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Green Public Procurement in the City of Vienna Protecting our climate and our environment ImpactGreen Publicanalysis Procurement in30 the April City 2015of Vienna ofImpact the City Analysis of Vienna's 30 April 2014 ecological public procurement Impact analysis report on “ÖkoKauf Wien” ConPlusUltra Contracting Authority Municipal Department MA 22 (Environmental Protection) Vienna City Administration Dresdner Straße 45 1200 Vienna e-mail: [email protected] This text version is based on the report of the impact analysis of the “ÖkoKauf Wien” procurement programme. Project number by Con plus ultra as of 30 April 2014. The content of the original report was slightly adapted by “ÖkoKauf Wien”, changes were agreed upon consultation with the authors. Contractor ConPlusUltra GmbH Burggasse 116 1070 Vienna Project team Brigitte Hatvan Andreas Karner Astrid Buchmayr Zoltan Szemler Thomas Zemansky ConPlusUltra Impact analysis report on “ÖkoKauf Wien” List of Contents 1 Executive Summary .......................................................................................................................................... 5 1.1 Main results of the impact analyses ..................................................................................................... 5 2 Basic information of the impact analysis ..................................................................................................... 9 2.1 Background information ......................................................................................................................... 9 2.2 Objectives – “ÖkoKauf Wien”................................................................................................................... 9 2.3 Objectives of the impact analysis .......................................................................................................... 9 2.3.1 Planning and implementation of the project ............................................................................ 9 2.3.2 Evaluation concept ..................................................................................................................... 10 2.3.3 Impact indicators ........................................................................................................................ 11 3 Impact analysis focusing on “eco-friendly working in Vienna” ............................................................... 14 3.1 Electrical Office Equipment, Household and CommercialAppliances ............................................... 17 3.2 Printing, Paper, Office Supply and Office Furniture ............................................................................. 21 3.3 Disinfection .............................................................................................................................................. 27 3.4 Cleaning ................................................................................................................................................... 33 3.5 Textiles ..................................................................................................................................................... 36 3.6 Vehicle Fleet ............................................................................................................................................. 38 4 Impact analysis focusing on “eco-friendly building in Vienna” ............................................................... 44 4.1 Interior Work ........................................................................................................................................... 47 4.2 Technical Services ................................................................................................................................... 52 4.2.1 Efficient lighting ......................................................................................................................... 53 4.2.2 Water-saving sanitary installations .......................................................................................... 54 4.3 Building Construction ............................................................................................................................. 58 4.4 Green and Open Spaces ........................................................................................................................... 61 4.5 Environmentally Sound Construction Site Logistics and Public Works ............................................ 65 5 Impact analysis focusing on “eco-friendly living in Vienna” .................................................................... 71 5.1 Food .......................................................................................................................................................... 73 5.2 Events ....................................................................................................................................................... 79 5.3 Prevention / Disposal .............................................................................................................................. 83 5.4 Nanotechnology ....................................................................................................................................... 85 5.5 PVC ........................................................................................................................................................... 88 6 Summary of findings ........................................................................................................................................ 90 7 List of figures and tables Figures .................................................................................................................... 91 8 ANNEX: Methodology ....................................................................................................................................... 93 8.1 Overview .................................................................................................................................................. 93 8.2 Interviews and data exchange................................................................................................................ 94 8.3 Comparison with 2008 programme evaluation ..................................................................................... 94 8.4 Basic assumptions: factors .................................................................................................................... 96 8.4.1 Electricity costs .......................................................................................................................... 96 8.4.2 Water costs .................................................................................................................................. 97 3 Impact analysis report on “ÖkoKauf Wien” ConPlusUltra 8.4.3 CO2 equivalent factors ................................................................................................................ 97 8.4.4 Time of operation ........................................................................................................................ 98 8.5 Calculation models in detail .................................................................................................................. 98 8.5.1 Eco-friendly working in Vienna ................................................................................................. 98 8.5.1.1 Electrical office equipment, household and commercial appliances (see main report chapter 3.1) ..................................................................................................... 98 8.5.1.2 Printing, paper, office equipment and office furniture (see main report chap. 3.2) 102 8.5.1.3 Vehicle fleet .................................................................................................................. 104 8.5.2 Eco-friendly building in Vienna ................................................................................................. 106 8.5.2.1 Technical Services (see main report chapter 4.2) ...................................................... 106 8.5.2.2 Environmentally Sound Construction Site Logistics and Public Works (see main report chapter 4.5) ..................................................................................................... 110 8.5.3 Eco-friendly living in Vienna ..................................................................................................... 111 8.5.3.1 Food (see main report chapter 5.1) ............................................................................. 111 4 ConPlusUltra Impact analysis report on “ÖkoKauf Wien” 1 Executive Summary 1.1 Main results of the impact agents and vehicles, as well as the disinfection database WIDES ensure the procurement of environmentally analyses friendly products and services in the aforementioned The ecological procurement programme of the Vienna fields of the Vienna City Administration. “ÖkoKauf Wien“ City Administration, “ÖkoKauf Wien” celebrates its 15th thus significantly boosts resource efficiency, while anniversary. An impact analysis was commissioned on reducing damage to the environment and human the occasion. The objective was to provide an overall as- health in the departments of the City of Vienna and act- sessment of the programme’s performance and impacts, ing as a role model for its employees regarding the envi- as well as those of public procurement at the City of Vi- ronmentally sound use of devices and products. enna. The primary basis for the assessment consisted in Ad 2. ”Eco-friendly building
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