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Tools
What is a tool?
A tool is a procedure, guidance, method, evaluation or assessment to accomplish
an objective or achieve a result.
In the PETUS research project tools are included that assist in incorporating sustainability into urban infrastructure projects.
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How can tools help you ?
Tools can be used to help incorporate sustainability into urban infrastructure
in an organised and methodological manner. Tools can help different stakeholders
to understand and agree what sustainabililty issues are important for a particular
project. Tools can help to provide a consistent approach to sustainability over
time and within and between organisations.
What are the different characteristics of tools ?
It is often difficult to identify the most appropriate tool for use in practice and for this reason many tools are not used as often as they could be. Tools are often rejected for fear that they will take too long to complete or may not be the ’right tool for the use’.
The PETUS team have identified many tools during our research that are being used in practice. In order to a simplify the selection of a tool or group of tools that may be useful for your project we have grouped tools into a number of different types. For each type we have provided a summary of the type of tool, the stage of a project when the type of tool could be used, the type of output that is produced when using the tool and some comments on experiences from using each type of tool.
The list of the types of tools that we have identified can be seen below:
(Click on name of tool type for further information).
Process Guides
1a Frameworks
1b Environmental Assessments
1c Policies, Strategies, Programmes
1d Checklists
Calculation Tools
2a Life Cycle Analysis
2b Other environmental calculation methods
2c Economic and social evaluation tools
2d System Simulation tools
Assessment methods
3a Multi-Criteria Assessment tools
3b Evaluation procedures
3c Surveys and public discussions
Monitoring tools
4a Indicators and benchmarks
4b Accounting tools
What tools are included within PETUS ?
Tools that have been identified and described within the PETUS project have
come from two main sources:
1) Tools that have been used within case studies – for these tools, a comprehensive set of information has been collected including a summary of the tool, the characteristics of the tool, information on the application of the tool in practice, where the tool can be obtained from and opinion on the tool from the tool user within the case study.
The PETUS case studies are sector specific (energy, waste, water/sewage, transport, green/blue or buildings & land use). Of the tools from the case studies, there is a fair representation of sectors, however the majority of tools can be found in the buildings & land use sector.
Types of tools used in the different sectors of the case studies
2) Tools that were identified from a literature review – an extensive literature review has been undertaken by the PETUS team to identify tools that could be used to include sustainability into urban infrastructure projects. As no evidence has been found of these tools being used in practice a brief description of each tool is provided but comment on the application is not available.
Frameworks - Collections of tools
Within the literature review a series of frameworks have also been identified.
A Framework can be described as a collection of information that aims to support
actions relating to a specific matter such as social implications of an infrastructure
project.
The Frameworks found describe how to manage a project or policy relating sustainability including the phases to go through, how to involve stakeholders, types of tools to be used, how to analyse the situation, etc. Different types of end users are addressed depending on the sector covered and the point of view of the Frameworks' developers.
BEQUEST buildings and land use
Community Tool Box (CTB) buildings and land use
CRISP buildings and land use
DAYWATER water and sewage
EcoCity 2000 buildings and land use
Greenscom green blue
Instrumentenpalet buildings and land use
Integrated Water Resources Management (IWRM) TOOLBOX water and sewage
INTELCITY buildings and land use
Livelihoods Connect buildings and land use
LOCAL EVALUATION 21 buildings and land use
METREX buildings and land use
PROSPECTS transport
SIGMA : Sustainability Integrated Guidelines for Management buildings and land use
The Strategic Environmental Framework (SEF) buildings and land use
TOOLBOX for Mobility Management Measures in Companies transport
Toolbox for Regional Policy Analysis transport
Urge: Interdisciplinary Criteria Catalogue (ICC) green blue
"Pollumeter" for Brussels-Capital Region transport
A Guide to the Eco-Management and Audit Scheme for UK Local Government (A Manual for Environmental Management in Local Government) buildings and land use
A way towards a city of the future buildings and land use
Achieving Excellence Design Evaluation Toolkit (AEDET) buildings and land use
Action Towards Local Sustainbility (ATLAS) sustainability management toolkit: Sustainability Checklist buildings and land use
AMP 3 Process map water and sewage (PETUS case study)
APDD Grid (Association For Sustainable Development, France). water and sewage
ÖKOSTADT 2000 buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
BEAT 2002 (Building Environmental Assessment Tool) buildings and land use
BEES (Building for Environment and Economic Sustainability) buildings and land use
Best Value and Sustainability Checklist (Dudley Council) buildings and land use
Best Value and Sustainability Checklist (SOLACE, I&DeA, Local Government Association) buildings and land use
BRE Sustainability Checklist for developments: A common framework for developers and local authorities buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
BREEAM (Building Research Establishment Environmental Assessment Method) for office designs buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Cardiff County Council Sustainability Appraisal Matrix buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
CARE-W water and sewage
Care-W-Arp all sectors (PETUS case study)
CEEQUAL - The Civil Engineering Environmental Quality and Assessment Scheme buildings and land use
Checklists to support land use planning buildings and land use
Concerted Development Zone procedure CDZ (Concerted Planning Zone) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Context Analysis buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Contract Evaluation (Contractor Selection Matrix) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Cost-benefit-analyses (CBA) transport (PETUS case study)
Countryside around Towns Planning Framework buildings and land use
CSD Framework buildings and land use
Design Guidance/Design code buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Differentiated Management green blue (PETUS case study)
Digital analytical tool buildings and land use
Dispute Resolution Ladder buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
DTU Biogas-model waste
EASEWASTE (Environmental Assessment of Solid Waste Systems and Technologies) waste
Eco Balance Model buildings and land use
Eco-indicator 99 buildings and land use
ECOBOXX buildings and land use
Ecological Footprint buildings and land use
EiEolienne planning-map energy (PETUS case study)
