The Authority's activities potentially have a great influence on the environment. Most obviously, construction of new housing blocks or demolition and clearance of old buildings could cause unwelcome noise and dust and also result in waste materials needing disposal. Less obviously, our office based functions, such as finance & accounting, personnel and other corporate services, as well as planning & design functions, also consume resources such as energy and paper. Furthermore our estate management business involves waste collection, cleansing and building maintenance. The environmental aspects of our main business functions are summarised in the following table: Life-Cycle Stages of HA Business & Their Significant Environmental Aspects Our EMS, which is the main way in which we collate and analyse data on our environmental performance and control our potential impacts, was described in the previous section. The results of our efforts over the past year are described in the following section. Back to Top 2001 Housing Authority. All rights reserved.