Neighborhood sustainability assessment tools: A review of success factors

Sharifi, Ayyoob; Dawodu, Ayotunde; Cheshmehzangi, Ali

doi:10.1016/j.jclepro.2021.125912

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“…We witness today a strong trend: the practice of evaluation using indicators is increasing in urban projects, notably in new neighbourhoods wanting to participate in the sustainability of the built environment, projects which are themselves more and more common (Adewumi 2020;Sharifi et al 2021). Indeed, the last few decades have seen the emergence of an abundance of tools and frameworks aiming to assess urban sustainability (Pedro et al 2019).…”

Section: Multi-criteria Evaluation Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…3 On an indicative basis, the principles coming from the well-known Bellagio principles are: Principle 1: Guiding vision, Principle 2: Essential considerations, Principle 3: Adequate scope, Principle 4: Framework and indicators, Principle 5: Transparency, Principle 6: Effective communications, Principle 7: Broad participation, and Principle 8: Continuity and capacity. significant labelling costs, indicators sometimes poorly suited to the local context, the imposition of means instead of the objective to be achieved, limited and unbalanced coverage of sustainability dimensions, a separation between the project process and the evaluation, or even use of the label for "greenwashing" purposes (Sharifi and Murayama 2013;Adewumi et al 2019;Pedro et al 2019;Sharifi et al 2021). According to some researchers: "Altogether, this means that an area can be certified without being sustainable" (Wangel et al 2016).…”

Section: Multi-criteria Evaluation Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Evaluation, per se, is said to be time-consuming and its cost-benefit ratio is often underestimated (Wedding and Crawford-Brown 2007;Sharifi and Murayama 2013). Besides, multi-criteria sustainability evaluation methodologies often require a large volume of data, ask for the participation of several experts, and provide complex results, which make them difficult to apply in practice (Sharifi et al 2021).…”

Section: Operational Monitoring Tool Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…As discussed above, certification methods such as LEED-ND, BREEAM communities, Label EcoQuartier, HQE Aménagement, DGNB System for districts or One Planet Living OPL, to name a few, are frequently used in current practice across Europe; much has been said about their benefits and pitfalls (Lützkendorf and Balouktsi 2019;Sharifi et al 2021). We observe that, even if they are designed to assess sustainability at the neighbourhood scale, certifications do not meet the many specific challenges of urban brownfield regeneration projects.…”

Section: Existing Certifications At the Neighbourhood Scalementioning

confidence: 99%

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Sustainability Monitoring: Principles, Challenges, and Approaches

Rey

Laprise

Lufkin

2021

Neighbourhoods in Transition

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Because of the inherent complexity of urban brownfield regeneration projects, achieving sustainability objectives is not easy. It requires approaches adapted to the specificities of this type of operation, that allow for structured and regular follow-up, and that are integrated into the project dynamics. In this chapter, we argue that sustainability monitoring can help address this challenge. We start by defining the principles of sustainability evaluation and monitoring. Then, we look deeper at the challenges of an operational monitoring tool from the brownfield regeneration perspective. On this basis, we plead for the necessity of tailor-made operational monitoring tools for this type of operation and define, to this end, three general requirements for said tools. Finally, we make a critical analysis of existing certifications at the neighbourhood scale and different approaches developed for brownfield regeneration projects.

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Section: Multi-criteria Evaluation Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Multi-criteria Evaluation Principlesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Operational Monitoring Tool Challengesmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Existing Certifications At the Neighbourhood Scalementioning

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Lufkin

2021

Neighbourhoods in Transition

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“…Furthermore, in order to tackle issues in cities, initiatives are available at different scales, buildings, city-blocks, neighborhoods and districts [5]. The approach of this paper is at the district scale.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Positive Energy District (PED) Selected Projects Assessment, Study towards the Development of Further PEDs

Castellanos

Oregi

2021

Environmental and Climate Technologies

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Positive Energy District (PED) is a relatively new concept from which many projects are planned, however, only a few cases are currently close to be materialized, therefore, in this study the PED projects in operation and in implementation process in existing districts are gathered in order to serve as a base for future PEDs. In this sense, certain points of each selected project are highlighted due to their relevance within the project development and their replicability potential. Furthermore, intending to learn from the experience of the assessed case-studies, this paper aims to understand the current situation regarding PED implementation to simplify the development of further PEDs.

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