Sustainable development

Indicators in HQE2R project

Tools for neighbourhood regeneration
and buildings renovation
Philippe Outrequin, La Calade (France)
Sophia Antipolis, 28 june 2003

http://hq2er.cstb.fr
 PHASE 1 PHASE 2

1. Expectations from 2. Strategic decision 3. Inventory : analysis

inhabitants or residents for sustainable based on the 21 targets
or perception of regeneration of the and measure of the SD
problems neighbourhood indisputable indicators

! ISDIS 4. Shared SD
diagnosis of the
neighbourhood
(potential, dysfunction,
cohesion)
12. Monitoring the
progress towards 0. Participation of residents and users
sustainability :
Partnership (public / private)
monitoring indicators
Local Governance 5. Strategic priorities
! Monitoring ind. for the neighbourhood
and definition of
objectives for SD
11. Neighbourhood
specifications for 9. Urban planning
the project stage regulations
! INDI
10. Buildings 8. Action plan for 7. Assessment 6. Generation
specifications for the neighbourhood of the scenarios of scenarios
call for tender

PHASE 4 PHASE 3
 Definition of the
Indicators system
! ISDIS = system of state indicators in order
to measure the state of the situation
! INDI = system of pressure indicators in
order to measure the desequilibrium of the
situation
! Monitoring indicators : system of
assessment indicators to measure the
evolution of the situation
 Architecture of SD
Indicators System

Global SD objectives (5)

SD targets (21) and key issues (50)

SD indicators (ISDIS, INDI, monitoring indicators)

 Sustainable Development
Objectives
! The SD definition (Bruntland) is too general to be
applied directly at any territory level : we refer to this
definition but we precise the content at the building and
neighbourhood level.
! We refer to SD principles which must be taken into
account in any sustainable approach :
! economic efficiency

! social equity

! environmental wisdom

! long term / short term

! global / local

! governance
 Which Global
SD Objectives ?
SD has been defined for existing
neighbourhoods and buildings as a policy or a
strategy which does :
! Preserve and enhance heritage and conserve
resources,
! Improve the quality of local environment,
! Ensure diversity,
! Improve integration,
! Reinforce social life.
 21 targets for a SD
neighbourhood regeneration
Heritage 1 Energy 2 Water 3 Land 4- Materials 5 Built and
resources natural heritage

Quality of 6 visual 7 Housing 8 Hygiene 9 10 Air 11 12

Local comfort, quality Health Safety quality Noise Waste
environment Landscape Risk
Diversity 13 14 Functions 15 Housing supply
Population

Integration 16 17 Access 18 Attractiveness 19

Education to equipment Displacements
& services
Social Life 20 - Social 21 - Social
governance / capital /
participation solidarity
 Presentation of the
systems
SD Objectives SD Targets Key issues Diagnosis Assessment Monitoring
ISDIS system INDI model system
% of buildings with a % of buildings with a
% of buildings with a standard of
To improve energy standard of the heating / standard of the heating /
the heating / cooling system and /
efficiency for heating cooling system and / or the cooling system and / or the
or the insulation system above the
and cooling
1 - To reduce legal norms (national or European) insulation system above the insulation system above the
legal norms (national or legal norms (national or
energy
% of housing units and public Number of housing units
consumption % of housing units and public
To use renewable buildings (expressed in housing and public buildings using
and improve buildings using renewable
energy sources unit equivalent) using renewable renewable energy in the
energy energy in the neighbourhood. energy in the neighbourhood.
neighbourhood.
management
Te fight against the Emission of greenhouse effect Measures to save emission of Emission of greenhouse effect
greenhouse effect gases from heating of housing units greenhouse effect gases from gases from heating of housing
gases per resident heating of housing units units per resident
Heritage and
resources Consumption of drinking water per Measures to reduce the
Drinking water resident in the residential sector of consumption of drinking water in
consumption the neighbourhood in m3 per year the residential sector of the
2 - To improve neighbourhood ...
water
Use of rainwater ... ...
resources ...
management ... ... ...
and quality ...

....
 Comments on the systems
Normative but not rigid : the indicators systems must be
flexible to answer problems of cities, neighbourhoods and
buildings and constitute a debate and discussion element

! For diagnosis : we can use ISDIS system but also some more
indicators which are more specific for the neighbourhood and the built
elements
! For assessment : INDI is an open model where we can modify the
proposed indicators and their value on the sustainability function
! For monitoring : Indicators must be chosen from the priorities or
stakes for the neighbourhood and its built elements; all targets are not
taken into account
 ISDIS system
! Indicators System : not a set of indicators but a group
of indicators which must be used all together. We do not
pick up some of them
! SD indicators : must cover all the fields or issues of SD
: economy, social, environment, governance
! Indisputable indicators : correspond to the items
(targets) which must be taken into account for a
neighbourhood analysis : the system must give the
minima of the necessary information for the analysis of a
neighbourhood or a city (mediem size)
 ISDIS : 65 indicators
! 65 indicators or questions for a SD diagnosis
Buildings stock Neighbourhood Neighbourhood Total
and buildings
Heritage and 8 7 2 17
resources
Quality of local 7 8 7 22
environment
Diversity 2 7 1 10

Integration 10 10
Social Life 1 4 1 6

Total 18 36 11 65
 INDI model
! The INDI model is an evaluation model of the impact of urban
projects or scenarios on the SD indicators.
! This model is a decision-aid tool for local authorities as regards
urban planning and regeneration projects.
! The INDI model comprises 63 indicators. For each of them, the
model user will measure or estimate the indicator value for the
neighbourhood. This value will then be expressed in a
sustainability scale ranging from -3 (non-sustainable) and +3
(sustainable). This expression is made by the model, through a
sustainability function
! Then the model aggregates the value to provide sustainability
profile for each target and objective.
Profile of a neighbourhood and its built
elements
Evolution for each target
 Heritage Heritage
3 3

0 0
Social Life Environmental Quality Social Life Environmental Quality

-3 -3

Integration Diversity Integration Diversity

Evolution
Heritage
1 and
comparison
of the
-1
Social Life Environmental Quality

-3 profiles

Integration Diversity
 SD Indicators : for what ?
! To favour discussions and negotiations between the
stakeholders, municipal services, elected people, inhabitants,
i.e. a relevant system for people engaged in a regeneration
project to support them to work together and to take into
account every dimension of the SD
! to be a tool of training for all actors … and governance
offering a time to think together (global and local) and
discuss about the fundamentals of the city planning
! to support shared diagnosis and then
empowered decision, which the fundamentals
of a SD approach.