CRISP Construction and City Related Sustainability Indicators * * * Setting Evaluation and Performance Criteria in the Built Environment Co-ordinator: BOURDEAU Luc Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment EESD / KA4: CITY OF TOMORROW and CULTURAL HERITAGE 4.3: Development and demonstration of technologies for safe, economic, clean, effective and sustainable preservation, recovery, renovation, construction, dismantling and demolition of the built environment, in particular for large groups of buildings

What is “Sustainable Construction” ? –Tampa Conference on Sustainable Construction –CIB “Report 225” and “Agenda 21 for Sustainable Construction” –EC TRA-EFCT: 1st Round Table –... A global socio-economic-environmental approach...but with various national/regional/local visions “A next step should be to reach a more consensus vision through a global common model and to set up indicators and policies to translate this vision into reality" BACKGROUND (1)

Tools to help actors to reach better sustainability in their production activities –LCA methods –Codes of Practice –Building Environmental Performance Assessment Methods BACKGROUND (2) introduce various ways of measuring the various aspects and criteria of sustainable development in the construction field ---> Strong need of harmonizing

INDICATOR ? Definition –A synthetic variable, giving indications, describing or measuring the state of a phenomenon or a situation. Indicators reflect cause-to-effect relationship between an action and its consequences. –A conceptual tool, expressed in clear and precise terms, that measures progress towards an objective ; they provide a measurement unit through which modelling and monitoring can be conducted. A variable which helps to measure a given aspect / criteria of sustainable construction

INDICATOR ? Requirements  relevance: clear link to a goal and an objective of sustainability  objectivity: based on reliable information  accessibility: appropriate data exist and are accessible  readability: understandable for a project team and community  measurability  sensibility ...

INDICATOR ?

GENERAL OBJECTIVE OF THE NETWORK Co-ordinate research works dealing with:  defining/validating/implementing construction and city related sustainability indicators to measure and compare the sustainability of:  cities and urban areas (as far as construction is concerned)  construction projects in cities  large groups of buildings (urban/suburban)  individual buildings  materials, products and components  construction activities (city/region/country)  … Duration: 1/06/00 to 1/06/03

INTEREST AND QUESTIONS OF END-USERS How to determine if a building product is more or less sustainable than another product or reference ? How to measure and follow the trends of a neibourhood in terms of sustainable development criteria, so as to be able to react properly ? What are the relevant indicators that enable a company to assess its organisation and actions in terms of sustainability performance ? Which indicators can I use for benchmarking buildings or cities ? Which indicators to help decisions to choose between demolition or renovation ? Which indicators to monitor a Land Use Plan ?

SCOPE

NETWORK MEMBERS SBI TNO W/E BRE BSRIA Salford Thessaloniki Fraunhofer DIT NBI Chalmers KTH Florence TUW AIAE BBRI CSC Energie-Cités CSTB La Calade UPC VTT EMI Urbanproiect

GENERAL STRUCTURE MEMBERS

MEASURABLE OBJECTIVES 1. Stimulate and Co-ordinate development of indicators 2. Harmonise a format for describing indicators within the CRISP scope 3. Gather and Organise indicators within a database (with information on validation, testing, criteria of use, …) ==> comparison of indicators and performance targets 4. Disseminate research results

An Example from the State of the Art (GBC 2000) --> Stimulate and Coordinate

crisp.cstb.fr --> Disseminate

R&D Works Directory --> Stimulate and Coordinate

A list of more than 100 useful links --> Stimulate and Coordinate

A database of indicators --> Gather and Organize

Input Data Sheets --> Harmonize

Input Data Sheet Indicator Systems NAME DESCRIPTION AND AIMS TYPE / UNIT METHODS OF EVALUATION IMPACT LEVEL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE RESTRICTIONS AND WARNINGS DEVELOPER NAME DEVELOPER COUNTRY DETAILED STRUCTURE PURPOSE CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY IMPLEMENTATION SCALE USERS PROCESS PHASE PREVIOUS USE USER COUNTRIES FURTHER INFORMATION Indicators

