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Opinion of tools
Name of the case study
Sustainable building on the Teglmose site in Albertslund
Name of tool
Context analysis
Opinion of tool - argumentation for choosing the tool
The municipality of Albertslund has a long tradition – and a strong profile - for being environmentally ambitious. They wanted a plan for the site based on a systematic evaluation of the initiatives.
As there is no tradition for systematic or holistic evaluations of sustainable efforts in new buildings, it was decided to make a systematic selection, based on the methodology of ´context analysis´. Further the municipal wanted to set up a local group of key persons in the planning process, and had previously tried the method of the ´dialogue workshop´.
Opinion of tool - barriers for the tool implementation
A main challenge was to transform the overall environmental objectives e.g. to reduce the discharge of CO2 to concrete demands for the buildings e.g. that the heat consumption should be kept under a third of the building code and that the power consumption must not exceed a level of 2000 kWh per year pr household.
Opinion of tool - assessment by tool users
The project is ongoing; therefore no measurable improvements have been reached yet.
The tool enabled the municipality to set up a systematic analysis and thus demands for the building of the site. Further the tool contributed to integrate the citizens and to strengthen a transparent planning process. Thus it is concluded that the case shows that it is possible to achieve large advantages in relation to environmentally sustainable building and at the same time obtain high architectonic and social qualities – without making the building much more expensive.
The Danish Ecological Council has further developed the multi criteria method used in this case. They have simplified the method, and made it more visual, in order to used it to communicate good and bad aspects of a project, in a manageable way. With this method they have assessed 8 green projects in Copenhagen, covering buildings and infrastructure:
• Munkesøgård (Roskilde)
• The Green Laundry in Folehaven (Copenhagen)
• Hedebygade green buildings (Copenhagen)
• Water savings and groundwater protection (Greater Copenhagen)
• Waste sorting at Nørrebro (Copenhagen)
• LO-house at Islands Brygge (Copenhagen)
• "Stenurten" (the "Stoneweed"), green children institution at Nørrebro (Copenhagen)
• The Ecological Inspiration House (Copenhagen)
The method and the cases have been presented on a poster exhibition, designed for presentation and exhibitions on different places (libraries, schools, etc.).
The actors involved would recommend or use the tool themselves for use in other projects.
Opinion of tool - reviewer\'s assessment
It was very important that the political level in Albertslund was active in formulation the main objectives, so that these could work as a basis for the idea competition – and a basis for focusing on the set of criteria instead of on specific technical details.
What tools were used to assess sustainability?
Context analysis
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