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Important and Desirable Environmental Actions (IDEAs) for Selection and Establishment of Resilient and Efficient UN Offices: Benchmarks for Evaluation and Comparative Analysis

dc.contributorCommunications Divisionen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Environment Programmeen_US
dc.contributor.authorUnited Nations Sustainable Development Groupen_US
dc.contributor.otherGreening the Blueen_US
dc.coverage.spatialGlobalen_US
dc.date.accessioned2021-12-03T16:53:29Z
dc.date.available2021-12-03T16:53:29Z
dc.date.issued2021-09
dc.identifier.urihttps://wedocs.unep.org/20.500.11822/37616
dc.descriptionIDEAs guidance aims to define an efficient and resilient office building or space in the UN context. It targets the earliest possible stages of office establishment from setting UN requirements as part of preliminary brief development and early cost-benefit analysis to development of detailed design briefs in the case of new construction, renovation and/or fit-out. Furthermore, it enables those involved in the selection of UN offices to communicate their environmental sustainability expectations to relevant stakeholders, such as host governments, landlords, design consultants and/or contractors, at the earliest opportunity. This is achieved by: • Defining performance benchmarks, from minimum to desirable, across relevant environmental sustainability topics as defined within the 2020-2030 Sustainability Strategy. • Promoting and facilitating comparative analysis of environmental performance between existing and a selection of potential new office premises. • Promoting the inclusion of environmental considerations into the objectives associated with establishment and selection of UN offices. • Providing a framework for reporting and tracking of facilities-related environmental performance. • Promoting coherence and contribution to the 2030 Sustainability Agenda and the 2020 – 2030 Sustainability Strategy. • Facilitating gap analysis of expected versus actual performance. • Promoting a whole-life approach to cost-benefit analysis (e.g. by taking into consideration operational cost savings associated with capital investment in ‘green’ technologies). • Integrating IDEAs into current processes for consolidation and establishment of common premises.en_US
dc.formatTexten_US
dc.languageEnglishen_US
dc.rightsPublicen_US
dc.subjectenvironmental performanceen_US
dc.subjectsustainable consumptionen_US
dc.subjectenergy efficiencyen_US
dc.subjectenergy consumptionen_US
dc.subjectcarbonen_US
dc.subjectwasteen_US
dc.subjectwaste managementen_US
dc.subjectsolid waste managementen_US
dc.subjecthealthen_US
dc.subjectair pollutionen_US
dc.subjectwater managementen_US
dc.subjectair qualityen_US
dc.subjectwater consumptionen_US
dc.subjectwastewateren_US
dc.subjectbiodiversityen_US
dc.subjectnature conservationen_US
dc.subjectpublic procurementen_US
dc.subjectleaseen_US
dc.titleImportant and Desirable Environmental Actions (IDEAs) for Selection and Establishment of Resilient and Efficient UN Offices: Benchmarks for Evaluation and Comparative Analysisen_US
dc.typeManuals, Guides and Toolkitsen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 3 - Good Health and Well-beingen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 6 - Clean Water and Sanitationen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 7 - Affordable and Clean Energyen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 12 - Responsible Consumption and Productionen_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 14 - Life Below Wateren_US
wd.identifier.sdgSDG 15 - Life on Landen_US
wd.topicsChemicals and Pollution Actionen_US
wd.topicsEnvironmental Governanceen_US
wd.topicsFinance and Economic Transformationsen_US
wd.topicsNature Actionen_US
wd.topicsResource Efficiencyen_US
wd.identifier.pagesnumber78 pagesen_US


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