P E T U S

Conference 2005
Building a sustainable future
Tools and decision making for
sustainable urban development
 
Practical Evaluation Tools for Urban Sustainablility    
Conference Event

Proceedings
Sponsorship
Venue
Contact Details
PETUS project

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thursday 15th & Friday 16th of September 2005
Cardiff, Wales, UK

Conference proceedings

Conference brochure (.pdf)

 

9.30 Session 1 – Welcome and background of the PETUS project
Chair: Professor Phil Jones, Cardiff University

9.30 General welcome and housekeeping

9.35 Keynote speech
Sue Essex, Welsh Assembly Member
Cabinet Minister for Finance, Local Government and Public Services.

9.50 Introduction to PETUS project - background, research and outcomes
Professor Phil Jones
Cardiff University and Coordinator of the PETUS project.
Presentation (.pdf)

10.30 EU presentation
Viorel Vulturescu
EU Project Officer for PETUS
Role of PETUS within the Key Action The City of Tomorrow and Cultural Heritage from the Thematic Programme Energy, Environment and Sustainable Development of the Fifth (EC) RTD Framework Programme.
Presentation (.pdf)


11.00 Coffee and Poster session


11.30 Session 2 – Introduction to sustainability in urban infrastructure
Chair: Professor Phil Jones, Cardiff University
This session will provide an overview of the incorporation of environmental, economic and social aspects of sustainability into urban infrastructure programmes, plans and projects. It will provide a summary of the types of policies, experiences and problems that are being applied in different European situations.

11.30 Presentation 1 – Elena Dimitrova
University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy, Bulgaria
Testing PETUS: expectations and outcomes of the 'theory-practice' dialogue on urban sustainability

Presentation (.pdf)

12.00 Presentation 2 – Kalinka Nakova
Programme coordinator, Centre for Energy Efficiency Eneffect, Bulgaria.
Energy efficiency networks on eastern Europe and capacity building for urban sustainability
Presentation (.pdf)

12.30 Presentation 3 – Sophie Dawance
Inter-Environnement Wallonie architect and urban-planner, member of the IEW, land-use and building matters, Belgium.
Challenges of an association to incorporate sustainability concerns into the political decision process.
Presentation (.pdf)


13.00 – 14.30 Lunch


14.30 Session 3 - Tools and testing
Chairs: Veronica Cremasco, University de Liege and Elena Dimitrova, University of Architecture, Civil Engineering and Geodesy
This session will provide information on how to measure the progress to sustainability in urban infrastructure, what evaluation tools try to do? and the methods behind how the tools are created and by who?

14.30 Presentation 4 – Veronica Cremasco
Universite de Liege, Belgium
The role of tools in urban infrastructure projects, plans and programs
Presentation (.pdf)

15.00 Presentation 5 – Eric Thomas
Assistant Director, Environmental Management and Engineering, Welsh Health Estates
The use of sustainability tools in the development of health estates in the UK
Presentation (.pdf)

15.30 Coffee and posters on display

16.0 Presentation 6 – Bernard Chocat
Institut National des Sciences Appliquees de Lyon, France.
Storm water management and sustainable development throughout the world.
Presentation (.pdf)

16.30 Presentation 7 – Steve Matthews
ERM, UK
Squaring the triangle - a framework for evaluating sustainability performance on urban regeneration projects.
Presentation (.pdf)

17.0 Presentation 8 – Mathew Rhodes
Encraft, UK
Application of a prototype decision-support tool to a development in the UK Midlands.
Presentation (.pdf)


17.30 Close

20.00 Conference dinner at Glamorgan Building, King Edward VII Avenue, Cathays Park, Cardiff.

Friday 16th September

9.30 Session 4 - Sustainability in Action - illustrations through case studies
Chair: Morten Elle, Technical University of Denmark
This session will focus on inspirational European experiences of different ways of implementing sustainable solutions in the urban built environment.

9.30 Presentation 8 – Jesper Ole Jensen
Technical University of Denmark
Exploring aspects of urban sustainability and the use of tools in Europe – using the PETUS cases.

Presentation (.pdf)

10.00 Presentation 9 – Elisabeth Sibeud
Engineering and Design Department of Water in Greater Lyon, France
Sustainable water policy and applications in Lyon.

Presentation (.pdf)

10.30 Presentation 10 – Tom Bourne
Welsh Development Agency
Working Differently.

11.00 Coffee and posters on display

11.30 Session 5 - Sustainability and decision making
Chair: Norbert Plass, Joanneum Research, Austria
This session will provide practical examples of clearly structured decision making processes that offer advantages for conflict prevention, planning, goal finding and for sustainability.

11.30 Presentation 11 – Norbert Plass
Joanneum Research, Austria.
A decision making framework for planning.

Presentation (.pdf)

12.0 Presentation 12 – Jørgen Lund Madsen
Deputy Director of the Environmental Protection Agency, City of Copenhagen
Dogme 2000 - Sustainable management of a city
Presentation (.pdf)

12.30 Presentation 13 – Gerhard Harer
ÖBB Infrastruktur Bau AG, Austria
Koralm tunnel - Benefits of a structured civic participation - the client's view.

Presentation (.pdf)

13.00 – 14.00 Lunch

14.00 Session 6 - Workshop session
Chair: Professor Phil Jones, Cardiff University

Future of evaluation of sustainability and training

Summary of workshop findings (.pdf)
These notes are provided to give a general overview of the workshop. They are not intended to be an accurate detailed representation of the event.

17.0 Closing summary

17.30 Close

For more information contact:
Joanne Patterson,
The wsa, Bute Building,
King Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB.
Tel:+44 (0)29 20875977 e-mail: petus@cardiff.ac.uk