Tool summary

Name of the tool
Sustainability indicators for waste, energy and travel

Description of the tool
The indicator set is developed and implemented in several steps: defining the objectives, reviewing needs and indicators, scoping, framework development, defining selection criteria, developing a shortlist of possible indicators, consultation, choosing of a final indicator set, analysis and report on indicators. Key criteria for indicator selection include: the need for brevity and targeting in the indicator set rather than seeking to fulfil all possible indicator roles, the desire to stimulate action, the need to focus on areas of current W-E-T (Waste-Energy-Travel) policy. Important issues addressed by the suggested indicator set are: eco-efficiency, accessibility, choice, pollution, land use.

Specific topic
The Waste, Energy and Travel (W-E-T) approach focuses on two key ideas:
(1) furthering social and economic objectives while using fewer resources (be they materials, fuels, or land);
(2) managing the impacts of the resources that are used so that their adverse effects are minimised.

Sector/s of use

Waste	Energy	Water	Transport	Green/Blue	Building & Land use
1	1	0	1	0	0

M - main sector, 1 - sub sector and 0 - n/a

Scale of applications

Component	Building	Neighbourhood	City	Region
0	0	0	1	1