, folders, brochures, videos, “hands on-material”: • Examples: Posters/folders explaining the advantages of “fair trade”, brochures regarding energy saving light bulbs, video and game collection explaining background information of organic farming to children

  15. Benefits • CO2 Reduction • Role model for public • Induced innovation • Cost reductions for private buyers • e.g. organic food • Positive effects on health • Long term savings

  16. Information WWW.OEKOKAUF.WIEN.AT eva.persy@wien.gv.at

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