Environmental Resource Efficiency Improvement Plan

The core purpose is to reduce the consumption of energy for reducing cost and its negative impact on the environment. The Market World Shopping Centre has started working on it and has identified the areas of improvement which will help it in achieving its purpose.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS
TASK 1............................................................................................................................................1
A. .....................................................................................................................................................1
1. Identifying the environmental regulations applicable to the relevant local government area. 1
2. Resources and initiatives already implemented in that areas...................................................1
3. Relevance of initiative.............................................................................................................1
B. .....................................................................................................................................................1
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1. Analysis ...................................................................................................................................5
2. Targets......................................................................................................................................5
3. Email........................................................................................................................................6
PART 2............................................................................................................................................6
Task 1...............................................................................................................................................6
Environmental resource efficiency improvement plan................................................................6

TASK 1
A.
1. Identifying the environmental regulations applicable to the relevant local government area
Protection of the Environment Operations Act 1997 is applicable to the Market World Shopping
Centre. Under this public councils have been formulated to address the requirements. This
regulation covers the objective to protect and restore the surrounding environment with the
objective of enhancing the quality of the area and is also required to maintain sustainable
development. It also ensures that the community has the access to rightful information about
pollution. To reduce the risk of human health and also works on degradation by initiating
activities that discharge the level of harm in that areas.
2. Resources and initiatives already implemented in that areas
The local government authorities have taken initiatives in for helping businesses and the
workplaces in reducing the carbon emission by providing additional funds and support. The
Policy called National waste policy is being initiated in collaboration with government and
businesses for implementing tailored solutions for reducing waste and effective utilization of
resources.
3. Relevance of initiative
Effective and optimum utilization of given resources is relevant in all the three industry
and through this initiative the businesses will be able to fully utilize the resources such as
material, necessities and can also look for resources which are recyclable in nature which will
help in reducing wastage and the negative influence on the environment. This is reduces the
number of purchases and would be helpful in various areas of management and cost saving.
B.
Measuring current consumption & identifying existing procedures of the work practices
and purchasing.
1.
Water Readings
Quarterly
Period
Water Use
kL/period
Aver Daily
Use
Cost of
Water per
kL
Sewage
Disposal
Costs
Connecti
on Fees Target Variance
1 3500 29.167 3.122 6340.25 4973.5 10000 -1313.75
2 3200 26.667 3.122 5796.8 4547.2 9000 -1344
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3 2500 20.833 3.122 4528.75 3552.5 7000 -1081.25
4 3000 25.000 3.122 5434.5 4263 9500 -197.5
Electricity Readings
Electricity
Current
Reading
Kwh
Meter 1 2000
Meter 2 1000
Meter 3 500
Meter 4 1500
Month Invoice # Amount $ Peak
Off
Peak Total
Total
for
Month Target
Varianc
e
Jan 202 3500 2100 1400 3500 3500 3400 -100
Feb 401 3200 1920 1280 3200 3200 3300 100
Mar 802 2800 1680 1120 2800 2800 3000 200
April 1050 3000 1800 1200 3000 3000 2750 -250
Gas
Current Reading
Month Invoice # Amount $ Total
Total for
Month
Jan 254 1.105 4500 4972.5
Feb 458 1.105 4100 4530.5
Mar 724 1.105 3600 3978
April 978 1.105 4000 4420
2.
Appliances
Consumption
Kwh
Kitchen'
Refrigerators 45
Oven 18
Mixer 5
Mall
Air conditioners 50
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Lightings 4
Weighing machines 2
Accounts department
Computers 24
Printers 2
Servers 1
3.
Flow Rate of the water taps
Taps uses
Taps = 49
Use = 2900 litres every day
Timing = 12 hours
Flow rate = (2900 / 12) / 49 = 5 litres per minute
4.
Shopping Centre uses fluorescent lights and CFL strip lighting across the store
Kitchen = 75 KWH
Mall = 180 KWH
Accounts = 30 KWH
5.
Company spends $2500 every month over recycling.
