HQE Sustainable Urban Planning

Quality spaces and facilities, promoting social interaction, social and generational diversity, social inclusion and cohesion and gender equality, etc

Accessibility to site, buildings and public spaces – Soft and shared transport – Mobility and parking – Access to surrounding territories, etc.

Quality of air, water, land and spaces – Comfortable spaces (hygrothermal, acoustic and visual comfort) – Summer comfort (thermal comfort, cool areas, etc.) 

Integrating spaces and buildings into landscape – Valorisation of local heritage and identity – Landscaping management, etc. 

Adaptation to climate risk (flooding, storms, etc.) – Degraded mode operation – Education on risks, passive and active security, etc. 

Energy production, consumption, storage and energy efficiency – Renewable energy and energy recovery – Energy sobriety – Adaptation to climate change, etc. 

Water cycle management – Drinking water consumption reduction – Waste-water and sewerage management – Reuse of water – Catchment areas and water tables protection

Protection and restoration of local ecosystems – Continuity and connectivity of natural systems – Protection of fauna and flora – Fostering nature in the city, etc

Prevention of waste generated from activity – Land management and reuse – Environmental choice of products, facilities and services – Circular economy – Short supply chains, etc

Reduction and control of sanitary risks, of air, light, water and land pollution, etc. 

Total cost and operating expense optimisation – Partnerships, usage and operation – Promotion of innovation, etc

Usage value – Appeal of local area – Job creation – Creation or expansion of local branches and skills, etc

Anticipation of changing needs and usage patterns – Modularity and mutability of spaces – Scalability of structure, etc.

Services offered, functional mix – Urban agriculture – Supply and urban logistics, etc. 

Continuous monitoring and assessment – Work site management and nuisance reduction – Dissemination of best practices – User adoption of sustainable development, etc.

Listening to the needs, expectations and input of stakeholders – Co-construction and project acceptability – Anticipation and facilitation of usage – Reduction of deadlocks, etc

Interaction and complementarity – Interaction and interfacing with existing local fabric – Urban metabolism, etc

Urban renewal – Optimisation and density for economical use of the space – Compactness of urban forms – Balance between built-up spaces and empty spaces, etc.

Low-Tech, Civic-tech, Gov-Tech technology demonstrators – New working methods and tools – Connectivity – Data governance – City Information Modelling, etc