Energy Framework energy
Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Environmental statement (ES) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Environmental indicator for ground water monitoring water and sewage (PETUS case study)
Environmental management Control Panel buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Environmental Management System buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Environmental Manual (Environmental impact/aspect register and risk assessment) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Equity mapping analysis green blue
EUROGISE buildings and land use
European Common Indicators buildings and land use
Evaluation Grid water and sewage (PETUS case study)
Evaluation of new approaches for the regional implementation of ecological goals using the example of the Mecklenburg lakes district buildings and land use
Expert Evaluation buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Feasibility Studies buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Forum for the Future's Regional Authority Sustainable Development Matrix buildings and land use
Forum for the Future, Local Authority Sustainability Development Matrix buildings and land use
Framework for Evaluating Assessment buildings and land use
Framework for system analysis of sustainable urban water management water and sewage
Framework of Guidelines for Wind Energy development in Wallonia ("Cadre de reference pour l´implantation d'éoliennes en Région wallonne") energy (PETUS case study)
GB Tool buildings and land use
GIS / Risk for ground water pollution on regional scale water and sewage
Green Accounting for Residential Areas, version 3.1. buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Green Diploma for Housing Associations buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Green Plot Ratio buildings and land use
GREENSCOM Toolkit for assessmentof planning concepts and policy green blue
GREENSPACE Strategic Decision Support System (DSS) green blue
Health Impact Assessment (HIA) buildings and land use
Hochtief Griffiths QUENSH buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Housing Quality Indicators (HQI) buildings and land use
Housing sightlines checklist buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
HQE Process buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
HUD Framework buildings and land use
Impact Monitoring and Assessment (IMA) buildings and land use
Indicating Right: environmental performance indicators for the waste management sector waste
Indicators for Spatial Planning buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Indicators for the sustainability assessment of wastewater treatment systems water and sewage
Institutional Sustainability Indicators buildings and land use
Integrated monitoring tool for urban green space (IMTGS) green blue
Integrated Water Management Co-ordination Tool water and sewage
Interdisciplinary Criteria Catalogue (ICC) green blue
ISTAT Environmental Indicator Sets (EIS) buildings and land use
Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Land use Evolution and Impact Assessment Model (LEAM) buildings and land use
Least-Cost Pathway Analysis transport
Lifetime Homes buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
LISA (LCA in Lifecycle analysis) buildings and land use
LURM - Land Use and Resource Matrix buildings and land use
Manual on Environmental Management in Project Design (MEMPD). buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
MIKE water and sewage (PETUS case study)
MOUSE water and sewage (PETUS case study)
Movement for Innovation (M4I) Sustainability Indicator Assessment Tool buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Multi-criteria-analysis (MCA) -(Helsinki Metropolitan Area Council (YTV)) transport (PETUS case study)
Multicriteria analysis (Brown, Vence and Associates, Inc.) waste (PETUS case study)
Multicriteria assessment tool buildings and land use
Municipal Target Criteria (one of Two) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
National Target Criteria (one of Two) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
NHS Environmental Assessment Tool (NEAT) buildings and land use
ORWARE (Organic Waste Research) waste (PETUS case study)
Participatory Assessment Process (PAP) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Partnering buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
PASTILLE electronic tool buildings and land use
Planner's TOOLBOX buildings and land use
Policy for open planning process buildings and land use
Policy on Open Space Planning green blue (PETUS case study)
Policy Planning Guidance green blue
PPG17 - Planning Policy Guidance 17 green blue
Preliminary EIA Report buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Public Planning Forum green blue (PETUS case study)
Quality of Life buildings and land use
QUEST buildings and land use
Ranking Criteria for Priority Assessment energy (PETUS case study)
RST Grid buildings and land use
Seascape Assessment buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Secured by Design buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Set of Local Sustainability Indicators (LSI) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Social Impact Assessment buildings and land use
Spatial and Ecological Assessment of the TEN transport
Spatial and Territorial Indicators buildings and land use
SPeAR®: Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine (ARUP) buildings and land use
Standard Assessment Procedure (SAP) energy (PETUS case study)
Sustainability Checklist buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Sustainability indicators for waste, energy and travel transport
Sustainable Development Index (SDI) buildings and land use
Sustainable Diagnosis buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Sustainable Livelihoods Approach buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Sustainable Process Index (SPI) transport
SWARD Project water and sewage
Systems Analysis in landscape planning buildings and land use
The Athena Model - Athena Sustainable Materials Institute transport
The context analysis buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
The Dashboard Tool buildings and land use
The Green Poster green blue
The Indicators Toolkit buildings and land use
The MOLAND Urban Modelling Tool buildings and land use
The Neighbourhood Appraisal; Shaping Neighbourhoods, A guide for health, sustainability and vitality buildings and land use
The Neighbourhood Checklist: Community Checklist; Shaping Neighbourhood, A guide for health, sustainability and vitality buildings and land use
The Neighbourhood Checklist: Investors Checklist; Shaping Neighbourhood, A guide for health, sustainability and vitality buildings and land use
The Sociotop Map green blue
Toolbox for Regional Policy Analysis buildings and land use
Traffic planning – a SEA-based guideline for the regional level transport (PETUS case study)
Translating official sustainability commitments into everyday management practices green blue
Urban environmental management framework buildings and land use
Visual assessment (photo montage) buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Waste Water Treatment Works (WWTW) Site selection matrix buildings and land use (PETUS case study)
Welsh Assembly Government Integration Tool buildings and land use
WindPRO energy (PETUS case study)