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Waste
Management
Material
Type of
container and
amount
Bin Size Cubic
Litres
Collection
frequency
(normal)
Collection
frequency
(busy
periods)
Average
annual cost
Plastics 6 Bins 300 4 2 4800
Glass
products 3 Bins 250 6 3 3450
hardware
products
2 Big sized
containers 350 15 7 5000
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Date/
Time
Bin
Size
Cubic
litres
Plastic
Bottles
(%)
Glass
Bottles
(%)
Cans
(%)
Card
(%)
Paper
(%)
Milk
Cartons
(%)
Organic
(%)
Other
(Broken
Glass)
02/06/2
0 300 55.00% 18.00% 3.00% 4.00% 6.00% 1.00% 8.00% 5.00%
05/05/2
0 250 45.00% 20.00% 4.00% 3.00% 8.00% 2.00% 12.00% 6.00%
07/06/2
0 300 50.00% 15.00% 7.00% 5.00% 5.00% 2.50% 7.50% 8.00%
08/06/2
0 350 53.00% 10.00% 7.00% 7.00% 9.00% 2.00% 8.00% 4.00%
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Ratings Use Settings Usage
Air
conditioners 4.5 Cooling Entire Store 85
Heaters 3
For
heating
food Kitchen 20
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Resources
 Labour
 Architect
 Plants
 Tree Guards
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 Purchasing organic products.
 Plastics that are disposable.
 Recyclable packaging material.
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 Area is prone to cyclones which could affect store.
 It is having huge wrecks of material with unmanaged products that could harm.
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 Failure of electricity.
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 Littering plastics outside the containers spreading diseases.
 Not having plantation as described in provisions.
 Pollution control equipments are not installed.
C.
Setting efficiency Targets
1. Analysis
Work & Workflow – Work could be speeded up using advanced equipments in the stores.
Industry Schemes – Results shows variances in some of the areas of 15% - 20%.
Technology – Requires to update existing technology.
Resources – Scope for switching to gas is not available.
Best Practices – Applying Total quality management practices to make effective utilisation of
the resources.
2. Targets
Water
Electricity
Gas
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3. Email
To : [e-mail]
From : [e-mail]
Dear Members,
Restructuring current work practices
Company is proposing to undergo a change for making effective utilisation of the resources and
reducing wastage in the processes.
Electricity Equipments Replacing electricity equipments with 5 star rating to reduce
electricity cost.
Water Usage Flow rate will be reduced to 4 litre per hour by reducing the
volume of water released.
Gas More effective use will be made as cannot be replaced
Plantation and landscaping New plantation plan is undertaken under CSR practices.
Thank You
Kind Regards
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PART 2
Task 1
Environmental resource efficiency improvement plan
Purpose:
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The core purpose is to reduce the consumption of energy for reducing cost and its
negative impact on the environment.
Overview:
The Market World Shopping Centre has started working on it and has identified the areas
of improvement which will help it in achieving its purpose.
Resource areas and targets:
The main areas for resource management is the energy department as the consumption of
energy is high in Market World Shopping Centre. Thus, the target is effectively utilizing the
limited resources available.
Measures and tools to implement
Introducing the energy saving lights and electricity appliances which will help in
reducing the energy consumption resulting into cost saving as well.
Strategies for ensuring staff compliance
Raising awareness of unnecessary usage of electricity with respect to its impact so that
minimum usage of electricity appliances will be done.
Strategies for purchasing and selecting the supply chain
Market World Shopping Centre will look for supplier providing quality lighting
equipment which is cost saving and longer life along with a reasonable price as it will be
purchased in bulk.
Potential savings
The company is looking to replace all the 20 light bulbs which were rated at 0.070 KWH
in the kitchen area with the 20 new energy saving and durable bulbs at 0.013 KWH, resulting
into cost saving of
20 * 0.057 KWH = 1.14 KWH * $0.30 = $0.342 per hour
Used for 10 hours per day, which amounts to 10* $0.342 = $3.42/day
Monitoring and evaluating strategies
Different measuring tools such as budgetary control, benchmarking will be used for
evaluating the performance which helps in making changes in the strategies as and when
required.
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