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Climate Change Impacts for FM (Code 812CLIM)

9th December 2008 (9:00AM)

Location	Central London
Contact	Teresa Mulligan
Email	info@bifm-training.co.uk
Tel	020 7404 4440
Website	www.bifm-training.com
Details	Climate Change Impacts for FM AIM Evidence of climate change and its impacts are well known, but are having little effect on the design and operation of new and existing buildings. This one day course will cover the predicted climate change impacts affecting buildings and provide a series of means to cost effectively meet the upcoming changes and reduce carbon emissions for the future. OBJECTIVES This course is developed for the non-technical FM and will: Review the impacts of climate change on business and its affects on the FM function Provide an overview to the drivers including legislation, financial and grant funding available Perform a climate change risk assessment Provide the means to develop adaption and mitigation measures to the existing portfolio and planned future premises to reduce the risk Identify the appropriate renewable technologies to install cost effectively Highlight good operational and capital measures to implement DESCRIPTION The world’s climate is changing and will change further in the coming decades as a result of increasing concentration of greenhouse gases. Since the Industrial Revolution, levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere have grown by more than 30% leading to global warming: the average surface temperature increased by 0.6 degrees Celsius during the 20th century. The 10 hottest years on record have all occurred since the beginning of the 1990s with global average surface temperatures rising by a further between 1.4C to 5.8C by 2100. The impacts to FM will be vast including: Increased legislation and taxes to reduce carbon emissions Leasing and refurbishment of buildings to cope with the variable weather patterns and peak summer temperatures Increased flood risk and flash flooding affecting properties. Claims for storm and flood damages in the UK doubled over the period 1998-2003, compared with the previous five year period, according to the Association of British Insurers Drier summers and prolonged periods without rainfall leading to subsidence and affecting staff. The 2003 European heat-wave is estimated to have caused 26,000 premature deaths and had an estimated economic cost of $13.5 billion. Climate Change: Definitions and global impacts Impacts of climate change on FM: drivers on business Understanding local climate change risks Adaptation and Mitigation measures Behavioural Issues: Getting buy-in from staff Management and Processes: Good operational practices Available Renewable Technologies Identifying the appropriate technology Carbon Footprinting and Reporting
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