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Carbon Plus Workshop - Logica/EcoSearch

22nd October 2009 (9:00AM)

Location	Logica Offices, 7th floor, Kings Place, 90 York Way, London, N1 9AG
Contact	Gill Menzies
Email	g.f.menzies@hw.ac.uk
Tel	0131 451 4663
Website	http://www.logica.co.uk/energising+sustainability/400016188
Details	Carbon Plus Workshop for Facilities Directors The Carbon Plus Workshop hosted by Ecosearch and Logica UK is of a strategic nature and will be of particular interest to Facilities decision makers who must oversee their organisation’s roadmap to comply with the Carbon Reduction Commitment. They will be looking beyond the CRC to ensure they are achieving the best performance from their estates and minimising a broad range of environmental impacts. They will also have faced some of the cultural shift challenges that achieving sustainability brings to an organisation. Logica and Ecosearch hosting the British Institute of Facilities Management Thursday, 22 October 2009 0930 to 1630 0900 Registration and Coffee 0930 Welcome from the BIFM, Ecosearch and Logica 0945 What are the issues and how has Logica addressed these? Paul Wiltshire, Facilities Operations Director, Logica Sustainability Practice, Logica 1015 The Carbon Reduction Commitment—Introduction, Early Actions Dr. Anthony Rooke, Sustainability Practice Lead, Logica 1045 Coffee Break 1100 Future Legislation—Transport, Waste, Water Heidi-Lynn Mitchell, Managing Consultant, Sustainability Practice, Logica 1115 Sustainability driving organisational cultural shift Debby Lloyd, Managing Director, Ecosearch 1145 Using ERP solutions to monitor estate performance Peter Thirlby, Managing Consultant, Real Estate Practice, Logica Managing real estate within ERP allows sustainability performance tracking. 1215 Buffet Lunch 1300 Monitoring – AM&T/Instant Energy Smart Metering Practice, Logica 1345 Low Carbon Workplace George Fowkes, The Carbon Trust The Low Carbon Workplace focuses on low carbon refurbishment and occupancy of existing commercial properties, seeking to address a market failure to deliver workplaces for occupiers that reduce the carbon footprint. 1415 Coffee Break 1430 Case Study from BIFM Roberto Valle Kinloch, BIFM Research Associate 1445 Reporting on Carbon Plus Sustainability Practice, Logica Logica’s Sustainability Indicator Reporting Application (SIRA) is a low-cost, flexible and scalable tool that meets current and future legislative reporting requirements. It includes quantitative and qualitative measures, and a broad range of sustainability and environmental impact indicators based on internationally recognised standards. 1530 CRC Maturity Matrix, Roadmap & Action Plan Development Small group session for participants to prepare action plans using Logica’s CRC Maturity Matrix and Roadmap. 1615 Summary 1630 Close Logica is a leading IT and business services company, employing 40,000 people. It provides business consulting, systems integration, and IT and business process outsourcing services. Ranked 16th in the Sunday Times “Best Green Companies” list in 2008 and 2009, Logica is a member of FTSE4Good sustainability index and was ranked by clients in the top ten of “Green Outsourcers” worldwide in 2007 and 2008. Tony Rooke is Logica’s Head of Environment and Sustainability. He leads the sustainability consultancy team, specialising in Sustainability Strategy, Carbon Management and Green IT. Tony led Logica's internal environmental programme for 2 years, delivering £10m savings and 15% reduction in emissions. Heidi-Lynn Mitchell is a Managing Consultant in Sustainability at Logica, with interests in sustainable technology and the financial benefits of embedding sustainability within an organisation. Prior to joining Logica in November 2008, Heidi-Lynn was Head of Sustainable IT at Computacenter and previously held senior operational and business transformation roles at Computacenter. Peter Thirlby has spent over 20 years in the real estate sector as an IT consultant working for system providers and real estate advisors, he joined Logica in 2008 after 7 years in an IT Director role at DTZ, the global real estate consultancy. Peter is currently engaged with a number of Logica’s customers who are seeking to manage their property portfolios and carbon footprints using Enterprise Resource Planning software. EcoSearch® is consultancy that specialises in building management and technical teams for businesses operating in renewable energy, clean technology and carbon management. Through its Advisory, Search and Consulting activities it plays an active role in progressing sustainability and the low carbon technology agenda. http://www.ecosearchglobal.com/ Debby Lloyd, Managing Director, Ecosearch, is a tenured International Search Executive. She is an Honorary Advisor to the Catlin Arctic Survey, participates in judging for the Green Business Awards and is a frequent referrer to the Cleantech, start-up and investor community. Her talk will share insight into some of the next generation challenges for delivering on the sustainability agenda, some practical areas for business to focus on and an update on the current “green collar career” landscape.
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