Sustainability in Prisons Workshop – How to save energy, water, waste, and costs (2024)

Introduction

Never before has the topic of sustainability, climate neutrality, and environmental friendliness been as prominent on the European agenda as it is today. This is particularly relevant since last year when Europe faced an energy crisis and rising costs. This concern extends beyond just prisons. EuroPris aims to prioritise these themes to support its members in achieving eco-friendly goals and establishing more efficient prison systems across Europe. Working collaboratively with our members and other professionals in Europe, we seek to delve deeper into the realm of sustainability within correctional facilities. The first EuroPris Sustainability in Prisons Workshop will be facilitated by the Real Estate and Logistics expert group with the theme of Sustainability in prisons. The workshop will take place in September 2024 in the historic city of York, England, and will include a visit to the UK’s first net zero prison (full electric prison). The Workshop will be a full, two-day event and is hosted by the UK Ministry of Justice.

Are you interested in transforming correctional facilities into sustainable and environmentally responsible institutions? Discover strategies and options for running prison services in Europe more efficiently, in an environmentally responsible manner, and with a reduced carbon footprint. Join us in exploring sustainable, enduring solutions for conserving energy, water, reducing waste, and lowering costs, and share your ideas on promoting ecologically responsible prisons with a focus on achieving carbon neutrality. Do you have a strategy for minimising plastic usage and conserving water? Is solar power in use at your prison facilities? What does it mean to have environmentally sustainable prisons in Europe? Are sustainable and green prisons the future of correctional facilities?

Call for Papers

Topics of Interest

The program will include practical examples of some of the tremendous progress that is occurring across Europe to advance the Sustainability credentials of our Prisons, deal with Climate change, reduce energy consumption, save money, decarbonise and navigate the path to net zero.

These and other topics we would like to focus on:

• Energy Management (improve the management of energy, reduce consumption, and save money including the use of building management systems, monitoring and targeting, zero carbon technologies, and energy efficiency)
• Renewable Energy (generation of renewable energy from solar and wind in prisons)
• Decarbonisation (developing solutions to decarbonise existing prison estates)
• Net Zero (the what, whys, and hows of designing net zero buildings)
• Adapting buildings for climate change (control overheating, improve energy efficiency)
• Water Management (conserve water, reduce water leaks including the use of rainwater harvesting, waterless appliances, storage of potable water)
• Waste Management Systems (measures to reduce waste, enhance recycling arrangements and avoid single-use plastics)
• Bio-Diversity (bio-diversity action plan, ecology reports, conserve the diversity of species)
• Travel & Transport (travel policies, measuring travel emissions, measures being taken to electrify prison fleets, introduce electrical vehicle charging points)
• Environmental Management Systems (Sustainability Strategy, environmental targets and measures in prisons)
• Training Programmes on Sustainability Awareness

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