At the moment, the following major building projects are in progress:
Kristiansand - "Elvebredden" - a new office building for Telenor's activities
Commencement of building: May 2001
Floor space: 8 500 m2
Number of employees: approx. 400
Occupation: October 2002
A new building is being planned for Telenor's operations, in which importance will be attached to constructing an energy efficient building using distant heating and cooling. A special treatment building is planned to take care of waste[!] sorting at source.
New headquarters at Fornebu
Commencement of building: Summer 1999
Floor space (Phase 1) 140 000 m2
Number of employees: Approx. 7 000
Occupation: November 2001 - October 2002
The significant feature of the project requirements for the Fornebu development is its ambitious environmental targets. Important elements are:
- The vision for the development has an environmental profile
- Architect competition with jury assessment emphasising environmental aspects
- Special environmental follow-up programme (Environmental Programme Fornebu) based on:
- Telenor Agenda 21[!]
- Re-use of Fornebu - an environmental follow-up plan by Statsbygg and Oslo City Council
- The Municipality's development plan 2
- National legislation, guidelines and environmental objectives
- A building programme with a strong environmental profile
- Environmental requirements placed upon sub-contractors/suppliers
- The establishment of environmental accounting for the building project
- The preparation of success criteria for environmental issues
- Implementation of motivational work and training of the employees
Environmental requirements placed upon sub-contractors/suppliers
- Follow up the intentions and stipulations of Environmental Programme Fornebu
- Appoint a person responsible for the environment in each company
- Prepare an environmental plan in accordance with Environmental Programme Fornebu
- Take part in environmental courses
- Continue the environmental course under own management or that of the sub-contractors
- Obtain data for the environmental accounting system
- Report on environmental work in all building meetings and in monthly reports
- Document the environmental declaration of materials used
Examples of specific environmental initiatives in the Fornebu project
1. Waste
The objective is that the amount of waste produced in the building period shall not exceed 25 kg/m2.
- At the end of 2000, 30% of the engineering work had been completed
- Amount of waste produced: 6.1 kg/m2
Extrapolation indicates that by the end of the project we can expect to have produced 19.7 kg/m2 of waste, i.e. achievement of objective.
2. Reduction of waste
Arrangements shall be made to ensure that the construction engineer can achieve minimisation of waste.
- Sprinkler pipes: prefabrication in correct lengths
- Plaster boards: ordered ready cut to size
- Pre-cut aluminium profiles for use in glass facades
- Wall-insulation material supplied in rolls to avoid waste
- Agreements for the return of packing, pallets, excess and spillage
3. Local handling of production materials
We are self-sufficient as regards crushed stone (150 000 m3) for:
- Foundations of ditches and footpaths
- Levelling of floors
- "Telenortorget" - the open area between the main buildings
We will produce 80 000 m3 of topsoil for our own outdoor areas
This will consist of:
- 45% crushed stone
- 45% workable material
- 10% humus (e.g. sludge)
We have our own on-site plant for concrete production
- Transport of aggregates can be done by sea
Environmental accounting for Fornebu
A system of environmental accounting has been established which will provide an overview of the measurable inputs and outputs during the building process.
The following figures were reported for the Fornebu project in 1999 and 2000:
| Input and output factors |
Environmental themes |
1999 |
2000 |
| Energy |
Electrical energy |
8 050 kWh |
1 505 821 kWh |
| Fuel for vehicles and machinery |
314 488 litres |
68 312 litres |
| Fuel for generators |
- |
108 990 litres |
| Environmental training |
Number of employees with environmental training |
100 % |
100 % |
| Purchasing |
Percentage of contracts with built-in environmental requirements |
- |
100 % |
| Waste |
Waste going to material recycle |
- |
406 tonnes |
| Waste going to energy recycle |
7 tonnes |
557 tonnes |
| Waste for dumping |
1 tonnes |
128 tonnes |
| Environmental accidents |
Environmental accidents and near-accidents |
|
0 |
Upon completion of the Fornebu project, a completion report on the project's environmental profile - from environmental objectives to end results - will be prepared.
