Transcript Post Disaster Shelter and Energy Efficiency

ProAct Network and WWF/US
Kelly
Adele Billups
Margaret Ledyard-Marks
Anita Van Breda
Jennifer Pepson
Background
 Significant effort and funds put into shelter after
disaster
 Many shelter issues relate to energy
 Options to improve shelter energy efficiency exist
 But – focus on rebuilding quickly doesn’t allow
designers, managers or beneficiaries identify and
incorporate energy efficiency into post disaster
shelter
 Working group under the Environment
Community of Practice, Global Shelter Cluster
A Scoping Exercise
To identify current best practice and guidance on energy
efficient construction, including the production,
sourcing, transport, stockpiling and use of
construction materials and methods
It is only a scoping – expect and welcome additional
information and inputs
The Presentation:
 Introduction
 Energy Efficiency – Approaches and Experience –
Margaret Ledyard-Marks
 Life Cycle Analysis – Adele Billups
 Questions, Comments, Next steps
Energy Efficiency – Approaches
and Experience
Margaret Ledyard-Marks
What We Know
 EE is mostly a byproduct of post-disaster shelter
construction and not a primary goal
 No/low cost techniques to achieve energy efficient shelter
 Earthen walls with lime base in lieu of concrete
 Increase thermal mass and roof overhangs
 Build efficient brick kilns
 Context-sensitive
 Partnerships with local NGOs and organizations with a
focus on energy efficiency generally leads to long-term
savings, ex: DFID shelter program in Pakistan
 IFRC developing a tool on energy consumption and
demand/supply
What We Don’t Know
 A better understanding of the tradeoffs
 Following BREEAM or LEED criteria?
 EE building orientation vs organic community structure
 Case studies to demonstrate EE can be practical in post-
disaster shelter
 Materials, logistics, transportation costs, etc.
 Standardized approach/methodology for construction
 Funding – we have tools but we don’t know if they are
justified on a cost basis.
Future Action/Recommendations
 List of experts in energy efficient post-disaster shelter
practices and theory
 Magnus Wolfe Murray, Jim Kennedy, and others….
 Adapting EE tools and techniques to specific post-disaster
situations – suggestions from surveys
 “Cheat Sheets” for different EE techniques to
incorporate into post-disaster shelter construction
 Lists of suggested EE materials by region
 More research on appropriate materials and methods by
region (ex: Kyrgyzstan different from Sri Lanka)
Life Cycle Analysis
Adele Billups
What We Know
Life Cycle Analysis (LCA):
 Used for: environmental regulations, green building
standards, retrofitting, energy efficiency (ISO 2012).
 LCA databases:
 U.S. Life Cycle Inventory Database, The Inventory of Carbon &
Energy (ICE),1 (ISO/TC 207) database collaborating with
CEN/TC 350)2
 Tools/Models to calculate embodied energy
 Economic Input-Output Life Cycle Analysis (EIO/ LCA), BRE’s
ENVEST software- ENVEST, IMPACT, BLP Whole Life Cost
Tool
 Policies: Efforts to incorporate LCA into development:
 Collaborative effort of GRRT (Module 5), UNEP with ISO,
USAID, ICRC, WTO. World Economic Forum, World Business
Council for Sustainable Development
What We Don’t Know
 LCA lacks uniform definition/methodology, incomplete
databases, lack of public awareness
 Application of EE methodologies in humanitarian
assistance, i.e., construction process, procurement, on the
ground
 Potential as tool for cost-benefit analysis, i.e. CEN’s life-cycle
costing for procurement.
 Ambiguity over EE: how is EE perceived in the field
humanitarian assistance? environmental vrs economic
 Social perceptions: holistic approaches vrs perceptions of
modernity (“build back better” issue)
 Sustainability: advanced technology, imported material
Future Action/Recommendations
 Increase awareness of incorporating energy-efficient guidelines
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in 1-2 leaflets during humanitarian assistant conferences,
meetings, technical exchanges/ trainings, etc.*
Energy audits of humanitarian response to identify most energy
intensive aspects
Conduct studies on feasible responses
Encourage role of energy-efficiency in mitigating environmental
impact, i.e. IFRC, UNHCR, WFP/DHL
Policies and tools exists but a need for specific energy-efficient
policies pertaining to emergency assistance.
Stock-piles of energy efficient NFIs, transportation, standardized
catalogues of vetted choices, field agent training
Conclusions
 Need to clarify what is energy efficiency
 Lots of entry points
 Develop community of practice, common tools, and
evidence of success (case studies)
 Focus on energy efficiency from a financial
perspective: it is more financially efficient: more done,
better, and more sustainably
ProAct Network and WWF/US
Adele Billups
C. Kelly
Margaret Ledyard-Marks
Anita Van Breda
Jennifer Pepson
Contact: [email protected]