Practical Evaluation Tools for Urban Sustainablility

Case studies

What is a case study?
A case study is a detailed investigation of a project or plan used to demonstrate a common subject to further understanding. Click to see full list of case studies

How have the case studies been chosen?
Case studies have been chosen in order to illustrate the inclusion of sustainability into a project or plan. Generally the case studies have been selected where at least one tool has been used to assess sustainability. Case studies that have been chosen could be complete, ongoing or due to take place in the near future. They can be of a building, neighbourhood, city or regional scale.

Case studies have been selected from all different sectors of the built environment including energy, waste, water/sewage, transport, green/blue and projects that are holistic in nature.

The case studies currently included within the database have been chosen from the eight partner countries of the UK (Wales), Belgium, Denmark, Austria, France, Finland, The Netherlands and Bulgaria. These have been selected by experts in different areas including engineers, planners and architects.

The case studies within PETUS, by country and by sector

Case studies within PETUS

What can the case studies help you with?
The purpose of including case studies is to provide you with examples of projects or plans that are similar to those that you might be involved with. These can be used by you to see how others are dealing with sustainability from which you may be able to pick up some good ideas.

The case studies have enabled an investigation of the usefulness of tools in highlighting sustainability and its role in the decision making process.

How is the information presented?
When you click on the name of any of the case studies information is illustrated in two ways:

1. The project summary provides you with an overview of the case study including the country in which the case is located, the type of activity and a brief summary of the case study. Further information is then presented under the headings of

Project description – provides a description of the case study and the context in which it is set,

Opinion of tools – provides support for and barriers to using the tools within the case study

Application of tools – provides information about the individual tool/s that have been used in the case study, for example, where a tool is available from and who created it.

Decision making process – provides information about the decision making process that has taken place within the case study. This includes information about how the tool/s used have assisted the decision making process, whether the public have been involved in the case and how information about the case study has been disseminated.

Contact details – provides information about websites, references and contact details for people associated with the project.

2. By clicking on the full description .pdf file at the end of each case study the whole set of data collected about the case study can be viewed on one form. This format is best for printing.

A full list of case studies collected

Angelina Street housing regeneration scheme.
UK - Buildings & land use

Application of integrated environmental guidelines for neighbourhood development in Nijmegen
The Netherlands - Buildings & land use

Assessment of organic waste treatment in Denmark.
Denmark - Waste

Awel Aman Tawe Community Energy Project.
UK - Energy

ÖKOSTADT 2000 Evaluation
Austria - Buildings & land use

Baglan Energy Park Phase 2
UK - Buildings & land use

City District heating and cooling in Zuidas
The Netherlands - Energy

Construction of Municipal Waste Water Collector No 5, Samokov Municipality
Bulgaria - Water and Sewage

Developing new methods for co-operation on groundwater protection: Water co-operation and project "Clean Water".
Denmark - Water and Sewage

Dogme 2000
Denmark - Buildings & land use

DPL2 housing development in Den Helder
The Netherlands - Buildings & land use