Input Data Sheet Indicator Systems PURPOSE Indicators/ DIAGNOSIS MONITORING ASSESSMENT DESIGN OTHER PERFORMANCE PRESSURE STATE IMPACT RESPONSE TYPE EFFICIENCY DESCRIPTIVE

Input Data Sheet PERFORMANCE PRESSURE STATE IMPACT RESPONSE Indicator Systems Indicators/ TYPE EFFICIENCY DESCRIPTIVE METHODS OF EVALUATION Free text (observation, testing, simulation, analysis, expert evaluation…)

Input Data Sheet Indicator Systems Indicators/ IMPACT LEVEL GLOBAL NATIONAL REGIONAL LOCAL OTHER METHODS OF EVALUATION Free text (observation, testing, simulation, analysis, expert evaluation…)

Input Data Sheet NATURAL RAW MATERIALS BIODIVERSITY ENERGY ENVIRONMENTAL POLLUTION LAND USE OTHER Indicator Systems SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE Indicators/ ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL

Input Data Sheet ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND FINANCE PRODUCTION AND CONSUMPTION URBAN COMMUNITY SERVICES OTHER Indicator Systems SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE Indicators/ ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL

Input Data Sheet ACCESS SAFETY AND SECURITY HEALTH AND COMFORT SOCIO-ECONOMIC WELL-BEING COMMUNITY RESPONSES AND HUMAN CAPACITY CULTURAL HERITAGE OTHER SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT ISSUE ENVIRONMENTAL ECONOMIC SOCIAL Indicator Systems Indicators/

Input Data Sheet AGGLOMERATION CITY NEIGHBOURHOOD NEW REFURBISHMENT CONSTRUCTION CATEGORY URBAN INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDINGS BUILDING PRODUCTS PROCESS Indicator Systems Indicators/

Input Data Sheet NATIONAL REGIONAL LOCAL USERSPLANNERS OWNERS DEVELOPERS DESIGNERS CONTRACTORS PRODUCERS FACILITY MANAGERS USERS AND INHABITANTS INTEREST GROUPS AND ASSOCIATIONS PUBLIC BODIES IMPLEMENTATION SCALE UNIT SCALE MULTI-UNIT SCALE COUNTRY SCALE EUROPEAN SCALE OTHER (define) Indicator Systems Indicators/

Input Data Sheet PLANNING DESIGN PROPERTY DEVELOPMENT CONSTRUCTION OPERATION DEMOLITION DISPOSAL PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT MANUFACTURING PROCESS PHASE BUILDING PROCESS MANUFACTURING PROCESS Indicator Systems Indicators/

Process/strategy example Purpose Purpose:diagnosismonitoringassessmentdesignother Name Name: REKOS (Eco-Efficiency Indicators for building process actors) Description and aims Description and aims: A set of indicators for the eco-efficiency assessment of different actors in the building process. The eco-efficiency is indicated in terms of abilities of different stakeholders to produce and maintain eco-efficient built environment. Developer country Developer country: Finland Developer name Developer name: Detailed structure Detailed structure: System details: Construction category Construction category:urbaninfrastructurebuildingsproductsprocess agglomerationnew cityrefurbishment neighbourhood REKOS project (VTT Building and Transport & Ministry of Environment) owners users clients designers manu- facturers builders authorities facility managers architects structural angineers hvac engineers others

Process/strategy process Implementation scale Implementation scale:unit scalemulti-unit scalecountry scaleeuropean scale System use: Process phase Process phase:building processmanufacturing process Restrictions and warnings for use Restrictions and warnings for use: Previous use Previous use: REKOS project User countries User countries: Finland Users Users:plannersownersdevelopersdesignerscontractors :producersfacility managersusers and inhabitants :interest groups and associationspublic bodies

Basic principles of the database --> Gather and Organize --> Disseminate

CRISP Construction and City Related Sustainability Indicators * * * Setting Evaluation and Performance Criteria in the Built Environment Co-ordinator: BOURDEAU Luc Centre Scientifique et Technique du Bâtiment EESD / KA4: CITY OF TOMORROW and CULTURAL HERITAGE 4.3: Development and demonstration of technologies for safe, economic, clean, effective and sustainable preservation, recovery, renovation, construction, dismantling and demolition of the built environment, in particular for large groups of buildings