Tool summary

Name of the tool
Movement for Innovation (M4I) Sustainability Indicator Assessment Tool

Description of the tool
This is a self completion tool for sustainable construction using indicators and monitoring. The tool is project based in line with other forms of Key Performance Indicators.
The indicators purpose is :
• to measure the ´project performance´ against a set of sustainability issues;
• to provide Project Managers with a steer towards what makes a project more sustainable;
• to help Project Managers ask the right questions of themselves and others in the running of the project;
• to help Project managers with a measure of what is being done in sustainability terms; and
• provide a route to continuous improvement.

The Sustainability Indicator Assessment Tool provides benchmarks to allow a project to be compared with others. The benchmarks were based on the analysis of 30 projects during 1999/2000.

Specific topic
Sustainable construction

Sector/s of use

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

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

Scale of applications

Component	Building	Neighbourhood	City	Region
0	1	1	0	0