Tool summary

Name of the tool
Sustainable Diagnosis

Description of the tool

The aim of this urban diagnosis is to analyse through a set of sustainable development criteria the current potential of a urban project area and long term and short term projects with a cross sector view (multidisciplinary concept). Weaknesses and strengths are then highlighted from this analysis through each criteria.
The criteria chosen have been determined in relation with the context of the project and the skills of the consultant. The sustainable diagnosis is the opportunity to make an evaluation of the project site, context, objectives and perspectives in terms of sustainability.
This tool is used by a consultant external of the project and gives the situation related to sustainability to the developer organisation. It allows the project holder to open its knowledge in regard with sustainability. It is also the opportunity to define goals related to sustainability and so improve the overall situation.

The global structure of this diagnosis and the main topics discussed can be summarised as follow:
1- An abstract. Constituted by the main important points that have structured the document and some points that should be closely followed by the developer and maybe enhanced.
2- An environmental diagnosis. Including a methodology process, an urban project presentation and an analysis of the potential of the site through the following criteria: relation with the city, natural asset, urban transports, storm water management, water and energy savings etc.
3- Some detailed topics:
i. Land pollution
ii. Storm water management
iii. Risks with the railway
iv. Electromagnetic pollution
v. Sun, sunlight and view
vi. Diversity (social and building use)
4- Some topics to explore (not detailed):
i. Energy and renewable energy
ii. Waste management
iii. Green space
5- Sharing competence for example who is in charge of what?
6- Implementation of a sustainable process

Specific topic
Overview of sustainable elements of a project

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	0	1	0	0