Swindon Network AGM and Assessing the Greenhouse Gas Footprint of Welsh Water's Fifth Asset Management Plan

The Annual General Meeting of the Swindon Local Network will take place on the 14th of July 2009. Swindon IET members are invited to take part in the AGM. The AGM will be followed by a lecture

As part of its duty of sustainability Ofwat has appointed a new Head of Climate Change and made it a requirement for water companies to undertake whole life carbon accounting. This will enable an understanding of the lifetime climate change impacts of planned capital investments and operations and an evaluation of the impact of carbon emissions upon economic costs. In partnership with Halcrow, Welsh Water is working towards transparent inclusion of carbon costs in investment decisions. The ultimate aim is to deliver efficient investment choices that include cost of carbon within the cost-benefit analysis. This presentation will describe the approach taken by Welsh Water and Halcrow to model and evaluate the carbon costs of a 5 year capital investment and maintenance plan (valued in hundreds of millions of pounds), the challenges, successes and potential applications across industry sectors.

Speaker: Timothy Marshall, Halcrow

Tuesday 14th July 2009; Event Location: Halcrow Burderop Park, Swindon