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WHERE ARE WE NOW?
Scottish Water invests £700m pa to maintain and improve our services.
We are growing our understanding of investment emissions and have developed a new measure – the carbon intensity of investment that we will work to reduce. Our current view of this is 200-300 tCO2e/£m.
2019/20 POSITION
£700m
INVESTED
PER YEAR
200-300tCO2e
PER MILLION POUND CARBON
INTENSITY OF INVESTMENT
TOP 5 CONTRIBUTORS
TO INVESTMENT EMISSIONS
CIVIL
ENGINEERING
INFRASTRUCTURE
MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL
SITE
TEMPORARY
WORKS
REDUCE
CARBON INTENSITY
OF INVESTMENT
ZERO
EMISSION DESIGNS
LOW CARBON
MATERIALS
LOW CARBON
CONSTRUCTION
These tables illustrate the key activities we are
exploring to reduce our investment emissions.
These tables illustrate the key activities we are exploring to reduce our investment emissions.
UP TO
2025
• Establish Construction Expert Panel to bring external knowledge and innovation support.
UP TO
2030
• Low carbon construction expertise is embedded throughout Scottish Water delivery teams.
UP TO
2040
• Applying circular economy principles, our decision support tools promote low emission options.
• All projects assess and report the emissions impact of their construction and operation.
• All programmes and projects are aiming to reduce emisisons.
• All projects routinely demonstrate they have minimised emissions as far as possible.
• We improve availability of emissions data of products and services to support low emission investment decisons.
• Common data reporting of emissions across all products and services supports low emission choices.
• We develop engineering specifications, with learning from other sectors, to deliver net zero emissions assets.
• Engineering specifications continually adopt innovation and learning from other sectors to deliver net zero assets.
• We will develop a design library with proven and standard low emission designs.
• We continually update our design library with proven and standard low emission designs.
• Delivery and supply chain partners are engaged and contractually incentivised to deliver emissions reduction.
• Delivery and supply chain partners embrace low carbon innovation and lead in developing and adopting best practice.
• All programmes and projects are able to demonstrate net zero emissions over the life of the asset.
UP TO
2025
• Establish Construction Expert Panel to bring external knowledge and innovation support.
• Applying circular economy principles, our decision support tools promote low emission options.
• All projects assess and report the emissions impact of their construction and operation.
• We improve availability of emissions data of products and services to support low emission investment decisons.
• We develop engineering specifications, with learning from other sectors, to deliver net zero emissions assets.
• We will develop a design library with proven and standard low emission designs.
• Delivery and supply chain partners are engaged and contractually incentivised to deliver emissions reduction.
UP TO
2030
• Low carbon construction expertise is embedded throughout Scottish Water delivery teams.
• All programmes and projects are aiming to reduce emisisons.
• Common data reporting of emissions across all products and services supports low emission choices.
• Engineering specifications continually adopt innovation and learning from other sectors to deliver net zero assets.
• We continually update our design library with proven and standard low emission designs.
• Delivery and supply chain partners embrace low carbon innovation and lead in developing and adopting best practice.
UP TO
2040
• All projects routinely demonstrate they have minimised emissions as far as possible.
• All programmes and projects are able to demonstrate net zero emissions over the life of the asset.
UP TO
2025
• With our supply chain we will identify and assess the top 10 emission intensive construction materials and promote low/zero emission alternatives.
UP TO
2030
• Progress development of low and zero emission construction materials.
UP TO
2040
• Adopt emerging new low and zero emission construction materials.
• Supply chain engaged in assessing emissions in its own supply chain; seeking low emission products.
• Supply chain procures low and zero emissions materials as standard.
• Our supply chain develops decision support tools to enable low emission designs and construction.
• Our supply chain applies decision support tools to enable low emission designs and construction.
• Promote offsite fabrication and no dig designs to reduce time, emissions and waste on sites applying circular economy principles.
• Offsite fabrication and no dig designs adopted as standard to reduce time, emssions and waste on site.
UP TO
2025
• With our supply chain we will identify and assess the top 10 emission intensive construction materials and promote low/zero emission alternatives.
• Supply chain engaged in assessing emissions in its own supply chain; seeking low emission products.
• Our supply chain develops decision support tools to enable low emission designs and construction.
• Promote offsite fabrication and no dig designs to reduce time, emissions and waste on sites applying circular economy principles.
UP TO
2030
• Progress development of low and zero emission construction materials.
• Supply chain procures low and zero emissions materials as standard.
• Our supply chain applies decision support tools to enable low emission designs and construction.
• Offsite fabrication and no dig designs adopted as standard to reduce time, emssions and waste on site.
UP TO
2040
• Adopt emerging new low and zero emission construction materials.
DEVELOPMENT OF EMISSION
FREE MATERIALS
DEVELOPMENT OF EMISSION
FREE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
DEVELOPMENT OF EMISSION
FREE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
INNOVATION CHALLENGE
DEVELOPMENT OF
HYDROGEN VEHICLES.
INNOVATION
CHALLENGE
DEVELOPMENT OF EMISSION
FREE MATERIALS
DEVELOPMENT OF EMISSION
FREE CONSTRUCTION TECHNIQUES
DEVELOPMENT OF EMISSION
FREE PLANT AND EQUIPMENT
KEY ENABLERS TO SUPPORT
REDUCING INVESTMENT EMISSIONS
DATA AND INFORMATION
on emissions in products
and services
CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS
work with us to deliver reduction of carbon intensity of investment
DECISION MAKING
building emissions into our decision making processes
PROCUREMENT
enabling procurement of low
and zero emission materials
PEOPLE CAPABILITY
develop low and zero emissions
design and construction skills
KEY ENABLERS TO SUPPORT
REDUCING INVESTMENT EMISSIONS
DATA AND INFORMATION
on emissions in products
and services
CONSTRUCTION PARTNERS
work with us to deliver reduction of carbon intensity of investment
DECISION MAKING
building emissions into our decision making processes
PROCUREMENT
enabling procurement of low
and zero emission materials
PEOPLE CAPABILITY
develop low and zero emissions
design and construction skills
EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT SUPPORT
REDUCING INVESTMENT EMISSIONS
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE
and decision making fully represents the emissions impacts and benefits from all investment choices
MATERIAL AVAILABILITY
Availability of zero emissions materials and plant for supply chain
EXTERNAL FACTORS THAT SUPPORT REDUCING INVESTMENT EMISSIONS
REGULATORY GOVERNANCE
and decision making fully represents the emissions impacts and benefits from all investment choices
MATERIAL AVAILABILITY
Availability of zero emissions materials and plant for supply chain
INTRODUCTION
TRANSFORMATION
ELECTRICITY
PROCESS
EMISSIONS
GAS &
FUEL OIL
TRANSPORT
& TRAVEL
INVESTMENT
STORING
CARBON
Scottish Water has established a framework for the supply of sustainably sourced hydrotreated vegetable oil that can be used by both Scottish Water and its construction partners. It’s a drop in fuel replacement that reduces emissions by 90% compared to conventional diesel.
Over the last year it has been widely adopted by our construction partners, displacing diesel use in excavators, cranes and other heavy plant. It is also being used to fuel generators to provide power for remote construction sites.
On our water mains rehabilitation programme its adoption is expected to reduce emissions by nearly 30%.
