Tool summary

Name of the tool
SPeAR®: Sustainable Project Appraisal Routine (ARUP)

Description of the tool
Produced and implemented by ARUP (an international built environment consultancy) the tool is a methodology framework to assess the sustainability of projects, products or organistation. Visually constructed as a sustainability web, the methodology contains a set of core sectors and indicators for sustainability including social, economic, natural resource and environmental issues, and will include additional indicators relevant to each individual application.

The design of SPeAR® is intended to provide information to aid management with decision making. The methodology of SPeAR® can assist in setting sustainability objectives, tracking the sustainability of a project through its life cycle and assessing alternatives where a decision is to be supported.

Specific topic
This tool is designed to ensure the implementation of sustainability within built environment projects through implementation as a management information tool or a design process.

Sector/s of use

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

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

Scale of applications

Component	Building	Neighbourhood	City	Region
0	1	1	0	0